Rudolf Molleker and Valentin Vacherot will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rudolf Molleker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.65
Valentin Vacherot -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Valentin Vacherot
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Valentin Vacherot fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molleker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Molleker won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the semifinal in M25 Bodrum back in May 2023.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 2-3 | 42-25 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 47-28 | 2-1 | 45-24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-23 | 0-1 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 263, Molleker got to the semifinal after defeating Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-4, Maxime Chazal 6-2 6-2 and Federico Agustin Gomez 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-3 6-3). During the match, Molleker scored 63 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 45. Rudolf was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rudolf Molleker was very efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Agustin Gomez 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molleker hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Molleker has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (192-162). 34-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Molleker has a compiled147-99 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Rudolf’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Oberhaching,M25 Palmanova and M25 Bodrum.
Rudolf has an aggregate 42-25 win-loss record in 2023, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Valentin Vacherot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-12 | 18-2 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, Vacherot reached the semifinal after defeating Kirill Kivattsev 6-4 6-4, Facundo Mena 6-2 6-4 and Andrew Paulson 7-65 6-2.
In the quarter, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Paulson (7-65 6-2). During the match Vacherot scored 73 points vs Paulson’s 64. The French player was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Vacherot scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Paulson 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vacherot hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Vacherot’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Montauban,Bresse and M25 Ystad.
Valentin has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2023, 37-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 59 |
| Pts | 188-125 | 199-165 |
| Total Points | 313 | 364 |
| Winners | 69 | 90 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Molleker and Vacherot played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Vacherot have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Molleker played 6 games less than Vacherot. The German scored 69 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Vacherot blasted 90 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 84/140 | 118/173 |
| %1st in | 60% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 69/84 | 90/118 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 39/56 | 33/55 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 60% |
Molleker fired 21 aces (7 per match). Vacherot scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Molleker won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 53% | 41% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Rudolf broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Rudolf dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||||
| R1 Rosol |
R2 Chazal |
1/4 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 56-32 | 63-45 | 188-125 | |
| Total points | 117 | 88 | 108 | 313 | |
| Winners | 26 | 18 | 25 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 3 | 5 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 20/36 | 32/52 | 84/140 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 56% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 18/20 | 25/32 | 69/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 90% | 78% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 14/16 | 13/20 | 39/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 88% | 65% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 57% | 60% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vacherot | |||||
| R1 Kivattsev |
R2 Mena |
1/4 Paulson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 61-48 | 73-64 | 199-165 | |
| Total points | 118 | 109 | 137 | 364 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 34 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 33/49 | 53/73 | 118/173 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/33 | 34/53 | 90/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 85% | 64% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 9/16 | 12/20 | 33/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/7 | 4/7 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 71% | 24% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Prague 3 Challenger
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Bergevi/Mick VeldheerBergevi/Mick Veldheer – Jonas Forejtek/Michael VrbenskyForejtek/Michael Vrbensky (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-64 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Valentin VacherotVacherot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
