Rudolf Molleker and Pawel Cias will play each other in the qualifications of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on COURT BOHDAN TOMASZEWSKI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rudolf Molleker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.28
Pawel Cias -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Pawel Cias
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Pawel Cias play 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, Molleker won 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in M25 Split back in 2022.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-18 | 4-4 | 7-8 | 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. 232, Rudolf reached the qualifications after defeating Kai Wehnelt 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Wehnelt (6-4 7-5). During the match, Molleker scored 68 points vs Wehnelt’s 58. Molleker was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molleker recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was very efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molleker broke Wehnelt twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Molleker has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (197-164). 39-20 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has an aggregate152-101 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Gabriel Debru in the final 6-2 6-2.
Molleker has an overall 47-27 win-loss record in 2023, 39-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Pawel Cias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 680, the Pole got to the qualifications after defeating Clement Tabur 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Pawel had a good straight sets win against Tabur (6-4 6-2). During the match Cias scored 68 points vs Tabur’s 47. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Cias bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pawel Cias lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cias put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Pawel broke Tabur 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Pole’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Litija and M15 Celje.
Cias has a composed 31-15 win-loss record in 2023, 25-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Cias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 |
| Pts | 68-58 | 68-47 |
| Total Points | 126 | 115 |
| Winners | 31 | 22 |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% |
Both Molleker and Cias played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Cias have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molleker played 4 games more than Cias. Rudolf scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole scored 22 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Cias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 37/58 |
| %1st in | 66% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 22/37 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 62% |
Molleker scored 7 aces . Cias fired 3 aces . Molleker won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Cias won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Cias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 29% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The German broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Pole broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Pawel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Wehnelt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 68-58 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cias | |||
| Q1 Tabur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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