Dominic Stricker and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2nd round of the Ismaning Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stricker who should win in 2 sets.
Dominic Stricker -> 1.179
Rudolf Molleker -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stricker vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stricker and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominic Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-25 | 8-3 | 8-5 | 14-13 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 2-5 | 8-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 14-7 | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Joao Sousa 7-64 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dominic defeated Sousa (7-64 3-6 6-3). During the match, Stricker scored 92 points vs Sousa’s 90. Stricker was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stricker scored 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stricker was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Dominic broke Sousa 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Stricker has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (106-71). 1-0 on carpet in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stricker has an aggregate6-4 win-loss record in the last 6 years on carpet.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Rovereto Challenger where he overcame Giulio Zeppieri in the final 7-6(8) 6-2 and the Prague 1 Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.
The Swiss has an aggregate 36-21 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ismaning Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 4-8 | 15-18 | 7-6 | 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. 219, Rudolf reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Masur 7-64 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The German defeated Masur (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match Molleker scored 89 points vs Masur’s 86. Rudolf was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Molleker fired 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Molleker put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Molleker was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Masur 3 times.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Gabriel Debru in the final 6-2 6-2.
Rudolf has an aggregate 50-31 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stricker | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 |
| Pts | 92-90 | 89-86 |
| Total Points | 182 | 175 |
| Winners | 37 | 45 |
| %Winners | 40% | 51% |
Both Stricker and Molleker played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominic Stricker lost 1 set, while Rudolf Molleker lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Stricker and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Stricker played 1 game less than Molleker. Dominic scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The German struck 45 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stricker | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 16 |
| 1st in | 47/90 | 59/91 |
| %1st in | 52% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 45/59 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 15/32 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Stricker made 12 aces . Molleker fired 16 aces . Stricker won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stricker | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 75% | 100% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Dominic broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Dominic lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Molleker broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stricker | |||
| R1 Sousa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/90 | 47/90 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 37/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Molleker | |||
| R1 Masur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 89-86 | 89-86 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/91 | 59/91 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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