Rudolf Molleker and Alejandro Moro Canas will play each other in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.67
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Alejandro Moro Canas 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 each other, Molleker won 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2019.
Rudolf Molleker
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 198, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Molcan 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-4 7-5). During the match, Molleker scored 79 points vs Molcan’s 71. Molleker was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molleker struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 64% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Molcan 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Molleker has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (203-170). 42-23 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Molleker has an aggregate155-104 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Gabriel Debru in the final 6-2 6-2.
Molleker has an overall 53-33 win-loss record in 2023, 42-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Alejandro Moro Canas
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-16 | 6-3 | 13-8 | 2-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-31 | 17-11 | 17-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 40-18 | 20-8 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 35-16 | 30-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, Moro got to the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-1 6-4 and Sumit Nagal 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-4 6-3). During the match Moro scored 64 points vs Nagal’s 51. Alejandro was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Moro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Moro put 73% of his first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Moro broke Nagal 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Prague 2 Challenger,the Lyon Challenger,the Pozoblanco Challenger and M25 Benicarlo.
Moro has an overall 38-29 win-loss record in 2023, 16-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Molleker | Moro |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 2 |
Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
Tot Games | 22 | 36 |
Pts | 79-71 | 135-104 |
Total Points | 150 | 239 |
Winners | 39 | 61 |
%Winners | 49% | 45% |
Molleker played 1 match while Moro competed in 2 matches. Moro started his run from the qualifications while Molleker had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Molleker has played 2 set(s) less than Moro (2 vs 4). Therefore, Molleker played 14 games less than Moro. The German scored 39 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro struck 61 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Molleker | Moro |
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Aces | 9 | 5 |
Avg per match | 9 | 2.5 |
1st in | 54/85 | 95/132 |
%1st in | 64% | 72% |
1st pts | 39/54 | 61/95 |
%1st pts | 72% | 64% |
2nd pts | 15/31 | 18/37 |
%2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Molleker made 9 aces . Moro made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Molleker won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Moro won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Molleker | Moro |
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Won | 3 | 10 |
Converted | 3/8 | 10/15 |
% Converted | 38% | 67% |
Conceded | 9 | 14 |
Saved | 8 | 9 |
% Saved | 89% | 64% |
Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rudolf surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Moro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
Molleker | |||
R1 Molcan | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
pts | 79-71 | 79-71 | |
Total points | 150 | 150 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 54/85 | 54/85 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Moro | |||||
Q1 Sanchez Jover | Q3 Lopez Montagud | R1 Nagal | Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 24 | 19 | 60 | |
pts | 71-53 | – | 64-51 | 135-104 | |
Total points | 124 | 0 | 115 | 239 | |
Winners | 30 | 31 | 61 | ||
%Winners | 42% | 0% | 48% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1st in | 43/61 | / | 52/71 | 95/132 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 0% | 73% | 72% | |
1st pts | 30/43 | / | 31/52 | 61/95 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 0% | 60% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 11/18 | / | 7/19 | 18/37 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 0% | 37% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
Converted | 4/7 | / | 6/8 | 10/15 | |
Converted % | 57% | 0% | 75% | 67% | |
Conceded | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||
Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 7/11 | 9 | |
Saved % | 67% | – | 64% | 131% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (2-6 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-74 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-2 7-611) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (2-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Harold MayotMayot (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-1) – H2H and prediction