Jurij Rodionov and Rudolf Molleker will face off in the quarter of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on LOTTO RLP CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 3 sets.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.48
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-30 | 10-9 | 6-12 | 7-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-31 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 21-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 25-16 | 5-1 | 7-6 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 108, Jurij reached the quarter after beating Dennis Novak 6-1 6-1 and Valentin Royer 7-64 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Royer (7-64 6-1). During the match, Rodionov scored 65 points vs Royer’s 54. Jurij was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodionov managed to score 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Jurij Rodionov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 71% of his first serves in, winning 87% (40/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Jurij broke Royer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (248-182). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has an overall91-55 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
Rodionov 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. 191, Rudolf got to the quarter after defeating Martin Klizan 6-0 6-2 and Alexander Blockx 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Blockx (6-3 6-0). During the match Molleker scored 63 points vs Blockx’s 39. The German was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Molleker managed to score 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rudolf Molleker was pretty effective on serve to win 95% (18/19) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Blockx 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molleker hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.
The German has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 29 |
| Pts | 128-94 | 119-68 |
| Total Points | 222 | 187 |
| Winners | 62 | 42 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Rodionov and Molleker played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Rodionov played 5 games more than Molleker. Rodionov scored 62 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 42 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 77/110 | 49/78 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 62/77 | 42/49 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 66% |
Rodionov recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Molleker recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Rodionov won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 89% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Jurij broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Rodionov dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Rudolf broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Rodionov | ||||
| R1 Novak | R2 Royer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 20 | 34 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 65-54 | 128-94 | |
| Total points | 103 | 119 | 222 | |
| Winners | 22 | 40 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 62% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 46/65 | 77/110 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 40/46 | 62/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 87% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 7/19 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 37% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 2/4 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Molleker | ||||
| R1 Klizan | R2 Blockx | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 63-39 | 119-68 | |
| Total points | 85 | 102 | 187 | |
| Winners | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 29% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 19/33 | 49/78 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 18/19 | 42/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 95% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 10/14 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 71% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/13 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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