H2H, prediction of Otto Virtanen vs Rudolf Molleker in Lugano Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 9th March 2024

PREVIEW. Lugano Challenger. Virtanen and Molleker will square off in the semifinal of the Lugano Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 9th of March

Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Rudolf Molleker

Otto Virtanen and Rudolf Molleker will face off in the semifinal of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:00 pm on CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.36
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Rudolf Molleker

There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen

17 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
15-1
Rank
91
High
91
LWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-28 9-11 5-7 24-7 5-3 0-0
2023 33-31 4-6 4-10 22-11 3-4 0-0
2022 46-31 4-1 7-12 25-13 8-3 2-2
2021 40-21 2-2 16-11 19-6 0-0 3-2
2020 24-9 2-2 1-2 21-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 126, Virtanen got to the semifinal after beating Remy Bertola 7-5 6-3, Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-1 and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Otto had a good straight sets win against Herbert (6-3 6-2). During the match, Virtanen scored 61 points vs Herbert’s 41. The Finn was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Virtanen bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Virtanen broke Herbert 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (178-113). 14-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has a composed109-42 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5.

Otto has a compiled 16-5 win-loss record in 2024, 14-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Virtanen
Lugano Challenger
Virtanen's Record

Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker

9 - 7win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
5-3
Rank
261
High
146
LLLLLLWWLW
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. 187, Rudolf reached the semifinal after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-4 6-4, Jan Choinski 7-65 6-4 and Gijs Brouwer 6-4 7-64.

In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-4 7-64). During the match Molleker scored 84 points vs Brouwer’s 73. Molleker was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Molleker struck 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was quite effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rudolf broke Brouwer once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rudolf hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The German has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Molleker
Lugano Challenger
Molleker's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

O.Virtanen
R.Molleker
3h:21
3h:21
Time on court​
4h:05
4h:05
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
3
3
Match played
3
3
53
53
Games Played​
66
66
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
192
192
Total points​
220
220
64
64
Avg point​
73.3
73.3
67
67
Winners
96
96
22.3
22.3
Avg Winners​
32
32
35%
35%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
37
37
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
!
12.3
12.3
10
10
Double Faults
6
6
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
67/78
67/78
1st won total​
96/121
96/121
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
40/70
40/70
2nd won total​
48/74
48/74
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
12/31
12/31
BP won
6/14
6/14
4/10.3
4/10.3
Avg BP won
2/4.7
2/4.7
39%
39%
Won
43%
43%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
1.7
1.7
Avg Conceded
2.3
2.3
2
2
Broken
2
2
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
3
3
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Virtanen Molleker
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 53 66
Pts 192-130 220-189
Total Points 322 409
Winners 67 96
%Winners 35% 44%

Both Virtanen and Molleker played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Virtanen played 13 games less than Molleker. Virtanen scored 67 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Molleker bagged 96 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Virtanen Molleker
Aces 20 37
Avg per match 6.7 12.3
1st in 78/148 121/195
%1st in 53% 62%
1st pts 67/78 96/121
%1st pts 86% 79%
2nd pts 40/70 48/74
%2nd pts 57% 65%

Virtanen fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Molleker bagged 37 aces (12.3 per match). Virtanen won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Virtanen Molleker
Won 12 6
Converted 12/31 6/14
% Converted 39% 43%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 3 5
% Saved 60% 71%
Times Broken 2 2

The Finn broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Otto lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Molleker broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Rudolf conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
R1
Bertola
R2
Ilkel
1/4
Herbert
Total
Score 7-5 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 15 17 53
pts 77-62 54-27 61-41 192-130
Total points 139 81 102 322
Winners 26 21 20 67
%Winners 34% 39% 33% 35%
SERVE
Aces 5 11 4 20
Double Faults 1 6 3 10
1st in 32/61 21/34 25/53 78/148
% 1st in 52% 62% 47% 53%
1st pts 26/32 21/21 20/25 67/78
% 1st pts 81% 100% 80% 86%
2nd pts 17/29 5/13 18/28 40/70
% 2nd pts 59% 38% 64% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 6 3 12
Converted 3/12 6/10 3/9 12/31
Converted % 25% 60% 33% 39%
Conceded 3 1 1 5
Saved 2/3 0/1 1/1 3
Saved % 67% 0% 100% 56%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2
Molleker
R1
Shimabukuro
R2
Choinski
1/4
Brouwer
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-65 6-4 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 23 23 66
pts 67-51 69-65 84-73 220-189
Total points 118 134 157 409
Winners 28 32 36 96
%Winners 42% 46% 43% 44%
SERVE
Aces 13 10 14 37
Double Faults 1 3 2 6
1st in 33/48 43/72 45/75 121/195
% 1st in 69% 60% 60% 62%
1st pts 28/33 32/43 36/45 96/121
% 1st pts 85% 74% 80% 79%
2nd pts 11/15 19/29 18/30 48/74
% 2nd pts 73% 66% 60% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 2 1 6
Converted 3/6 2/2 1/6 6/14
Converted % 50% 100% 17% 43%
Conceded 1 2 4 7
Saved 0/1 1/2 4/4 5
Saved % 0% 50% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Virtanen
LWWLWWWWWL
Molleker
LLLLLLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
42 - 25
28 - 34
9-11
Hard
4-8
23-4
I Hard
7-6
5-7
Clay
15-18
5-3
Grass
2-2

Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger

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