Mikhail Kukushkin and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. 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.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.59
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
22 - 8win/loss
112
39
LLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-32 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-24 | 17-11 | 3-5 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 18-11 | 0-2 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-24 | 8-9 | 0-6 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Mikhail got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Moreno De Alboran (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 75 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 58. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin made 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 77% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Moreno De Alboran 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Kukushkin has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (262-234). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has a compiled 41-54 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Kukushkin has a composed 22-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Rudolf Molleker
13 - 10win/loss
261
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. 182, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-3 6-4). During the match Molleker scored 69 points vs Hardt’s 57. The German was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Molleker blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Hardt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Rudolf has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid 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 | Kukushkin | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 75-58 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 133 | 126 |
| Winners | 31 | 33 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Kukushkin and Molleker played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kukushkin played 1 game more than Molleker. The Kazakhstani scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The German scored 33 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 47/61 | 47/71 |
| %1st in | 77% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 33/47 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 58% |
Kukushkin struck 2 aces . Molleker bagged 7 aces . Kukushkin won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kukushkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Mikhail dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Molleker conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 47/61 | 47/61 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Molleker | |||
| R1 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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