Mikhail Kukushkin and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2^nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 143, Mikhail got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 182, the German got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

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• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-6⁷ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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