Rudolf Molleker and Jaime Faria will face off in the 2nd round of the Prague Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.86
Jaime Faria -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Jaime Faria
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Jaime Faria square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Faria (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Faria won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the qualifications in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in 2023.
Rudolf Molleker
16 - 12win/loss
269
146
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 166, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-1). During the match, Molleker scored 64 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 38. Rudolf was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molleker managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Molleker has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (218-184). 4-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has a compiled159-110 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Rudolf’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
The German has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Jaime Faria
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 53-25 | 24-5 | 27-14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 233, Jaime reached the 2nd round after beating Jan Kumstat 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Faria had a good straight sets win against Kumstat (6-4 6-2). During the match Faria scored 70 points vs Kumstat’s 52. Jaime was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Faria struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jaime Faria was very effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Faria broke Kumstat 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Jaime’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Faro,M25 Quinta Do Lago and M25 Vale do Lobo.
Jaime has a composed 30-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Molleker | Faria |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 16 | 18 |
Pts | 64-38 | 70-52 |
Total Points | 102 | 122 |
Winners | 20 | 22 |
%Winners | 31% | 31% |
Both Molleker and Faria played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Faria have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molleker played 2 games less than Faria. Rudolf scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Faria struck 22 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Molleker | Faria |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 4 |
Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
1st in | 26/49 | 29/58 |
%1st in | 53% | 50% |
1st pts | 20/26 | 22/29 |
%1st pts | 77% | 76% |
2nd pts | 16/23 | 17/29 |
%2nd pts | 70% | 59% |
Molleker fired 6 aces . Faria bagged 4 aces . Molleker won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Molleker | Faria |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 4 |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/8 |
% Converted | 40% | 50% |
Conceded | 0 | 2 |
Saved | 0 | 1 |
% Saved | 0% | 50% |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Molleker broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Rudolf quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Molleker | |||
R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 64-38 | 64-38 | |
Total points | 102 | 102 | |
Winners | 20 | 20 | |
%Winners | 31% | 31% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 26/49 | 26/49 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
% 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Faria | |||
R1 Kumstat |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
Total points | 122 | 122 | |
Winners | 22 | 22 | |
%Winners | 31% | 31% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 29/58 | 29/58 | |
% 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Jakub PaulPaul (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Martin DammDamm (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Henri SquireSquire (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix GillGill – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-75 7-63) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction