Rudolf Molleker and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Prague Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.86
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Alex Molcan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molleker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Molleker won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Valencia Challenger back in 2023.
Rudolf Molleker
16 - 12win/loss
269
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. 166, Rudolf got to the quarter after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 6-1 and Jaime Faria 7-64 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Faria (7-64 6-1). During the match, Molleker scored 67 points vs Faria’s 52. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rudolf Molleker was very effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Molleker broke Faria 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Molleker has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (219-184). 5-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has a compiled160-110 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Rudolf’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Rudolf has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-17 | 3-5 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 10-8 | 13-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-24 | 7-8 | 18-9 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 65-24 | 8-3 | 42-14 | 13-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, the Slovakian got to the quarter after defeating Mathys Erhard 7-63 6-4 and Enzo Couacaud 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (7-67 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 81 points vs Couacaud’s 71. Molcan was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 65% of his first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Molcan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Couacaud 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has an overall 8-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 46 |
| Pts | 131-90 | 167-148 |
| Total Points | 221 | 315 |
| Winners | 48 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Molleker and Molcan played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Molleker played 10 games less than Molcan. The German scored 48 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 60 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 58/106 | 95/160 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 60/95 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 30/48 | 35/65 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Molleker managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Molcan managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Molleker won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 47% |
| Conceded | 1 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Molleker broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rudolf dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Faria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 67-52 | 131-90 | |
| Total points | 102 | 119 | 221 | |
| Winners | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/49 | 32/57 | 58/106 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 28/32 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 14/25 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 56% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/6 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Erhard |
R2 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| pts | 86-77 | 81-71 | 167-148 | |
| Total points | 163 | 152 | 315 | |
| Winners | 28 | 32 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 42/78 | 53/82 | 95/160 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 32/53 | 60/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 19/29 | 35/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 66% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/4 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
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