Rudolf Molleker and Alexander Bublik will clash against each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday as the 5th match on court no.13.
Rudolf Molleker
Ranked no. 177, Rudolf reached the 1st round after beating Tommy Robredo 7-65 6-3, Matthias Bachinger 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Santiago Giraldo 4-6 6-4 6-4.
The German best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Sophia Antipolis Challenger.
The German has a 18-15 win-loss record in 2019, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Rudolf lost in the 1st round 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Brandon Nakashima.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 90 (career high), the entertaining Kazakhstani will start his run in campaign hoping to have a deep run at the French Open.
Bublik has a 23-11 win-loss record in 2019, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Alexander’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Monterrey Challenger,Pau Challenger and Budapest Challenger.
Last year at the French Open
Alexander lost in the qualifications 7-5 6-4 to Jan Choinski.
Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Alexander Bublik square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Bublik won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rudolf Molleker who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.36
Alexander Bublik -> 3.20
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