Rudolf Molleker and Evan Furness will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.39
Evan Furness -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Evan Furness
This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Evan Furness square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Furness (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Furness won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Liberec Challenger back in 2021.
Rudolf Molleker
19 - 18win/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. 202, Rudolf reached the 2nd round after defeating Joris De Loore 7-65 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The German defeated De Loore (7-65 1-6 6-3).During the match, Molleker scored less points (5) than De Loore. In fact, the world no. 202 won 91 points vs De Loore’s. That means that Molleker was more focused during the important points. The German was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker blasted 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rudolf Molleker was very effective on serve to win 71% (44/62) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Rudolf broke De Loore twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Molleker has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (222-190). 6-8 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has an overall161-114 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Molleker’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Molleker has an aggregate 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Evan Furness
15 - 17win/loss
777
197
LLLLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-21 | 3-3 | 9-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 851, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Diego Dedura-Palomero 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Furness had a good straight sets win against Dedura-Palomero (6-3 6-2). During the match Furness scored 73 points vs Dedura-Palomero’s 56. Furness was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Furness wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 63% of his first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Furness broke Dedura-Palomero 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Evan has an aggregate 15-17 win-loss record in 2024, 9-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Evan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 |
| Pts | 91-96 | 73-56 |
| Total Points | 187 | 129 |
| Winners | 44 | 22 |
| %Winners | 48% | 30% |
Both Molleker and Furness played 1 match. At the moment, Rudolf Molleker lost 1 set while Evan Furness hasn’t lost a set so far. Molleker has played 1 set more than Furness (3 vs 2). Therefore, Molleker played 12 games more than Furness. Rudolf scored 44 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Evan fired 22 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 0 |
| 1st in | 62/103 | 36/57 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 22/36 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 43% |
Molleker struck 12 aces . Furness didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Molleker won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Rudolf broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Rudolf conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Furness conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| R1 De Loore |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 91-96 | 91-96 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/103 | 62/103 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Furness | |||
| R1 Dedura-Palomero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 73-56 | 73-56 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Karlsruhe Challenger
- Clement TaburTabur – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Joris De LooreDe Loore (7-65 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Diego Dedura-PalomeroDedura-Palomero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Hugo DellienDellien (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Niklas SchellSchell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Jerome KymKym (6-3 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam GavrielidesGavrielides – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Hugo DellienDellien (5-7 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Joris De LooreDe Loore (7-6(5) 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam GavrielidesGavrielides – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Niklas SchellSchell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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