Jozef Kovalik and Rudolf Molleker will clash against each other in the quarter of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 3rd 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.7
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.05
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Rudolf Molleker
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Rudolf Molleker square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kovalik won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2023.
Jozef Kovalik
29 - 14win/loss
125
80
LWLWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 2-3 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Niklas Schell 6-1 6-2 and Liam Gavrielides 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Gavrielides, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 98 points vs Gavrielides’s 82. Jozef was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kovalik put 49% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (33/46) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Gavrielides 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Kovalik has good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (302-257). 26-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has an overall 252-170 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he defeated Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.
The Slovakian has an overall 29-14 win-loss record in 2024, 26-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
20 - 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, the German got to the quarter after defeating Joris De Loore 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3, Evan Furness 6-4 6-2 and Jozef Kovalik .
In the 2nd round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-4 6-2). During the match Molleker scored 66 points vs Furness’s 51. Molleker was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Molleker couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rudolf Molleker was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rudolf broke Furness 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rudolf has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Rudolf’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Rudolf has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 47 |
| Pts | 158-114 | 157-147 |
| Total Points | 272 | 304 |
| Winners | 52 | 67 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Kovalik and Molleker played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik lost 1 set, while Rudolf Molleker dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kovalik played 1 game less than Molleker. The Slovakian scored 52 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Rudolf scored 67 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 72/132 | 90/155 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/72 | 67/90 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 46/60 | 36/65 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 55% |
Kovalik blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Molleker fired 12 aces (6 per match). Kovalik won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 58% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Kovalik broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Molleker conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Schell |
R2 Gavrielides |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 98-82 | 158-114 | |
| Total points | 92 | 180 | 272 | |
| Winners | 21 | 31 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 44/90 | 72/132 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 49% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 31/44 | 52/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/14 | 33/46 | 46/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 93% | 72% | 77% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Molleker | ||||
| R1 De Loore |
R2 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| pts | 91-96 | 66-51 | 157-147 | |
| Total points | 187 | 117 | 304 | |
| Winners | 44 | 23 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/103 | 28/52 | 90/155 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 23/28 | 67/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 15/24 | 36/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/5 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 100% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLWLLWWLL
LLLLLLWWLW 
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel MasurMasur – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – Zsombor PirosPiros (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
