Jozef Kovalik and Rudolf Molleker will clash against each other in the quarter of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 3^rd 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

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Rudolf Molleker

This will be the 3^rd 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 1^st round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2023.

Jozef Kovalik

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

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