Valentin Royer and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2nd round of the Tulln Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rudolf Molleker who should win in 3 sets.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.85
Valentin Royer -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
36 - 22win/loss
200
194
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 36-22 | 5-4 | 25-11 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, Valentin reached the 2nd round after beating Blaz Rola 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Rola (6-4 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 66 points vs Rola’s 45. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 47% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (23/30) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Rola 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Royer has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (196-108). 25-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an aggregate97-48 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Royer’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.
The French player has a composed 36-22 win-loss record in 2024, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
22 - 26win/loss
256
146
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 22-26 | 4-6 | 9-14 | 7-4 | 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. 256, Molleker got to the 2nd round after defeating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 1st round against Pucinelli De Almeida, Rudolf recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-1). During the match Molleker scored 98 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 87. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Molleker scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Rudolf Molleker was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rudolf broke Pucinelli De Almeida twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Molleker’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Molleker has a compiled 22-26 win-loss record in 2024, 9-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Royer | Molleker |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
Pts | 66-45 | 98-87 |
Total Points | 111 | 185 |
Winners | 18 | 40 |
%Winners | 27% | 41% |
Both Royer and Molleker played 1 match. At the moment, Rudolf Molleker conceded 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Molleker (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 12 games less than Molleker. The French player scored 18 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Molleker scored 40 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Royer | Molleker |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 10 |
Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
1st in | 27/57 | 49/92 |
%1st in | 47% | 53% |
1st pts | 18/27 | 40/49 |
%1st pts | 67% | 82% |
2nd pts | 23/30 | 26/43 |
%2nd pts | 77% | 60% |
Royer fired 2 aces . Molleker scored 10 aces . Royer won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Royer | Molleker |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 2 |
Converted | 3/4 | 2/5 |
% Converted | 75% | 40% |
Conceded | 1 | 2 |
Saved | 1 | 1 |
% Saved | 100% | 50% |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Royer broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Royer extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Rudolf broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Rudolf conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Royer | |||
R1 Rola | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 66-45 | 66-45 | |
Total points | 111 | 111 | |
Winners | 18 | 18 | |
%Winners | 27% | 27% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 27/57 | 27/57 | |
% 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
1st pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
% 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Molleker | |||
R1 Pucinelli De Almeida | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 7-64 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 98-87 | 98-87 | |
Total points | 185 | 185 | |
Winners | 40 | 40 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 10 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 49/92 | 49/92 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 40/49 | 40/49 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Tennis Scores in Tulln Challenger
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Sandro KoppKopp (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jakub NicodNicod – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Max HoukesHoukes (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Petr NesterovNesterov (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-610 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Martin KrumichKrumich – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Petr NesterovNesterov (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Sandro KoppKopp (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Max HoukesHoukes (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Marvin MoellerMoeller (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KrumichKrumich – (0-1) – H2H and prediction