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.

As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
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

Valentin Royer

36 - 22win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
6-6
Clay
25-11
Grass
0-1
Rank
188
High
179
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-30 6-5 32-13 10-11 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
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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.

Tulln Challenger
Royer's Record

Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker

22 - 26win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
7-4
Clay
9-14
Grass
2-2
Rank
261
High
146
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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
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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.

Tulln Challenger
Molleker's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Royer
R.Molleker
1h:19
1h:19
Time on court​
!
2h:15
2h:15
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
!
2h:15
2h:15
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
66
66
Total points​
98
98
66
66
Avg point​
98
98
18
18
Winners
40
40
18
18
Avg Winners​
40
40
27%
27%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
18/27
18/27
1st won total​
40/49
40/49
67%
67%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
23/30
23/30
2nd won total​
26/43
26/43
!
77%
77%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
2/5
2/5
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
2/5
2/5
!
75%
75%
Won
40%
40%
1
1
Conceded
2
2
1
1
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
1
1
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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

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