Rudolf Molleker and Andrew Paulson will square off in the quarter of the Tulln Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.65
Andrew Paulson -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Andrew Paulson

This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Andrew Paulson clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molleker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Molleker won 7-5 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in the Prague 3 Challenger back in 2021.

Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker

23 - 26win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
7-4
Clay
10-14
Grass
2-2
Rank
240
High
146
LLLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-32 4-8 15-18 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 quarter after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 and Valentin Royer 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Royer (7-5 6-4). During the match, Molleker scored 69 points vs Royer’s 61. Rudolf was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Molleker made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molleker broke Royer twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Molleker has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Molleker has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (226-198). 10-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Molleker has a compiled165-120 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.

Molleker has an overall 23-26 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tulln Challenger

Tulln Challenger
Molleker's Record

Andrew Paulson

Andrew Paulson

11 - 5win/loss

Clay
11-5
Rank
436
High
302
LWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-7 0-0 13-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 37-22 1-3 31-13 1-5 0-0 4-1
2022 53-27 6-3 30-15 15-7 0-0 2-2
2021 47-26 19-8 11-11 15-6 0-0 2-1
2020 4-8 0-0 4-5 0-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 378, the Czech reached the quarter after beating Michael Vrbensky 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-1 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Paulson had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-1 7-5). During the match Paulson scored 64 points vs Sachko’s 46. Paulson was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Paulson blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrew Paulson lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Paulson put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Andrew broke Sachko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Paulson has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordenons Challenger.

Andrew has a compiled 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Tulln Challenger

Paulson has never competed in this tournament before.

Tulln Challenger
Paulson's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Molleker
A.Paulson
3h:45
3h:45
Time on court​
4h:11
4h:11
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:22
1h:22
2
2
Match played
2
2
52
52
Games Played​
51
51
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
167
167
Total points​
176
176
83.5
83.5
Avg point​
88
88
66
66
Winners
77
77
33
33
Avg Winners​
38.5
38.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
9
9
7.5
7.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
66/79
66/79
1st won total​
77/106
77/106
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
46/76
46/76
2nd won total​
35/64
35/64
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
BP won
6/19
6/19
2/5.5
2/5.5
Avg BP won
3/9.5
3/9.5
36%
36%
Won
32%
32%
2
2
Conceded
12
12
1
1
Avg Conceded
6
6
1
1
Broken
2
2
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Molleker Paulson
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 52 51
Pts 167-148 176-154
Total Points 315 330
Winners 66 77
%Winners 40% 44%

Both Molleker and Paulson played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rudolf Molleker conceded 1 set, while Andrew Paulson dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Paulson have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Molleker played 1 game more than Paulson. The German scored 66 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Andrew fired 77 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Molleker Paulson
Aces 15 9
Avg per match 7.5 4.5
1st in 79/155 106/170
%1st in 51% 62%
1st pts 66/79 77/106
%1st pts 84% 73%
2nd pts 46/76 35/64
%2nd pts 61% 55%

Molleker recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Paulson bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Molleker won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 73% of the points behind 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 Molleker Paulson
Won 4 6
Converted 4/11 6/19
% Converted 36% 32%
Conceded 2 12
Saved 1 10
% Saved 50% 83%
Times Broken 1 2

Rudolf broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Andrew broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Paulson conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Molleker
R1
Pucinelli De Almeida
R2
Royer
Total
Score 4-6 7-64 6-1 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 22 52
pts 98-87 69-61 167-148
Total points 185 130 315
Winners 40 26 66
%Winners 41% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 10 5 15
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 49/92 30/63 79/155
% 1st in 53% 48% 51%
1st pts 40/49 26/30 66/79
% 1st pts 82% 87% 84%
2nd pts 26/43 20/33 46/76
% 2nd pts 60% 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/5 2/6 4/11
Converted % 40% 33% 36%
Conceded 2 0 2
Saved 1/2 0/0 1
Saved % 50% 25%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Paulson
R1
Vrbensky
R2
Sachko
Total
Score 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 32 19 51
pts 112-108 64-46 176-154
Total points 220 110 330
Winners 51 26 77
%Winners 46% 41% 44%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9
Double Faults 6 4 10
1st in 69/111 37/59 106/170
% 1st in 62% 63% 62%
1st pts 51/69 26/37 77/106
% 1st pts 74% 70% 73%
2nd pts 22/42 13/22 35/64
% 2nd pts 52% 59% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/12 4/7 6/19
Converted % 17% 57% 32%
Conceded 7 5 12
Saved 6/7 4/5 10
Saved % 86% 80% 83%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Tulln Challenger

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