Dennis Novak and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2^nd round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.74
Dennis Novak -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Rudolf Molleker

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

The last time that they played each other, Novak won 1-6 7-5 7-6(3) in the quarter in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2019.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 246, the Austrian got to the 2^nd round after beating Tomasz Berkieta 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Berkieta (6-3 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 64 points vs Berkieta’s 49. Dennis was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Novak wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 86% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Berkieta 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (373-234). 10-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a compiled 183-121 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Novak has a composed 15-17 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Rudolf Molleker

Ranked no. 248, Rudolf got to the 2^nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁶). During the match Molleker scored 82 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 64. The German was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Molleker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Ramos-Vinolas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

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

Rudolf has an aggregate 25-27 win-loss record in 2024, 12-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Novak	Molleker
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	21
Pts	64-49	82-64
Total Points	113	146
Winners	37	28
%Winners	58%	34%

Both Novak and Molleker played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Novak played 3 games less than Molleker. Novak scored 37 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 28 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Novak	Molleker
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	55/64	43/71
%1st in	86%	61%
1st pts	37/55	28/43
%1st pts	67%	65%
2nd pts	6/9	14/28
%2nd pts	67%	50%

Novak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Molleker blasted 1 ace . Novak won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Novak	Molleker
Won	3	5
Converted	3/4	5/11
% Converted	75%	45%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	7	2
% Saved	100%	40%
Times Broken	0	3

Novak broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Austrian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. Molleker broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rudolf conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Novak
	R1 Berkieta	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-49	64-49
Total points	113	113
Winners	37	37
%Winners	58%	58%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	55/64	55/64
% 1st in	86%	86%
1st pts	37/55	37/55
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	6/9	6/9
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Molleker
	R1 Ramos-Vinolas	Total
Score	6-2 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	82-64	82-64
Total points	146	146
Winners	28	28
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	43/71	43/71
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	28/43	28/43
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Szczecin Challenger

• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Guido Andreozzi/Theo ArribageAndreozzi/Theo Arribage – Daniel Altmaier/Luis David MartinezAltmaier/Luis David Martinez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Lucas GerchGerch (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Hynek BartonBarton (4-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Szymon Kielan/Filip PieczonkaKielan/Filip Pieczonka – Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos GornesBortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes (2-6 7-5 10-8) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (2-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gianluca MagerMager – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H and prediction