H2H, prediction of Dennis Novak vs Rudolf Molleker in Szczecin Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 12th September 2024

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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Rudolf Molleker

Dennis Novak and Rudolf Molleker will square off in the 2nd round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd 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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rudolf Molleker who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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 2nd 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

Dennis Novak
Dennis Novak

15 - 18win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
0-1
Clay
10-11
Grass
0-1
Rank
342
High
85
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-25 5-6 17-14 5-4 0-1 0-0
2023 38-23 12-3 12-10 10-8 4-2 0-0
2022 33-27 2-2 21-14 6-9 4-1 0-1
2021 26-29 1-3 9-12 14-11 2-3 0-0
2020 16-14 8-6 0-2 8-6 0-0 0-0

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

In the 1st 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

Novak
Szczecin Challenger
Novak's Record

Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker

26 - 27win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
7-4
Clay
13-15
Grass
2-2
Rank
261
High
146
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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. 248, Rudolf got to the 2nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 7-6(6).

In the 1st 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.

Molleker
Szczecin Challenger
Molleker's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Novak
R.Molleker
1h:05
1h:05
Time on court​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
64
64
Total points​
82
82
64
64
Avg point​
82
82
37
37
Winners
28
28
37
37
Avg Winners​
28
28
58%
58%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
37/55
37/55
1st won total​
28/43
28/43
67%
67%
1st won %
65%
65%
6/9
6/9
2nd won total​
14/28
14/28
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
5/11
5/11
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
5/11
5/11
!
75%
75%
Won
45%
45%
7
7
Conceded
5
5
7
7
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
7
7
Saved
2
2

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Novak
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Molleker
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2024 2023 2022
27 - 25
28 - 32
5-6
Hard
4-8
5-4
I Hard
7-4
17-14
Clay
15-18
0-1
Grass
2-2

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