Rudolf Molleker and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTRE. 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 -> 1.444
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rudolf Molleker
27 - 28win/loss
238
146
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-28 | 4-6 | 14-16 | 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. 238, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Palosi 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Molleker had a good straight sets win against Palosi (6-4 6-2). During the match, Molleker scored 67 points vs Palosi’s 53. The German was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Palosi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Molleker has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (230-200). 14-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has an aggregate169-122 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Molleker’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.
Molleker has a compiled 27-28 win-loss record in 2024, 14-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Giovanni Fonio
30 - 28win/loss
298
269
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 9-7 | 21-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 298, Giovanni got to the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Gima 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Fonio had a good straight sets win against Gima (6-2 6-2). During the match Fonio scored 66 points vs Gima’s 42. Giovanni was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Giovanni Fonio was very efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Gima 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Fonio’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and M25 Reggio Emilia.
Giovanni has a compiled 30-28 win-loss record in 2024, 21-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-53 | 66-42 |
| Total Points | 120 | 108 |
| Winners | 20 | 24 |
| %Winners | 30% | 36% |
Both Molleker and Fonio played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Fonio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molleker played 2 games more than Fonio. Rudolf scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni recorded 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 30/58 |
| %1st in | 57% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Molleker blasted 4 aces . Fonio blasted 1 ace . Molleker won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Rudolf broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rudolf lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Molleker | |||
| R1 Palosi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/56 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fonio | |||
| R1 Gima | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 66-42 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 30/58 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Arthur GeaGea – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Gastao EliasElias (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Corentin DenollyDenolly (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Jorge PlansPlans (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Sebastian GimaGima (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Christoph NegrituNegritu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction