H2H, prediction of Rudolf Molleker vs Luka Pavlovic in Sibiu Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 20th September 2024

PREVIEW. Sibiu Challenger. Molleker and Pavlovic will square off in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 20th of September

Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Luka Pavlovic

Rudolf Molleker and Luka Pavlovic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRE. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.44
Luka Pavlovic -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Luka Pavlovic

This will be the 2nd time that Rudolf Molleker and Luka Pavlovic face off. 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 4-6 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in France F10 (Grasse) back in 2017.

Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker

28 - 28win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
7-4
Clay
15-16
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. 238, the German got to the quarter after defeating Stefan Palosi 6-4 6-2 and Giovanni Fonio 6-3 5-7 7-6(5).

In the 2nd round, Rudolf defeated Fonio (6-3 5-7 7-65).During the match, Molleker scored less points (1) than Fonio. In fact, the world no. 238 won 103 points vs Fonio’s. That means that Molleker was more focused during the important points. Molleker was exceptionally aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about the service games, Molleker struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (58/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Fonio 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German has lost 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Molleker has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (231-200). 15-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molleker has a compiled170-122 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

The German has an overall 28-28 win-loss record in 2024, 15-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Molleker
Sibiu Challenger
Molleker's Record

Luka Pavlovic

Luka Pavlovic
Luka Pavlovic

39 - 14win/loss

Clay
39-14
Rank
364
High
350
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-17 0-0 42-16 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 39-12 0-1 38-10 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-14 1-1 15-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 396, Pavlovic reached the quarter after beating Gastao Elias 1-1 ret. and Liam Draxl 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-2 6-3). During the match Pavlovic scored 65 points vs Draxl’s 41. The French player was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Pavlovic managed to score 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luka Pavlovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 96% (24/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Draxl 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Luka’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Porec,M25 Kursumlijska Banja and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

The French player has a composed 39-14 win-loss record in 2024, 39-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Pavlovic
Sibiu Challenger
Pavlovic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Molleker
L.Pavlovic
!
3h:34
3h:34
Time on court​
1h:15
1h:15
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:09
1h:09
2
2
Match played
2
2
52
52
Games Played​
19
19
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
170
170
Total points​
71
71
85
85
Avg point​
35.5
35.5
78
78
Winners
28
28
39
39
Avg Winners​
14
14
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
9
9
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
78/106
78/106
1st won total​
28/29
28/29
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
97%
97%
29/60
29/60
2nd won total​
12/21
12/21
48%
48%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
8/16
8/16
BP won
3/7
3/7
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
1.5/3.5
1.5/3.5
50%
50%
Won
43%
43%
10
10
Conceded
0
0
5
5
Avg Conceded
0
0
5
5
Broken
0
0
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Molleker Pavlovic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 52 19
Pts 170-157 71-45
Total Points 327 116
Winners 78 28
%Winners 46% 39%

Both Molleker and Pavlovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Rudolf Molleker conceded 1 set while Luka Pavlovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Molleker has played 1 set more than Pavlovic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Molleker played 33 games more than Pavlovic. The German scored 78 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Luka made 28 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Molleker Pavlovic
Aces 11 9
Avg per match 5.5 4.5
1st in 106/166 29/50
%1st in 64% 58%
1st pts 78/106 28/29
%1st pts 74% 97%
2nd pts 29/60 12/21
%2nd pts 48% 57%

Molleker blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Pavlovic recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Molleker won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Pavlovic won 97% 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 Pavlovic
Won 8 3
Converted 8/16 3/7
% Converted 50% 43%
Conceded 10 0
Saved 5 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 5 0

Rudolf broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Luka broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Molleker
R1
Palosi
R2
Fonio
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-7 7-65
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 18 34 52
pts 67-53 103-104 170-157
Total points 120 207 327
Winners 20 58 78
%Winners 30% 56% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 11
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 32/56 74/110 106/166
% 1st in 57% 67% 64%
1st pts 20/32 58/74 78/106
% 1st pts 63% 78% 74%
2nd pts 15/24 14/36 29/60
% 2nd pts 63% 39% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/11 3/5 8/16
Converted % 45% 60% 50%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 1/3 4/7 5
Saved % 33% 57% 45%
Times Broken 2 3 5
Pavlovic
R1
Elias
R2
Draxl
Total
Score 1-1 ret. 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 1 2 3
Tot Games 2 17 19
pts 6-4 65-41 71-45
Total points 10 106 116
Winners 4 24 28
%Winners 67% 37% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 4/4 25/46 29/50
% 1st in 100% 54% 58%
1st pts 4/4 24/25 28/29
% 1st pts 100% 96% 97%
2nd pts 0/0 12/21 12/21
% 2nd pts 0% 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 0 3 3
Converted 0/0 3/7 3/7
Converted % 0% 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Molleker
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Pavlovic
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2024 2023 2022
28 - 32
42 - 17
4-8
Hard
0-0
7-4
I Hard
0-1
15-18
Clay
42-16
2-2
Grass
0-0

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