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.
As 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
28 - 28win/loss
261
146
LLLLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 4-8 | 15-18 | 7-6 | 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
Luka Pavlovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-18 | 0-0 | 42-16 | 2-2 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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