Rudolf Molleker and Carlos Sanchez Jover will face off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PISTA 1. 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 -> 1.68
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rudolf Molleker
28 - 30win/loss
257
146
| 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. 245, Rudolf will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Villena Challenger where he lost 6-1 3-6 6-4 to Negritu in the 1st round on the 1st of October.
Molleker has an overall 28-30 win-loss record in 2024, 15-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rudolf’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The German has an overall 231-202 record. He has a positive 170-123 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-26 | 1-1 | 47-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 378, Carlos reached the 1st round after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 6-1 7-5 and Alejo Sanchez Quilez 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Quilez (6-1 6-2). During the match Sanchez scored 55 points vs Sanchez Quilez’s 32. Sanchez was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Sanchez Jover was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sanchez Quilez 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Sanchez’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Gandia and M25 Montesilvano.
Sanchez has an overall 44-23 win-loss record in 2024, 44-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Henrique RochaRocha (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur GeaArthur – Bernabe Zapata MirallesBernabe (6-2 0-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-1) – H2H and prediction