Otto Virtanen and Rudolf Molleker will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 2 sets.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.22
Rudolf Molleker -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Rudolf Molleker
This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Rudolf Molleker clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Virtanen won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger back in March 2024.
Otto Virtanen
41 - 27win/loss
91
91
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Finn will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Klein in the 1st round on the 30th of October.
Virtanen has a compiled 41-27 win-loss record in 2024, 22-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) and the Brest Challenger where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-4 4-6 7-6(6).
Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 203-135 record. He has a positive 117-47 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history
.Rudolf Molleker
28 - 32win/loss
261
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. 261, Rudolf will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Gigante in the 1st round on the 15th of October.
The German has a composed 28-32 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Rudolf’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.
In terms of his career, Molleker has an overall 231-204 record. He has a negative 23-33 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Molleker has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Henri SquireSquire – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick KaukovaltaKaukovalta – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (6-3 4-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jerome KymKym – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Sandro KoppKopp (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Oliver OjakaarOjakaar (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emilio NavaNava – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction