Rudolf Molleker and Milos Karol will play each other in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 8. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.47
Milos Karol -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Milos Karol
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Milos Karol since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rudolf Molleker
10 - 12win/loss
395
146
LWLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-13 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 375, Molleker got to the qualifications after defeating Filip Pieczonka 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Rudolf defeated Pieczonka (6-2 6-73 6-4). During the match, Molleker scored 103 points vs Pieczonka’s 95. Molleker was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molleker recorded 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (51/70) of his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rudolf broke Pieczonka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Molleker has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 53% of his matches (241-218). 5-5 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molleker has a composed175-129 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Molleker’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Rudolf has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Rudolf has never competed in this tournament before.
Milos Karol
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-31 | 8-5 | 21-17 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 28-27 | 3-2 | 11-13 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 6-24 | 3-5 | 1-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 433, Milos got to the qualifications after defeating Tomasz Berkieta 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Milos defeated Berkieta (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Karol scored 82 points vs Berkieta’s 66. Milos was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Karol struck 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Milos Karol lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Karol put 59% of his first serves in, winning 85% (40/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. Milos broke Berkieta 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Slovakian has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
| Pts | 103-95 | 82-66 |
| Total Points | 198 | 148 |
| Winners | 51 | 40 |
| %Winners | 50% | 49% |
Both Molleker and Karol played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rudolf Molleker conceded 1 set, while Milos Karol lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molleker and Karol have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Molleker played 8 games more than Karol. Rudolf scored 51 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Karol blasted 40 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 13 |
| 1st in | 70/110 | 47/79 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 40/47 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 12/32 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 38% |
Molleker made 8 aces . Karol scored 13 aces . Molleker won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Karol won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Molleker broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Molleker very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 10 break points. Karol broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Milos conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Pieczonka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-95 | 103-95 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 70/110 | 70/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Karol | |||
| Q1 Berkieta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 82-66 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 47/79 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/32 | 12/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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