Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker
	Molleker at the 2019 French Open Qualifying
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Oranienburg, Germany
Born	26 October 2000 (age 23); Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Benjamin Thiele
Prize money	$583,745
Singles
Career record	5–12 (29.4% at ATP Tour level)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 146 (29 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 179 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	1R (2019)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	1–8 (11.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 376 (21 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 885 (8 April 2024)
	Last updated on: 14 April 2024.

Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of World No. 376 on 21 March 2022.

Personal information edit

He was born in Sieverodonetsk in Ukraine to Roman and Tanja Molleker and moved to Oranienburg in Germany when he was three years old. He is of Russian–German descent.^[1]^[2]

He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018.^[3]

Career edit

2017: ATP debut edit

Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open in Hamburg after defeating Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser, in the qualifying rounds.

2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins edit

Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final.^[4]

He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.^[5]

At the German Open in Hamburg, as a wildcard, he beat former world No. 3 David Ferrer in the first round.^[6]

2019: Grand Slam and top 150 debut edit

Molleker made his Grand Slam debut at the 2019 Australian Open, battling through three qualifying rounds before falling to world No. 16 Diego Schwartzman in four sets.^[7]

At the 2019 BMW Open he recorded his third ATP win over Marius Copil. He also entered the doubles event with Andre Begemann as an alternate pair.

At the 2019 French Open, he performed a similar feat to the Australian Open, twice coming back from a set down to qualify for the main draw. He again lost in four sets in the first round, this time to Alexander Bublik.^[7]

He received a wildcard in singles and in doubles for the main draw of the 2019 Hamburg European Open. He defeated Leonardo Mayer to record his fourth ATP singles win.

2021-2024 edit

In 2021, he received a wildcard in Stuttgart but lost to Marin Čilić. He received a wildcard in doubles at the 2021 Hamburg European Open partnering Daniel Altmaier.

He received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Hamburg European Open but lost to compatriot and wildcard Maximilian Marterer.

Ranked No. 179, he also received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 BMW Open and defeated qualifier Francesco Passaro for his fifth ATP win.

Singles performance timeline edit

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 BMW Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	12
Overall win–loss	0–1	2–3	2–5	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–12
Year-end ranking	566	207	164	217	379	333	201		29%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 12 (6–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	Tunisia F25, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Elliot Benchetrit	4–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss	0–2	Apr 2018	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Nino Serdarušić	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	May 2018	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Veselý	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jun 2019	Poznan, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tommy Robredo	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	May 2022	M25 Split, Croatia	World Tour	Clay	Viacheslav Bielinskyi	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Jun 2022	M15 Kamen, Germany	World Tour	Clay	David Pichler	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–4	Aug 2022	M25 Wetzlar, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Nick Hardt	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Win	4–4	Dec 2022	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tour	Clay	Yanaki Milev	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Feb 2023	M15 Oberhaching, Germany	World Tour	Hard (i)	Daniel Masur	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	4–6	Mar 2023	M25 Palma Nova, Spain	World Tour	Clay	Pablo Llamas Ruiz	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–6	May 2023	M25 Bodrum, Turkey	World Tour	Clay	George Loffhagen	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	6–6	Aug 2023	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Debru	6–2, 6–2