Rudolf Molleker – Wikipedia

Rudolf Molleker
	Molleker at the 2019 French Open Qualifying
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Oranienburg, Germany
Born	26 October 2000 (age 22); Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$456,643
Career record	4–10 (28.6% at ATP Tour level)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 146 (29 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 326 (20 March 2023)
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	–
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Career record	1–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 376 (21 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1134 (20 March 2023)
	Last updated on: 20 March 2023.

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German tennis player

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.

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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 trains at Patrick Mouratoglou Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) since 2018. ^[3]

Tennis career[edit]

2017: ATP debut[edit]

Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open 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 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 Australian Open, battling through three qualifying rounds before falling to world number 16 Diego Schwartzman in four sets.^[7]

At the French Open, he performed a similar feat, 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]

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 2022 ATP Tour.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 10 (4–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–5)
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