Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker
	Molleker at the 2019 French Open Qualifying
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Oranienburg, Germany
Born	26 October 2000 (age 21); Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$415,420
Singles
Career record	4–10 (28.6% at ATP Tour level)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 146 (29 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 370 (23 August 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	–
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	1–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 398 (15 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 413 (23 August 2021)
	Last updated on: 23 August 2021.

Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. 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]

Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 in July 2019.

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

Tennis career[]

2017[]

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[]

Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wild card 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]

Singles performance timeline[]

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

(W) Won; (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)

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 2021 Stuttgart Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	5	0	1	10
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	2–3	2–5	0–0	0–1	4–10
Year-end ranking	566	207	164	217		29%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 4 (1–3)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
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	1–0	May 2018	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Veselý	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	Poznan, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tommy Robredo	7–5, 4–6, 1–6