Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a Germans 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.
He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018.
He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.
At the German Open in Hamburg, as a wildcard, he beat former world No. 3 David Ferrer in the first round.
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.
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.
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.
2021–2024
Singles performance timeline
Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A 1R A Q1 A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 French Open A A 1R Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 Wimbledon A A A NH A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 US Open A A Q1 A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 Career statistics Tournaments 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 Career total: 13 Overall win–loss 0–1 2–3 2–5 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0 / 13 5–13 Year-end ranking 566 207 164 217 379 333 201 268
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (2–1)
Hard (0–0) Clay (2–1) Win 1–0 Heilbronn, Germany Clay Jiří Veselý 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 Loss 1–1 Poznan, Poland Clay Tommy Robredo 7–5, 4–6, 1–6 Win 2–1 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Gabriel Debru 6–2, 6–2
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
Hard (0–1) Clay (5–4) Loss 0–1 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Elliot Benchetrit 4–6, 0–2 ret. Loss 0–2 Antalya, Turkey Clay Nino Serdarušić 5–7, 2–6 Loss 0–3 M25 Split, Croatia Clay Viacheslav Bielinskyi 2–6, 3–6 Win 1–3 M15 Kamen, Germany Clay David Pichler 6–1, 6–4 Win 2–3 M25 Wetzlar, Germany Clay Nick Hardt 7–6(7–3), 6–1 Win 3–3 M15 Antalya, Turkey Clay Yanaki Milev 6–3, 6–4 Loss 3–4 M15 Oberhaching, Germany Hard (i) Daniel Masur 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7) Loss 3–5 M25 Palma Nova, Spain Clay Pablo Llamas Ruiz 3–6, 2–6 Win 4–5 M25 Bodrum, Turkey Clay George Loffhagen 6–1, 7–6(7–4) Win 5–5 M25 Bol, Croatia Clay Tiago Pereira 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Hard (0–0) Clay (2–0) Win 1–0 Tunisia F25, Hammamet Clay Elliot Benchetrit Aziz Dougaz
Anis Ghorbel7–5, 6–3 Win 2–0 M25 Tarragona, Spain Clay Sandro Kopp Michael Geerts
Daniel Masur7–5, 4–6, 10–8
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Loss 2018 Australian Open Hard Henri Squire Hugo Gaston
Clément Tabur2–6, 2–6
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