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 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.
He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018.
Career
2017: ATP debut Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open in Hamburg after defeating, in the qualifying rounds, Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser.
2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final. He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round. At the 2018 German Open in Hamburg, as a wildcard, he beat former world No. 3 David Ferrer in the first round.
2019: Grand Slam and top 150 debut
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.
At the 2019 BMW Open he recorded his third ATP win over Marius Copil as a wildcard. 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 two-time Hamburg champion Leonardo Mayer to record his fourth ATP singles win.
2021–2025: Out of top 400 In 2021, he received a wildcard for the 2021 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, but lost to Marin Čilić. He received a wildcard in doubles at the 2021 Hamburg European Open partnering Daniel Altmaier. At the 2022 Hamburg European Open, having received a wildcard, he reached the second round of qualifying but lost to compatriot, 18-year-old and also a wildcard Marko Topo. 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
Current through the 2025 ATP Tour.
Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1RAQ1AAQ2AA0 / 10–1 French OpenAA1RQ1AAAQ1A0 / 10–1 WimbledonAAANHAAAQ2A0 / 00–0 US OpenAAQ1AAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 20–2Career statisticsTournaments1350101200Career total: 13Overall win–loss0–12–32–50–00–10–00–11–20–00–00 / 135–13Year-end ranking566207164217379333201268397
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (2–1) Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Heilbronn, GermanyClay Jiří Veselý4–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss1–1Poznan, PolandClay Tommy Robredo7–5, 4–6, 1–6Win2–1Prague, Czech RepublicClay Gabriel Debru6–2, 6–2
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (5–5) Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (5–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Hammamet, TunisiaClay Elliot Benchetrit4–6, 0–2 ret.Loss0–2Antalya, TurkeyClay Nino Serdarušić5–7, 2–6Loss0–3M25 Split, CroatiaClay Viacheslav Bielinskyi2–6, 3–6Win1–3M15 Kamen, GermanyClay David Pichler6–1, 6–4Win2–3M25 Wetzlar, GermanyClay Nick Hardt7–6(7–3), 6–1Win3–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyClay Yanaki Milev6–3, 6–4Loss3–4M15 Oberhaching, GermanyHard (i) Daniel Masur6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss3–5M25 Palma Nova, SpainClay Pablo Llamas Ruiz3–6, 2–6Win4–5M25 Bodrum, TurkeyClay George Loffhagen6–1, 7–6(7–4)Win5–5M25 Bol, CroatiaClay Tiago Pereira6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Doubles: 2 (2–0) Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tunisia F25, HammametClay Elliot Benchetrit Aziz Dougaz Anis Ghorbel7–5, 6–3Win2–0M25 Tarragona, SpainClay Sandro Kopp Michael Geerts Daniel Masur7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 2018 Australian Open Hard Henri Squire Hugo Gaston Clément Tabur 2–6, 2–6
References
External links
(in German)