Zdenek Kolar and Eric Vanshelboim will play each other in the qualifications of the Cordenons Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zdenek Kolar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.44
Eric Vanshelboim -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Eric Vanshelboim
This will be the 2nd time that Zdenek Kolar and Eric Vanshelboim square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vanshelboim (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vanshelboim won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Banja Luka Challenger back in 2023.
Zdenek Kolar
38 - 19win/loss
176
111
LWWWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66-31 | 3-2 | 63-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-23 | 1-2 | 11-12 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-35 | 6-8 | 19-19 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-36 | 1-6 | 17-24 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 41-32 | 1-4 | 34-19 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, the Czech reached the qualifications after defeating Filip Jeff Planinsek 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Jeff Planinsek (6-0 6-2). During the match, Kolar scored 58 points vs Jeff Planinsek’s 37. Kolar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kolar recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zdenek Kolar conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 56% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Zdenek broke Jeff Planinsek 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kolar has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (369-293). 35-17 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kolar has a compiled 257-179 match record in the last years on clay.
Kolar’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Kolar has a compiled 38-19 win-loss record in 2025, 35-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Eric Vanshelboim
32 - 17win/loss
473
357
LWLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-28 | 24-13 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-33 | 11-8 | 28-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-25 | 6-2 | 50-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 4-5 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-20 | 12-4 | 26-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 464, Vanshelboim got to the qualifications after beating Iannis Miletich 7-6(5) 7-6(8).
In the qualifications, Vanshelboim had a good straight sets win against Miletich (7-65 7-68). During the match Vanshelboim scored 102 points vs Miletich’s 96. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Vanshelboim wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Eric Vanshelboim lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vanshelboim put 73% of his first serves in, winning 59% (41/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Vanshelboim broke Miletich 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Chennai and M25 Belgrade.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 32-17 win-loss record in 2025, 20-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Vanshelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 |
| Pts | 58-37 | 102-96 |
| Total Points | 95 | 198 |
| Winners | 23 | 41 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Kolar and Vanshelboim played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kolar and Vanshelboim have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kolar played 12 games less than Vanshelboim. Zdenek scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian recorded 41 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Vanshelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 70/96 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 41/70 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Kolar blasted 2 aces . Vanshelboim didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kolar won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Vanshelboim won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kolar | Vanshelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zdenek very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Eric broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kolar | |||
| Q1 Jeff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vanshelboim | |||
| Q1 Miletich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 102-96 | 102-96 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/96 | 70/96 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 41/70 | 41/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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