Zdenek Kolar and Ivan Gakhov will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.34
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 3rd time that Zdenek Kolar and Ivan Gakhov square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kolar won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Rovereto Challenger back in 2023.
Zdenek Kolar
22 - 28win/loss
173
111
LWWLLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-28 | 3-3 | 17-20 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 173, the Czech will start his run in the Szczecin Challenger after he played his last match in the Tulln Challenger where he lost 6-7(2) 7-5 7-5 to Barrena in the quarter on the 11th of September.
Zdenek has a composed 22-28 win-loss record in 2026, 17-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Zdenek’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Ostrava Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Czech has an overall 419-333 record. He has a positive 302-211 record on clay.
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15-15 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 453, Ivan got to the 1st round after defeating Oliwier Sterniczuk 6-3 6-2 and Dali Blanch 6-2 1-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Russian defeated Blanch (6-2 1-6 6-2). During the match Gakhov scored 71 points vs Blanch’s 61. Gakhov was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gakhov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Blanch 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
ATP Szczecin Challenger - Ivan Gakhov's projected path
Gakhov has a compiled 15-15 win-loss record in 2026, 9-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
