H2H, prediction of Zdenek Kolar vs Michele Ribecai in Palermo Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th October 2026

PREVIEW. Palermo Challenger. Kolar and Ribecai will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Palermo Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 7th of October

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Michele Ribecai

Zdenek Kolar and Michele Ribecai will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Palermo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on Center Court. 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 -> 1.52
Michele Ribecai -> 2.33

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Michele Ribecai

There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Michele Ribecai since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zdenek Kolar

Zdenek Kolar
Zdenek Kolar

25 - 29win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
2-4
Clay
20-21
Grass
0-1
Rank
196
High
111
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 25-29 3-3 20-21 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
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Ranked no. 196, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Dimitris Sakellaridis 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Sakellaridis (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kolar scored 68 points vs Sakellaridis’s 52. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kolar scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Zdenek Kolar was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Sakellaridis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kolar has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (371-308). 20-21 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has an overall 264-195 record in the last years on clay.

Kolar’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Ostrava Challenger.

Zdenek has a composed 25-29 win-loss record in 2026, 20-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Palermo Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Kolar
Palermo Challenger
Kolar's Record

Michele Ribecai

Michele Ribecai
Michele Ribecai

31 - 29win/loss

Hard
14-10
I Hard
0-3
Clay
17-16
Rank
282
High
259
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 31-29 14-10 17-16 0-3 0-0 0-0
2025 60-29 20-9 38-18 2-1 0-0 0-1
2024 40-24 6-7 29-15 3-1 0-0 2-1
2023 25-14 14-6 11-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 282, Ribecai got to the 2nd round after beating Benito Sanchez Martinez 5-7 7-5 6-0.

In the 1st round against Sanchez Martinez, Michele recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-0). During the match Ribecai scored 96 points vs Sanchez Martinez’s 79. Ribecai was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Ribecai blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michele Ribecai lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ribecai put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Ribecai broke Sanchez Martinez 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Michele’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Barletta Challenger.

The Italian has an overall 31-29 win-loss record in 2026, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Ribecai
Palermo Challenger
Ribecai's Record
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Kolar
M.Ribecai
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
2h:18
2h:18
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
68
68
Total points​
96
96
68
68
Avg point​
96
96
21
21
Winners
37
37
21
21
Avg Winners​
37
37
31%
31%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
21/28
21/28
1st won total​
37/60
37/60
!
75%
75%
1st won %
62%
62%
15/25
15/25
2nd won total​
13/25
13/25
60%
60%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
8/16
8/16
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
8/16
8/16
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
9
9
4
4
Avg Conceded
9
9
2
2
Broken
5
5
2
2
Avg Broken
!
5
5
2
2
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kolar Ribecai
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 30
Pts 68-52 96-79
Total Points 120 175
Winners 21 37
%Winners 31% 39%

Both Kolar and Ribecai played 1 match. At the moment, Michele Ribecai lost 1 set while Zdenek Kolar hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set(s) less than Ribecai (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kolar played 10 games less than Ribecai. Kolar scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Ribecai blasted 37 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kolar Ribecai
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 1 3
1st in 28/53 60/85
%1st in 53% 71%
1st pts 21/28 37/60
%1st pts 75% 62%
2nd pts 15/25 13/25
%2nd pts 60% 52%

Kolar made 1 ace . Ribecai also blasted 3 aces . Kolar won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ribecai won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kolar Ribecai
Won 4 8
Converted 4/8 8/16
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 4 9
Saved 2 4
% Saved 50% 44%
Times Broken 2 5

Kolar broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zdenek conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ribecai broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
R1
Sakellaridis		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 68-52 68-52
Total points 120 120
Winners 21 21
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 28/53 28/53
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 21/28 21/28
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 15/25 15/25
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Ribecai
R1
Sanchez		 Total
Score 5-7 7-5 6-0
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 96-79 96-79
Total points 175 175
Winners 37 37
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 60/85 60/85
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 37/60 37/60
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 13/25 13/25
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/16 8/16
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 4/9 4
Saved % 44% 44%
Times Broken 5 5

Head 2 Head

Zdenek Kolar
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 6Chall
  • 7Minor
Michele Ribecai
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Zdenek
Kolar

0:0

Michele
Ribecai

Rank

196

High

111

1h:32Played
Rank

282

High

259

2h:18Played
Win Loss
Kolar
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Ribecai
WWWWWWWWWW
2026 2025 2024
25 - 29
31 - 29
3-3
Hard
14-10
2-4
I Hard
0-3
20-21
Clay
17-16

Tennis Scores in Palermo Challenger

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