Zdenek Kolar and Radu Mihai Papoe will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Gregorio di Catania Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court 5. 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 Radu Mihai Papoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Mihai Papoe is the pick to win this match.
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 1.42
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Radu Mihai Papoe
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Radu Mihai Papoe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
27 - 30win/loss
196
111
WWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-30 | 3-3 | 22-22 | 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. 196, Zdenek reached the quarter after beating Francesco Forti 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(5) and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kolar had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kolar scored 57 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 46. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kolar scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Kolar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cristian Jianu 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kolar has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
ATP San Gregorio Di Catania Challenger - Zdenek Kolar's projected path
Kolar has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (373-309). 22-22 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kolar has an overall 266-196 match record in the last years on clay.
Kolar’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Ostrava Challenger.
Kolar has an overall 27-30 win-loss record in 2026, 22-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Gregorio di Catania Challenger
Zdenek has never competed in this tournament before.
Radu Mihai Papoe
49 - 11win/loss
326
300
WWLWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49-11 | 8-3 | 41-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-15 | 0-0 | 30-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-10 | 0-0 | 19-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-8 | 0-0 | 19-6 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-9 | 3-1 | 16-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, the Romanian got to the quarter after defeating Michele Ribecai 6-3 6-4 and Luca Potenza 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Potenza (6-3 6-4). During the match Mihai scored 62 points vs Potenza’s 52. Radu was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Mihai scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Radu Mihai Papoe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Potenza 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Radu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP San Gregorio Di Catania Challenger - Radu Mihai Papoe's projected path
Mihai’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Bucharest,M25 Bistrita,M15 Curtea de Arges,M25 Bacau and M25 Pitesti.
Mihai has a compiled 49-11 win-loss record in 2026, 41-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Mihai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 38 |
| Pts | 175-168 | 129-108 |
| Total Points | 343 | 237 |
| Winners | 68 | 55 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Kolar and Mihai played 2 matches. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set while Radu Mihai Papoe hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set more than Mihai (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kolar played 14 games more than Mihai. Zdenek scored 68 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mihai struck 55 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Mihai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 100/179 | 76/115 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 68/100 | 55/76 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 35/79 | 22/39 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Kolar made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mihai blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kolar won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mihai won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kolar | Mihai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 75% | 41% |
| Conceded | 25 | 9 |
| Saved | 17 | 6 |
| % Saved | 68% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 3 |
Zdenek broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kolar lost his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Radu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kolar | ||||
| R1 Forti |
R2 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 2-6 7-65 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 18 | 52 | |
| pts | 118-122 | 57-46 | 175-168 | |
| Total points | 240 | 103 | 343 | |
| Winners | 44 | 24 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 68/123 | 32/56 | 100/179 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 24/32 | 68/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 75% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/55 | 12/24 | 35/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 50% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/4 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 | 25 | |
| Saved | 9/16 | 8/9 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 89% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Mihai | ||||
| R1 Ribecai |
R2 Potenza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 62-52 | 129-108 | |
| Total points | 123 | 114 | 237 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 43/63 | 76/115 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 31/43 | 55/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/20 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/5 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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