Pedro Sousa and Zdenek Kolar will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.85
Pedro Sousa -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Zdenek Kolar
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sousa and Zdenek Kolar since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 113, Pedro reached the 2nd round after beating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 69 points vs Grenier’s 56. Pedro was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Grenier 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Sousa has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (370-212). 7-7 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has a 337-179 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Buenos Aires.
The Portuguese has a 8-9 win-loss record in 2020, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
The Portuguese didn’t play in the Split Challenger in 2019.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 219, Zdenek reached the 2nd round after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kolar had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-2 6-3). During the match Kolar scored 64 points vs Krueger’s 44. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kolar scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Kolar broke Krueger 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Zdenek has a 15-12 win-loss record in 2020, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Kolar didn’t play in the Split Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 69-56 | 64-44 |
| Total Points | 125 | 108 |
| Winners | 23 | 18 |
| %Winners | 33% | 28% |
Both Sousa and Kolar played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Kolar have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sousa played 3 games more than Kolar. The Portuguese scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 18 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 26/43 |
| %1st in | 71% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 18/26 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 59% |
Sousa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kolar bagged 5 aces . Sousa won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 55% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Pedro surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Zdenek broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-78 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-70 6-0) – See score progression
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (7-5 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
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- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Viktor TroickiTroicki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
