Zdenek Kolar and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.5
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 223, Kolar reached the 2nd round after defeating Akira Santillan 6-2 5-0 ret..
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Santillan (6-2 5-0 ret.). During the match Kolar scored 60 points vs Santillan’s 37. Kolar was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kolar wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Zdenek Kolar was quite effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 83% (5/6) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kolar broke Santillan 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Kolar has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (215-157). 8-3 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has a 149-91 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Kolar’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Czech has a 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 224, Thanasi got to the 2nd round after defeating Filip Horansky 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Horansky, Thanasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 96 points vs Horansky’s 91. Thanasi was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (49/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Horansky 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Kokkinakis has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Split 1 Challenger
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- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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