Aleksandar Vukic and Zdenek Kolar will square off in the 2nd round of the Split 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.47
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Vukic and Zdenek Kolar square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kolar won 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Poland F10 (Poznan) back in 2017.
Aleksandar Vukic
Ranked no. 200, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Duje Kekez 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kekez (6-2 7-64). During the match Vukic scored 77 points vs Kekez’s 60. Vukic was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Kekez twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Vukic has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (170-123). 3-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a 68-41 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Aleksandar has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 225, Zdenek reached the 2nd round after defeating Viktor Galovic 6-1 6-4, Matteo Viola 6-2 6-4 and Marc Polmans 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-2 6-2). During the match Kolar scored 60 points vs Polmans’s 36. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kolar recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zdenek Kolar was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kolar broke Polmans 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Czech has a 13-10 win-loss record in 2021, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 51 |
| Pts | 77-60 | 180-120 |
| Total Points | 137 | 300 |
| Winners | 27 | 72 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Vukic played 1 match while Kolar competed in 3 matches. Kolar started his run from the qualifications while Vukic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Vukic has played 4 set(s) less than Kolar (2 vs 6). Therefore, Vukic played 30 games less than Kolar. Aleksandar scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zdenek bagged 72 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 94/137 |
| %1st in | 51% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 72/94 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 28/43 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 65% |
Vukic scored 2 aces . Kolar blasted 7 aces (2.3 per match). Vukic won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 12 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 12/15 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Vukic was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Zdenek broke his opponents 12 times with a 80% conversion rate. Kolar conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Kekez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-60 | 77-60 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 33/65 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kolar | |||||
| Q1 Galovic |
Q3 Viola |
R1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 16 | 51 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 58-40 | 60-36 | 180-120 | |
| Total points | 106 | 98 | 96 | 300 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 25 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 35/51 | 30/42 | 94/137 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 24/35 | 25/30 | 72/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 11/16 | 8/12 | 28/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 69% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 12/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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