Zdenek Kolar and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.571
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 3rd time that Zdenek Kolar and Dimitar Kuzmanov play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kuzmanov won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Zadar Challenger back in March 2021.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 182, Kolar got to the 2nd round after defeating Miljan Zekic 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Zekic (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kolar scored 64 points vs Zekic’s 38. Kolar was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kolar recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Kolar put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Zekic 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Kolar has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (234-171). 25-15 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has a compiled166-103 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he defeated Gastao Elias in the final 6-4 7-5 and in the Iasi Challenger where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4.
Kolar has a compiled 29-23 win-loss record in 2021, 25-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 235, Dimitar got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Shevchenko, Dimitar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Kuzmanov scored 84 points vs Shevchenko’s 74. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was very efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Bulgarian broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Zadar Challenger.
Kuzmanov has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2021, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 |
| Pts | 64-38 | 84-74 |
| Total Points | 102 | 158 |
| Winners | 20 | 38 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Kolar and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov surrendered 1 set while Zdenek Kolar hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kolar played 10 games less than Kuzmanov. Zdenek scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov made 38 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 53/73 |
| %1st in | 54% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 38/53 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 55% |
Kolar managed to score 3 aces . Kuzmanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kolar won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kolar | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 58% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Zdenek broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kolar surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Zekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 64-38 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 27/50 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-74 | 84-74 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/73 | 53/73 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Jonathan MridhaMridha – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (4-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Malek JaziriJaziri (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Marko TepavacTepavac (4-6 6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – David PoljakPoljak (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Vladan TadicTadic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Drazen PetrovicPetrovic (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jonathan MridhaMridha (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mirza BasicBasic – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Sumit NagalNagal (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Pedja KrstinKrstin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
