Nikola Milojevic and Zdenek Kolar will fight against each other in the quarter of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zdenek Kolar who should win in 3 sets.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.87
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 3rd time that Nikola Milojevic and Zdenek Kolar face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Milojevic won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2021.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 160, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Vladan Tadic 6-0 6-3 and Pedja Krstin 6-1 1-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Serbian defeated Krstin (6-1 1-1 ret.). During the match, Milojevic scored 37 points vs Krstin’s 18. Milojevic was very aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Regarding the service games, Milojevic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikola Milojevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 92% (12/13) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Krstin twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Milojevic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (323-185). 25-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Milojevic has a composed 110-71 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Zadar Challenger where he beat Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(5).
The Serbian has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2021, 25-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 182, Zdenek reached the quarter after beating Miljan Zekic 6-3 6-1 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (7-5 6-2). During the match Kolar scored 71 points vs Kuzmanov’s 54. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Zdenek Kolar was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kolar broke Kuzmanov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kolar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year 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 beat Hugo Gaston in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4.
The Czech has an aggregate 30-23 win-loss record in 2021, 26-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 36 |
| Pts | 90-47 | 135-92 |
| Total Points | 137 | 227 |
| Winners | 30 | 45 |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% |
Both Milojevic and Kolar played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Milojevic has played 1 set more than Kolar (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Milojevic played 12 games less than Kolar. The Serbian scored 30 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Kolar struck 45 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 58/109 |
| %1st in | 56% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 45/58 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 25/51 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 49% |
Milojevic recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Kolar managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Milojevic won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 73% | 55% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Milojevic broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Milojevic lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Zdenek broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | ||||
| R1 Tadic | R2 Krstin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 1-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 37-18 | 90-47 | |
| Total points | 82 | 55 | 137 | |
| Winners | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 13/24 | 35/62 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 12/13 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 92% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/11 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 73% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 2/5 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kolar | ||||
| R1 Zekic | R2 Kuzmanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 71-54 | 135-92 | |
| Total points | 102 | 125 | 227 | |
| Winners | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 31/59 | 58/109 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 25/31 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 16/28 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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