H2H, PREDICTION Zdenek Kolar vs Nicola Kuhn | Szczecin Challenger odds, preview, pick

Zdenek Kolar and Nicola Kuhn will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Szczecin Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.51
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Nicola Kuhn

There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zdenek Kolar

Ranked no. 185, the Czech reached the semifinal after defeating Jiri Vesely 7-6⁷ 6-3, Jay Clarke 6-1 6-1 and Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kolar scored 60 points vs De Jong’s 42. Zdenek was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kolar scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Zdenek Kolar was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zdenek broke De Jong 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Kolar has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (238-172). 29-16 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kolar has an aggregate170-104 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he overcame 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 overall 33-24 win-loss record in 2021, 29-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2016. See his history.

Nicola Kuhn

Ranked no. 288, Kuhn reached the semifinal after defeating Nathaniel Lammons 6-3 6-4, Matteo Martineau 6-4 6-1, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 1-6 6-4 6-4, Alex Rybakov 6-2 6-2 and Marco Trungelliti 6-1 7-5.

In the quarter, Nicola had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-1 7-5). During the match Kuhn scored 69 points vs Trungelliti’s 45. Nicola was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuhn bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicola Kuhn lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuhn put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Nicola broke Trungelliti 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicola started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Kuhn has an aggregate 15-21 win-loss record in 2021, 9-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kolar	Kuhn
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	53	98
Pts	202-148	360-281
Total Points	350	641
Winners	78	127
%Winners	39%	35%

Kolar played 3 matches while Kuhn competed in 5 matches. Kuhn started his run from the qualifications while Kolar had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicola Kuhn conceded 1 set while Zdenek Kolar hasn’t lost a set so far. Kolar has played 5 set(s) less than Kuhn (6 vs 11). Therefore, Kolar played 45 games less than Kuhn. The Czech scored 78 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kuhn recorded 127 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kolar	Kuhn
Aces	6	11
Avg per match	2	2.2
1st in	104/177	185/301
%1st in	59%	61%
1st pts	78/104	127/185
%1st pts	75%	69%
2nd pts	37/73	68/116
%2nd pts	51%	59%

Kolar recorded 6 aces (2 per match). Kuhn made 11 aces (2.2 per match). Kolar won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 69% of the points on 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	Kolar	Kuhn
Won	13	22
Converted	13/22	22/39
% Converted	59%	56%
Conceded	12	20
Saved	9	10
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	3	10

Kolar broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zdenek dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 22 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nicola conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
	R1 Vesely	R2 Clarke	1/4 De	Total
Score	7-67 6-3	6-1 6-1	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	14	17	53
pts	86-77	56-29	60-42	202-148
Total points	163	85	102	350
Winners	35	20	23	78
%Winners	41%	36%	38%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	1	6
Double Faults	4	1	2	7
1st in	49/86	28/43	27/48	104/177
% 1st in	57%	65%	56%	59%
1st pts	35/49	20/28	23/27	78/104
% 1st pts	71%	71%	85%	75%
2nd pts	16/37	10/15	11/21	37/73
% 2nd pts	43%	67%	52%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/9	5/6	4/7	13/22
Converted %	44%	83%	57%	59%
Conceded	7	3	2	12
Saved	4/7	3/3	2/2	9
Saved %	57%	100%	100%	86%
Times Broken	3	0	0	3

Kuhn
	Q1 Lammons	Q3 Martineau	R1 Ramos-Vinolas	R2 Rybakov	1/4 Trungelliti	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-1	1-6 6-4 6-4	6-2 6-2	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	19	17	27	16	19	98
pts	66-51	66-47	96-97	63-41	69-45	360-281
Total points	117	113	193	104	114	641
Winners	26	18	35	27	21	127
%Winners	39%	27%	36%	43%	30%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3	3	2	11
Double Faults	1	1	2	1	1	6
1st in	37/57	27/55	58/92	32/48	31/49	185/301
% 1st in	65%	49%	63%	67%	63%	61%
1st pts	26/37	18/27	35/58	27/32	21/31	127/185
% 1st pts	70%	67%	60%	84%	68%	69%
2nd pts	14/20	17/28	17/34	8/16	12/18	68/116
% 2nd pts	70%	61%	50%	50%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	5	4	4	6	22
Converted	3/4	5/6	4/13	4/5	6/11	22/39
Converted %	75%	83%	31%	80%	55%	56%
Conceded	3	4	9	1	3	20
Saved	2/3	2/4	4/9	1/1	1/3	10
Saved %	67%	50%	44%	100%	33%	98%
Times Broken	1	2	5	0	2	10

Tennis Scores in Szczecin Challenger

• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Pawel CiasCias (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andre Goransson/Nathaniel LammonsGoransson/Nathaniel Lammons – Szymon Walkow/Jan ZielinskiWalkow/Jan Zielinski (6-7⁴ 6-3 10-0) – See score progression
• Santiago Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul (3-6 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction