Zdenek Kolar and Nuno Borges will square off in the semifinal of the Barletta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.42
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Nuno Borges

This will be the 2nd time that Zdenek Kolar and Nuno Borges fight against each other. 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 2-6 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in 2021.

Zdenek Kolar

Zdenek Kolar

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Rank
222
High
111
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 61-30 3-2 58-28 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 28-23 1-2 11-12 16-9 0-0 0-0
2023 34-35 6-8 19-19 9-7 0-1 0-0
2022 23-36 1-6 17-24 3-3 2-2 0-1
2021 41-32 1-4 34-19 5-8 1-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 141, Kolar reached the semifinal after beating Francesco Forti 6-2 6-0, Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 6-2 and Jelle Sels 5-7 7-5 6-1.

In the quarter against Sels, Kolar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-1). During the match, Kolar scored 107 points vs Sels’s 98. Kolar was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kolar couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (45/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. Kolar broke Sels 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zdenek has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Kolar has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (255-189). 8-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has an overall183-114 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Kolar’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Kolar has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2022, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Barletta Challenger
Kolar's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

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Rank
47
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-33 17-14 9-11 3-4 4-4 0-0
2024 33-26 20-12 13-7 0-4 0-3 0-0
2023 37-26 20-11 8-7 6-4 3-4 0-0
2022 49-26 7-5 28-13 11-5 3-3 0-0
2021 52-21 6-4 46-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 149, the Portuguese reached the semifinal after defeating Titouan Droguet 6-1 6-4, Oleksandr Ovcharenko 7-63 6-4 and Luciano Darderi 1-6 7-64 6-1.

In the quarter against Darderi, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-64 6-1). During the match Borges scored 96 points vs Darderi’s 88. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Darderi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Portuguese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger.

Nuno has a compiled 17-6 win-loss record in 2022, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Barletta Challenger
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Z.Kolar
N.Borges
5h:20
5h:20
Time on court​
4h:45
4h:45
!
2h:52
2h:52
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
3
3
Match played
3
3
62
62
Games Played​
67
67
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
225
225
Total points​
239
239
75
75
Avg point​
79.7
79.7
90
90
Winners
105
105
30
30
Avg Winners​
35
35
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
0.7
0.7
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
12
12
Double Faults
11
11
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
90/132
90/132
1st won total​
105/144
105/144
68%
68%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
43/72
43/72
2nd won total​
42/73
42/73
60%
60%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
14/35
14/35
BP won
9/19
9/19
4.7/11.7
4.7/11.7
Avg BP won
3/6.3
3/6.3
40%
40%
Won
47%
47%
13
13
Conceded
16
16
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
3
3
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kolar Borges
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 62 67
Pts 225-177 239-196
Total Points 402 435
Winners 90 105
%Winners 40% 44%

Both Kolar and Borges played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zdenek Kolar conceded 1 set, while Nuno Borges dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kolar and Borges have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Kolar played 5 games less than Borges. Zdenek scored 90 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nuno scored 105 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kolar Borges
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 0.7 1.7
1st in 132/204 144/217
%1st in 65% 66%
1st pts 90/132 105/144
%1st pts 68% 73%
2nd pts 43/72 42/73
%2nd pts 60% 58%

Kolar struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Borges blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kolar won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kolar Borges
Won 14 9
Converted 14/35 9/19
% Converted 40% 47%
Conceded 13 16
Saved 10 10
% Saved 77% 63%
Times Broken 3 6

Zdenek broke his opponents 14 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kolar lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
R1
Forti		 R2
Pellegrino		 1/4
Sels		 Total
Score 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 14 17 31 62
pts 55-32 63-47 107-98 225-177
Total points 87 110 205 402
Winners 20 25 45 90
%Winners 36% 40% 42% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 0 2
Double Faults 3 3 6 12
1st in 28/41 34/58 70/105 132/204
% 1st in 68% 59% 67% 65%
1st pts 20/28 25/34 45/70 90/132
% 1st pts 71% 74% 64% 68%
2nd pts 9/13 13/24 21/35 43/72
% 2nd pts 69% 54% 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 14
Converted 5/10 4/9 5/16 14/35
Converted % 50% 44% 31% 40%
Conceded 0 6 7 13
Saved 0/0 6/6 4/7 10
Saved % – 100% 57% 52%
Times Broken 0 0 3 3
Borges
R1
Droguet		 R2
Ovcharenko		 1/4
Darderi		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 7-63 6-4 1-6 7-64 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 17 23 27 67
pts 63-45 80-63 96-88 239-196
Total points 108 143 184 435
Winners 32 31 42 105
%Winners 51% 39% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 3 5
Double Faults 3 5 3 11
1st in 40/55 39/64 65/98 144/217
% 1st in 73% 61% 66% 66%
1st pts 32/40 31/39 42/65 105/144
% 1st pts 80% 79% 65% 73%
2nd pts 8/15 12/25 22/33 42/73
% 2nd pts 53% 48% 67% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 4 2 9
Converted 3/6 4/9 2/4 9/19
Converted % 50% 44% 50% 47%
Conceded 3 4 9 16
Saved 3/3 1/4 6/9 10
Saved % 100% 25% 67% 64%
Times Broken 0 3 3 6

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

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