Zdenek Kolar and Mate Valkusz will square off in the 2nd round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.6
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Mate Valkusz
This will be the 3rd time that Zdenek Kolar and Mate Valkusz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kolar and Valkusz (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Valkusz won 6-0 6-0 in the quarter in the Cordenons Challenger back in 2018.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62-30 | 3-2 | 59-28 | 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 |
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), Kolar reached the 2nd round after beating Franco Agamenone 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Agamenone, Kolar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3).During the match, Kolar scored less points (5) than Agamenone. In fact, the world no. 134 won 82 points vs Agamenone’s. That means that Kolar was more focused during the important points. Kolar was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kolar scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 61% of his first serves in, winning 61% (35/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Zdenek broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Kolar has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (258-192). 11-10 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has a compiled186-117 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Kolar has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
Zdenek has never competed in this tournament before.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-7 | 0-1 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309, the Hungarian got to the 2nd round after defeating David Poljak 6-3 6-2, Lukas Klein 7-67 6-1 and Damir Dzumhur 5-2 ret..
In the 1st round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (5-2 ret.). During the match Valkusz scored 25 points vs Dzumhur’s 15. Mate was very aggressive to blast 6 winners.
Talking about serving, Valkusz bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mate Valkusz was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (6/8) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Valkusz broke Dzumhur once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Mate’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Opatija.
The Hungarian has an overall 20-6 win-loss record in 2022, 17-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 44 |
| Pts | 82-87 | 157-113 |
| Total Points | 169 | 270 |
| Winners | 35 | 57 |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% |
Kolar played 1 match while Valkusz competed in 3 matches. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Kolar had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set while Mate Valkusz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kolar has played 3 set(s) less than Valkusz (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kolar played 18 games less than Valkusz. The Czech scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Valkusz struck 57 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 57/93 | 83/142 |
| %1st in | 61% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 35/57 | 57/83 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 37/59 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 63% |
Kolar fired 1 ace . Valkusz also scored 7 aces (2.3 per match). Kolar won 61% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kolar | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 71% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 64% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Mate broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Agamenone | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 82-87 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/93 | 57/93 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/57 | 35/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 14/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Valkusz | |||||
| Q1 Poljak | Q3 Klein | R1 Dzumhur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-67 6-1 | 5-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 7 | 44 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 72-62 | 25-15 | 157-113 | |
| Total points | 96 | 134 | 40 | 270 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 6 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 24% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 41/73 | 8/20 | 83/142 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 56% | 40% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 26/41 | 6/8 | 57/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 63% | 75% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 17/32 | 10/12 | 37/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 83% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/11 | 1/5 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 45% | 20% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 70% | – | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger
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- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (2-6 6-3 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-60 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John MillmanMillman – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gerald MelzerMelzer (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-0) – H2H and prediction