Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zdenek Kolar will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.019
Zdenek Kolar -> 16.5
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Zdenek Kolar
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zdenek Kolar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-6 | 10-6 | 9-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the Greek got to the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Musetti 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a tough win against Musetti to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 166 points vs Musetti’s 138. Tsitsipas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 76 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 71% of his first serves in, winning 74% (76/103) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Musetti 8 times after converting 42% of his break points (8/19).
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (364-165). 15-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a compiled143-44 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Carlo where he overcame Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
Stefanos has a composed 32-10 win-loss record in 2022, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-12 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 4-5 | 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 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 9-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), Kolar got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Gaio 6-1 7-67, Altug Celikbilek 6-4 6-74 6-1, Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-4 and Lucas Pouille 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kolar defeated Pouille (6-3 4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Kolar scored 127 points vs Pouille’s 125. Zdenek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 68 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar recorded 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (68/95) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (21/52) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Pouille 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Kolar’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Czech has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2022, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 110 |
| Pts | 166-138 | 384-327 |
| Total Points | 304 | 711 |
| Winners | 76 | 165 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Tsitsipas played 1 match while Kolar competed in 4 matches. Kolar started his run from the qualifications while Tsitsipas had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost 2 sets, while Zdenek Kolar dropped 2 sets. Tsitsipas has played 6 set(s) less than Kolar (5 vs 11). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 63 games less than Kolar. Stefanos scored 76 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 165 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 103/145 | 226/373 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 76/103 | 165/226 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 81/147 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Tsitsipas scored 10 aces . Kolar blasted 13 aces (3.3 per match). Tsitsipas won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 73% 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 | Tsitsipas | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 42% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 55% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Stefanos dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Kolar broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Zdenek conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R1 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 47 | 47 | |
| pts | 166-138 | 166-138 | |
| Total points | 304 | 304 | |
| Winners | 76 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 103/145 | 103/145 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 76/103 | 76/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kolar | ||||||
| Q1 Gaio |
Q2 Celikbilek |
Q3 Agamenone |
R1 Pouille |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-67 | 6-4 6-74 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 19 | 41 | 110 | |
| pts | 86-66 | 107-89 | 64-47 | 127-125 | 384-327 | |
| Total points | 152 | 196 | 111 | 252 | 711 | |
| Winners | 30 | 44 | 23 | 68 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 36% | 54% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 58/99 | 32/59 | 95/147 | 226/373 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 54% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 44/58 | 23/32 | 68/95 | 165/226 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 72% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 24/41 | 18/27 | 21/52 | 81/147 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 59% | 67% | 40% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 6/7 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 86% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 50% | 56% | 289% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
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