Antoine Escoffier and Zdenek Kolar will fight against each other in the quarter of the Vilnius Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Zdenek Kolar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.88
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 2nd time that Antoine Escoffier and Zdenek Kolar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kolar won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Bordeaux Challenger back in 2019.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-27 | 29-15 | 0-1 | 9-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 17-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-33 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 31-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 56-26 | 19-8 | 11-8 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 202, the French player reached the quarter after beating Edas Butvilas 1-6 7-5 7-65 and Otto Virtanen 6-2 0-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Virtanen, the French player had a free pass after Virtanen retired on a 6-2 0-0 . scoreline.
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (390-219). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escoffier has an overall 123-62 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Antoine’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Escoffier has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 1-2 | 8-8 | 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. 214, Kolar got to the quarter after beating Daniel Masur 7-63 6-4 and Jurij Rodionov 6-4 1-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kolar defeated Rodionov (6-4 1-6 6-1). During the match Kolar scored 76 points vs Rodionov’s 72. Kolar was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kolar managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 52% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. Kolar broke Rodionov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kolar has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.
Kolar has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 47 |
| Pts | 114-105 | 152-142 |
| Total Points | 219 | 294 |
| Winners | 54 | 61 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Escoffier and Kolar played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Antoine Escoffier dropped 1 set, while Zdenek Kolar lost 1 set. Escoffier has played 1 set more than Kolar (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Escoffier played 7 games less than Kolar. Escoffier scored 54 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 61 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 65/110 | 84/143 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 54/65 | 61/84 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 33/59 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 56% |
Escoffier blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kolar managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Escoffier won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 55% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Antoine broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Kolar broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Butvilas |
R2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 7-65 | 6-2 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 8 | 40 | |
| pts | 86-95 | 28-10 | 114-105 | |
| Total points | 181 | 38 | 219 | |
| Winners | 43 | 11 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 12/19 | 65/110 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 11/12 | 54/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 92% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 3/7 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/3 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kolar | ||||
| R1 Masur |
R2 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 | 47 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 76-72 | 152-142 | |
| Total points | 146 | 148 | 294 | |
| Winners | 36 | 25 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/70 | 38/73 | 84/143 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 52% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 25/38 | 61/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 18/35 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 51% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/7 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 57% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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