Liam Broady and Zdenek Kolar will square off in the final of the Vilnius Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.28
Zdenek Kolar -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 3rd time that Liam Broady and Zdenek Kolar play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Broady and 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 7-6(8) 7-6(4) in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2018.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, Broady got to the final after beating Mats Moraing 6-3 6-1, Elias Ymer 6-3 6-1, Evan Furness 6-0 1-0 ret. and Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-1 6-3). During the match, Broady scored 69 points vs Dzumhur’s 45. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Broady recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Liam Broady was quite effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Broady broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Broady has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (353-245). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has a compiled 99-62 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Broady’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger.
Broady has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Liam has never competed in this tournament before.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 9-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 214, the Czech reached the final after beating Daniel Masur 7-63 6-4, Jurij Rodionov 6-4 1-6 6-1, Antoine Escoffier 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-2 6-3). During the match Kolar scored 63 points vs Ilkel’s 43. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 66% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ilkel 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kolar has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Zdenek’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger and the Vilnius Challenger.
Kolar has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 93 |
| Pts | 217-129 | 315-278 |
| Total Points | 346 | 593 |
| Winners | 71 | 128 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Broady and Kolar played 4 matches. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 2 sets while Liam Broady hasn’t conceded a set so far. Broady has played 1 set(s) less than Kolar (9 vs 10). Therefore, Broady played 38 games less than Kolar. The Brit scored 71 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 128 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 93/153 | 178/300 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 71/93 | 128/178 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 39/60 | 59/122 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Broady recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Kolar fired 15 aces (3.8 per match). Broady won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 16 |
| Converted | 19/33 | 16/28 |
| % Converted | 58% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 22 |
| Saved | 7 | 13 |
| % Saved | 70% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Liam broke his opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Liam dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Zdenek broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Zdenek conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | ||||||
| R1 Moraing |
R2 Ymer |
1/4 Furness |
1/2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-0 1-0 ret. | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 55 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 60-36 | 29-10 | 69-45 | 217-129 | |
| Total points | 97 | 96 | 39 | 114 | 346 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 28% | 26% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 30/47 | 10/15 | 24/45 | 93/153 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 67% | 53% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 22/30 | 8/10 | 18/24 | 71/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 80% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 9/17 | 4/5 | 14/21 | 39/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 80% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 5/13 | 19/33 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 80% | 38% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | – | 83% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kolar | ||||||
| R1 Masur |
R2 Rodionov |
1/4 Escoffier |
1/2 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 93 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 76-72 | 100-93 | 63-43 | 315-278 | |
| Total points | 146 | 148 | 193 | 106 | 593 | |
| Winners | 36 | 25 | 42 | 25 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 46/70 | 38/73 | 61/107 | 33/50 | 178/300 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 52% | 57% | 66% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 25/38 | 42/61 | 25/33 | 128/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 66% | 69% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 18/35 | 18/46 | 8/17 | 59/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 51% | 39% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/7 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 57% | 60% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/4 | 7/12 | 2/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 58% | 67% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
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