Zsombor Piros and Zdenek Kolar will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.48
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 5th time that Zsombor Piros and Zdenek Kolar face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kolar won 6-4 3-0 ret. in the qualifications in the Bratislava Challenger back in 2019.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 6-4 | 26-8 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, the Hungarian reached the 2nd round after beating Edoardo Lavagno 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Lavagno, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 77 points vs Lavagno’s 72. Zsombor was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 48% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Lavagno 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Piros has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (196-114). 7-3 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Piros has a compiled124-58 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Piros has an aggregate 12-9 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Zdenek Kolar
| 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 |
Ranked no. 177, Zdenek reached the 2nd round after beating Julian Ocleppo 7-63 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kolar defeated Ocleppo (7-63 2-6 6-2).During the match Kolar scored less points (3) than Ocleppo. In fact, the world no. 169 won 97 points vs Ocleppo’s. That means that Kolar was more focused during the important points. Kolar was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (11/31) on the 2nd serve. Kolar broke Ocleppo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Kolar’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Vilnius Challenger.
Zdenek has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 |
| Pts | 77-72 | 97-100 |
| Total Points | 149 | 197 |
| Winners | 24 | 40 |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% |
Both Piros and Kolar played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Zsombor Piros surrendered 1 set, while Zdenek Kolar conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Piros and Kolar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Piros played 4 games less than Kolar. Zsombor scored 24 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kolar made 40 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 58/89 |
| %1st in | 48% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 40/58 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 11/31 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 35% |
Piros made 2 aces . Kolar made 4 aces . Piros won 63% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 67% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Zsombor broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Hungarian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Lavagno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-72 | 77-72 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 38/80 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Ocleppo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-100 | 97-100 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/89 | 58/89 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/31 | 11/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-610 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dane SweenySweeny (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (7-63 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Miljan ZekicZekic (3-6 6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Gianluca MagerMager (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – James McCabeMcCabe (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Steven DiezDiez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mariano NavoneNavone (2-0) – H2H and prediction
