Tomas Machac and Zdenek Kolar will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
Tomas Machac -> 1.32
Zdenek Kolar -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Zdenek Kolar face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Machac won 7-5 4-6 6-1 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 123, Machac reached the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-1 6-1). During the match, Machac scored 62 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 34. Machac was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was very efficient on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tomas broke Llamas Ruiz 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Machac has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (185-90). 9-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has a composed61-29 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Machac’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.
Tomas has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 1-2 | 8-8 | 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. 206, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Antoine Bellier 3-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Bellier, Zdenek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Kolar scored 101 points vs Bellier’s 98. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kolar managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the 2nd serve. Zdenek broke Bellier 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Mate Valkusz in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Czech has an aggregate 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 |
| Pts | 62-34 | 101-98 |
| Total Points | 96 | 199 |
| Winners | 18 | 42 |
| %Winners | 29% | 42% |
Both Machac and Kolar played 1 match. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar conceded 1 set while Tomas Machac hasn’t lost a set so far. Machac has played 1 set(s) less than Kolar (2 vs 3). Therefore, Machac played 17 games less than Kolar. Tomas scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Zdenek blasted 42 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 64/102 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 42/64 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 22/38 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 58% |
Machac recorded 3 aces . Kolar fired 2 aces . Machac won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 75% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Tomas broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kolar broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | |||
| R1 Llamas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 62-34 | 62-34 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Bellier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-98 | 101-98 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/102 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Prague 1 Challenger
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- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-1 3-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 5-7 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Lukas KleinKlein – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction