Tomas Machac and Zdenek Kolar will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Central Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.3
Zdenek Kolar -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Machac and Zdenek Kolar face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kolar won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Prague 1 Challenger back in May 2023.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-19 | 15-9 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 110, Machac got to the 2nd round after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-76 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tomas defeated Bonadio (6-4 6-76 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 101 points vs Bonadio’s 86. Machac was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was very efficient on serve to win 80% (40/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Bonadio 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Machac has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (190-95). 14-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has an aggregate66-34 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
Machac has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Machac has never competed in this tournament before.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66-31 | 3-2 | 63-29 | 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. 199, Zdenek got to the 2nd round after defeating Kacper Zuk 4-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Zuk, Kolar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Kolar scored 98 points vs Zuk’s 91. Zdenek was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Zuk 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Mate Valkusz in the final 6-3 6-2.
Zdenek has a composed 24-16 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 30 |
| Pts | 101-86 | 98-91 |
| Total Points | 187 | 189 |
| Winners | 40 | 43 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Machac and Kolar played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac conceded 1 set, while Zdenek Kolar lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Machac and Kolar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Machac played 1 game more than Kolar. Machac scored 40 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kolar struck 43 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 62/91 |
| %1st in | 53% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 43/62 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Machac bagged 8 aces . Kolar blasted 4 aces . Machac won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Machac broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zdenek broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-86 | 101-86 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 50/94 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 40/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Zuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 98-91 | 98-91 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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