Zdenek Kolar and Jakub Mensik will square off in the 2^nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER 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 Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.87
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Jakub Mensik

There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Zdenek Kolar

Ranked no. 173, Kolar reached the 2^nd round after defeating Andrey Chepelev 6-4 3-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Zdenek defeated Chepelev (6-4 3-6 7-5).During the match, Kolar scored less points (1) than Chepelev. In fact, the world no. 173 won 94 points vs Chepelev’s. That means that Kolar was more focused during the important points. Kolar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kolar blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 68% of his first serves in, winning 60% (38/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Zdenek broke Chepelev 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Kolar has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (297-235). 16-9 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kolar has an overall208-140 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Ostrava Challenger where he defeated Mate Valkusz in the final 6-3 6-2.

Zdenek has an aggregate 28-19 win-loss record in 2023, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 217, will start his run in the Iasi Challenger after he played his last match in the Iasi Challenger where he overcame 7-5 6-4 to Jacquet in the 1^st round on the 11^th of July.

Jakub has a compiled 23-13 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he beat Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.

In terms of his career, Mensik has an overall 61-33 record. He has a positive 30-21 record on clay.

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kolar	Mensik
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	31	22
Pts	94-95	84-70
Total Points	189	154
Winners	38	33
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Kolar and Mensik played 1 match. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set while Jakub Mensik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set more than Mensik (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kolar played 9 games more than Mensik. The Czech scored 38 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 33 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kolar	Mensik
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	3	8
1st in	63/93	41/70
%1st in	68%	59%
1st pts	38/63	33/41
%1st pts	60%	80%
2nd pts	13/30	13/29
%2nd pts	43%	45%

Kolar struck 3 aces . Mensik bagged 8 aces . Kolar won 60% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kolar	Mensik
Won	6	4
Converted	6/15	4/14
% Converted	40%	29%
Conceded	9	6
Saved	3	4
% Saved	33%	67%
Times Broken	6	2

Kolar broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kolar dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Jakub conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
	R1 Chepelev	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	94-95	94-95
Total points	189	189
Winners	38	38
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	63/93	63/93
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	38/63	38/63
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	13/30	13/30
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/15	6/15
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	3/9	3
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	6	6

Mensik
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	0%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger

• Hugo GastonGaston – Miljan ZekicZekic (4-6 0-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sebastian GimaGima (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Tomas MachacMachac (6-7⁵ 6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sebastian GimaGima (7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Miljan ZekicZekic (4-6 0-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Steven DiezDiez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui (0-0) – H2H and prediction