Zdenek Kolar and Eric Vanshelboim will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Zdenek Kolar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.21
Eric Vanshelboim -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Eric Vanshelboim
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Eric Vanshelboim since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 1-2 | 8-8 | 4-5 | 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. 169, Kolar will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in the San Marino Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Vacherot in the 1st round on the 1st of August.
The Czech has a compiled 30-23 win-loss record in 2023, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Ostrava Challenger where he defeated Mate Valkusz in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Zdenek has an overall 299-239 record. He has a positive 210-144 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2021. See his history.
Eric Vanshelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-26 | 11-7 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-25 | 6-2 | 50-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 4-5 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-20 | 12-4 | 26-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 4-4 | 14-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 445, Vanshelboim reached the 1st round after defeating Vladan Tadic 6-4 6-3 and Denys Klok 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Eric had a good straight sets win against Klok (6-3 6-0). During the match Vanshelboim scored 55 points vs Klok’s 29. Eric was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Vanshelboim scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Eric Vanshelboim was quite effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vanshelboim broke Klok 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Lucknow,M25 Split and M15 Addis Ababa.
The Ukrainian has a composed 41-17 win-loss record in 2023, 35-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (4-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Denys KlokKlok (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yanaki MilevMilev (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Stefan PopovicPopovic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Mirza BasicBasic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
