Zdenek Kolar and August Holmgren will play each other in the 2nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on SUB- CENTRE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is August Holmgren who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.55
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. August Holmgren
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-19 | 1-2 | 9-8 | 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. 181, Zdenek got to the 2nd round after defeating Mathys Erhard 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Zdenek defeated Erhard (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match, Kolar scored 99 points vs Erhard’s 76. Kolar was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kolar wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Erhard 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Kolar has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (303-250). 6-7 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has an overall21-34 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Ostrava Challenger where he beat Mate Valkusz in the final 6-3 6-2.
Zdenek has a composed 34-34 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-24 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330 (career-high), Holmgren reached the 2nd round after beating Ryuki Tsutsumi 6-3 6-2, Kai Wehnelt 6-2 6-4 and Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-3 6-3). During the match Holmgren scored 58 points vs Takahashi’s 42. The Dane was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Holmgren managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. August Holmgren was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dane broke Takahashi 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Holmgren’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Harlingen.
Holmgren has a compiled 45-25 win-loss record in 2023, 32-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 53 |
| Pts | 99-76 | 172-122 |
| Total Points | 175 | 294 |
| Winners | 44 | 79 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Kolar played 1 match while Holmgren competed in 3 matches. Holmgren started his run from the qualifications while Kolar had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set while August Holmgren hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kolar has played 3 set(s) less than Holmgren (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kolar played 26 games less than Holmgren. Kolar scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane blasted 79 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 64/81 | 94/144 |
| %1st in | 79% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 79/94 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 29/50 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Kolar didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Holmgren struck 18 aces (6 per match). Kolar won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 84% of the points on 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 | Kolar | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Zdenek broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. August was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kolar | |||
| R1 Erhard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 99-76 | 99-76 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 64/81 | 64/81 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Holmgren | |||||
| Q1 Tsutsumi |
Q3 Wehnelt |
R1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 54-38 | 60-42 | 58-42 | 172-122 | |
| Total points | 92 | 102 | 100 | 294 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 27 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 33/46 | 30/47 | 94/144 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 72% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 27/33 | 27/30 | 79/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 82% | 90% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 9/13 | 9/17 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 69% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-66 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Renta TokudaTokuda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (4-6 7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-77 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
