Zdenek Kolar and Matteo Martineau will fight against each other in the quarter of the Nottingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Martineau who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.45
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.58

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Matteo Martineau

This will be the 2nd time that Zdenek Kolar and Matteo Martineau face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Kolar won 2-6 6-4 6-4

in the 3rd round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in 2020.

Zdenek Kolar

Zdenek Kolar

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
4-2
Rank
409
High
111
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 16-19 1-3 9-8 5-6 0-0 1-2
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Ranked no. 192, Kolar got to the quarter after defeating Remy Bertola 6-3 7-64 and Marvin Moeller 6-4 5-7 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Zdenek defeated Moeller (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match, Kolar scored 108 points vs Moeller’s 104. Kolar was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kolar fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zdenek Kolar lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kolar put 72% of his first serves in, winning 64% (47/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Zdenek broke Moeller 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zdenek has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.

Kolar has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (308-254). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kolar has an aggregate54-47 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Kolar has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

Kolar has never competed in this tournament before.

Nottingham Challenger
Kolar's Record

Matteo Martineau

Matteo Martineau

7 - 4win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
7-3
Rank
210
High
170
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-33 2-4 7-13 18-13 3-3 0-0
2023 50-36 0-1 23-17 18-15 0-0 9-3
2022 36-31 2-1 23-20 11-9 0-1 0-0
2021 41-26 4-4 27-15 7-6 0-0 3-1
2020 19-14 4-3 7-6 2-2 0-0 6-3
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Ranked no. 250, the French player got to the quarter after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-2 and Billy Harris 7-64 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Harris (7-64 6-4). During the match Martineau scored 69 points vs Harris’s 62. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Martineau struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Matteo Martineau was very efficient on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Harris twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matteo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.

The French player has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Nottingham Challenger
Martineau's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Z.Kolar
M.Martineau
4h:06
4h:06
Time on court​
2h:48
2h:48
!
2h:36
2h:36
Last match​
1h:33
1h:33
2
2
Match played
2
2
53
53
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
180
180
Total points​
134
134
90
90
Avg point​
67
67
82
82
Winners
73
73
41
41
Avg Winners​
36.5
36.5
46%
46%
Ratio winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
14
14
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
82/124
82/124
1st won total​
73/94
73/94
66%
66%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
21/48
21/48
2nd won total​
14/24
14/24
44%
44%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
9/26
9/26
BP won
5/10
5/10
4.5/13
4.5/13
Avg BP won
2.5/5
2.5/5
35%
35%
Won
50%
50%
14
14
Conceded
3
3
7
7
Avg Conceded
1.5
1.5
7
7
Broken
1
1
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
7
7
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kolar Martineau
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 53 40
Pts 180-170 134-108
Total Points 350 242
Winners 82 73
%Winners 46% 54%

Both Kolar and Martineau played 2 matches. At the moment, Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set while Matteo Martineau hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set more than Martineau (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kolar played 13 games more than Martineau. Zdenek scored 82 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 73 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kolar Martineau
Aces 11 14
Avg per match 5.5 7
1st in 124/172 94/118
%1st in 72% 80%
1st pts 82/124 73/94
%1st pts 66% 78%
2nd pts 21/48 14/24
%2nd pts 44% 58%

Kolar managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Martineau struck 14 aces (7 per match). Kolar won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 78% 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 Kolar Martineau
Won 9 5
Converted 9/26 5/10
% Converted 35% 50%
Conceded 14 3
Saved 7 2
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 7 1

The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
R1
Bertola		 R2
Moeller		 Total
Score 6-3 7-64 6-4 5-7 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 22 31 53
pts 72-66 108-104 180-170
Total points 138 212 350
Winners 35 47 82
%Winners 49% 44% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 11
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 51/71 73/101 124/172
% 1st in 72% 72% 72%
1st pts 35/51 47/73 82/124
% 1st pts 69% 64% 66%
2nd pts 11/20 10/28 21/48
% 2nd pts 55% 36% 44%
Breaks
Won 3 6 9
Converted 3/7 6/19 9/26
Converted % 43% 32% 35%
Conceded 3 11 14
Saved 1/3 6/11 7
Saved % 33% 55% 44%
Times Broken 2 5 7
Martineau
R1
Bellucci		 R2
Harris		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-64 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 23 40
pts 65-46 69-62 134-108
Total points 111 131 242
Winners 35 38 73
%Winners 54% 55% 54%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 14
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 45/55 49/63 94/118
% 1st in 82% 78% 80%
1st pts 35/45 38/49 73/94
% 1st pts 78% 78% 78%
2nd pts 6/10 8/14 14/24
% 2nd pts 60% 57% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/6 2/4 5/10
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 2 1 3
Saved 2/2 0/1 2
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 1 1

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