Daniel Michalski and Zdenek Kolar will play each other in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Daniel Michalski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Michalski is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Michalski -> 1.72
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Michalski vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Michalski and Zdenek Kolar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Michalski and Kolar (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Michalski won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the final in M25 Antalya back in February 2025.
Daniel Michalski
15 - 6win/loss
344
243
WLWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-6 | 2-2 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 1-6 | 36-19 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 4-6 | 36-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-3 | 47-20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Daniel got to the qualifications after beating Kalin Ivanovski 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Pole defeated Ivanovski (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match, Michalski scored 90 points vs Ivanovski’s 76. Michalski was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michalski scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Daniel Michalski lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Michalski put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Michalski broke Ivanovski 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Michalski has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (254-149). 13-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Michalski has a composed219-111 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Daniel’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
Michalski has an overall 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-5 | 3-2 | 13-3 | 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. 382, Zdenek got to the qualifications after defeating Juan Pablo Paz 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Pablo Paz (6-3 6-4). During the match Kolar scored 64 points vs Pablo Paz’s 46. Kolar was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zdenek Kolar was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Pablo Paz 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Zdenek’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The Czech has a compiled 16-5 win-loss record in 2025, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michalski | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 |
| Pts | 90-76 | 64-46 |
| Total Points | 166 | 110 |
| Winners | 41 | 25 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Michalski and Kolar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniel Michalski dropped 1 set while Zdenek Kolar hasn’t lost a set so far. Michalski has played 1 set more than Kolar (3 vs 2). Therefore, Michalski played 8 games more than Kolar. The Pole scored 41 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kolar recorded 25 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michalski | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 63/93 | 35/51 |
| %1st in | 68% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 25/35 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 56% |
Michalski managed to score 1 ace . Kolar also fired 2 aces . Michalski won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michalski | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Pole broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Michalski lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zdenek conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michalski | |||
| Q1 Ivanovski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-76 | 90-76 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 63/93 | 63/93 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kolar | |||
| Q1 Pablo Paz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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