Zdenek Kolar and Giovanni Fonio will face off in the 2^nd round of the Biella Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zdenek Kolar who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.56
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Giovanni Fonio

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

Zdenek Kolar

Ranked no. 276, Zdenek got to the 2^nd round after defeating Stefan Popovic 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Zdenek had a good straight sets win against Popovic (7-5 6-1). During the match, Kolar scored 65 points vs Popovic’s 41. Zdenek was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kolar fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Zdenek Kolar was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kolar broke Popovic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Kolar has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (379-296). 45-20 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kolar has an aggregate 267-182 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Sofia 1 Challenger where he defeated Murkel Dellien in the final 6-2 6-2.

Kolar has a composed 48-22 win-loss record in 2025, 45-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biella Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Giovanni Fonio

Ranked no. 416, Giovanni reached the 2^nd round after defeating Filippo Romano 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Romano (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Fonio scored 82 points vs Romano’s 72. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Fonio made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Giovanni Fonio was very effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Giovanni broke Romano 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Giovanni has an overall 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 27-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kolar	Fonio
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	23
Pts	65-41	82-72
Total Points	106	154
Winners	25	34
%Winners	38%	41%

Both Kolar and Fonio played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kolar and Fonio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kolar played 4 games less than Fonio. The Czech scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 34 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kolar	Fonio
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	33/52	47/75
%1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	25/33	34/47
%1st pts	76%	72%
2nd pts	13/19	16/28
%2nd pts	68%	57%

Kolar recorded 2 aces . Fonio recorded 5 aces . Kolar won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kolar	Fonio
Won	4	3
Converted	4/7	3/4
% Converted	57%	75%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Giovanni broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Fonio conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
	R1 Popovic	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	65-41	65-41
Total points	106	106
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/52	33/52
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	13/19	13/19
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Fonio
	R1 Romano	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	82-72	82-72
Total points	154	154
Winners	34	34
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	47/75	47/75
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	34/47	34/47
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	16/28	16/28
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction