Zdenek Kolar and Gabriele Piraino will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am 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 3 sets.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.45
Gabriele Piraino -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Gabriele Piraino
This will be the 2nd time that Zdenek Kolar and Gabriele Piraino square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kolar won 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Trieste Challenger back in 2023.
Zdenek Kolar
52 - 23win/loss
222
111
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63-30 | 3-2 | 60-28 | 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. 270, Zdenek got to the 2nd round after beating Nikita Mashtakov 6-2 6-2, Neil Oberleitner 6-1 6-2 and Matej Dodig 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kolar had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kolar scored 67 points vs Dodig’s 59. Zdenek was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kolar blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zdenek Kolar was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Dodig twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Kolar has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (383-297). 49-21 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has a composed 271-183 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Sofia 1 Challenger where he beat Murkel Dellien in the final 6-2 6-2.
Kolar has a compiled 52-23 win-loss record in 2025, 49-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Gabriele Piraino
36 - 17win/loss
371
345
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-20 | 0-1 | 43-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 5-6 | 28-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 4-3 | 23-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 2-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 382, Piraino got to the 2nd round after beating Gregor Ramskogler 7-5 6-4, Dennis Novak 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret. and Thiago Agustin Tirante 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Agustin Tirante, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Piraino scored 83 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 69. Gabriele was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Piraino managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gabriele Piraino lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Piraino put 77% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Gabriele broke Agustin Tirante 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Santa margherita di Pula,M15 Gubbio and M25 Wetzlar.
Gabriele has an overall 36-17 win-loss record in 2025, 36-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kolar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 47 |
| Pts | 187-127 | 176-150 |
| Total Points | 314 | 326 |
| Winners | 72 | 76 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Kolar played 3 matches while Piraino competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Gabriele Piraino lost 1 set while Zdenek Kolar hasn’t lost a set so far. Kolar has played 1 set more than Piraino (6 vs 5). Therefore, Kolar played 4 games more than Piraino. Zdenek scored 72 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 76 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kolar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 88/148 | 105/153 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 72/88 | 76/105 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 40/60 | 23/48 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 48% |
Kolar bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Piraino made 2 aces (1 per match). Kolar won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Piraino won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kolar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 43% | 35% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Zdenek broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zdenek pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kolar | |||||
| Q1 Mashtakov | Q3 Oberleitner | R1 Dodig | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 20 | 51 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 61-34 | 67-59 | 187-127 | |
| Total points | 93 | 95 | 126 | 314 | |
| Winners | 25 | 23 | 24 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 25/38 | 34/60 | 88/148 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 23/25 | 24/34 | 72/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 92% | 71% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 9/13 | 19/26 | 40/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 69% | 73% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 | 2/7 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 29% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piraino | |||||
| Q1 Ramskogler | Q3 Novak | R1 Agustin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret. | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 25 | 69 | |
| pts | 93-81 | – | 83-69 | 176-150 | |
| Total points | 174 | 0 | 152 | 326 | |
| Winners | 36 | 40 | 76 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 49/80 | / | 56/73 | 105/153 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 0% | 77% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | / | 40/56 | 76/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 0% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | / | 7/17 | 23/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 3/14 | / | 5/9 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 0% | 56% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/ | 2/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 33% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Tennis Scores in Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian SorgerSorger – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-3 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian SorgerSorger – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 3-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – (1-0) – H2H and prediction