Zdenek Kolar and Max Houkes will face off in the 1st round of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.4
Max Houkes -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
55 - 24win/loss
176
111
LWWWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66-31 | 3-2 | 63-29 | 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. 237, Zdenek will start his run in the Braga Challenger after he played his last match in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Choinski in the semifinal on the 20th of September.
Kolar has an overall 54-24 win-loss record in 2025, 51-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Sofia 1 Challenger where he defeated Murkel Dellien in the final 6-2 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Kolar has an overall 385-298 record. He has a positive 273-184 record on clay.
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-33 | 9-4 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, the Dutch got to the 1st round after defeating Mate Valkusz 0-6 6-4 6-2 and Lilian Marmousez 6-3 6-4.
Houkes’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Ueberlingen and M25 Meerbusch.
Houkes has an overall 37-27 win-loss record in 2025, 37-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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