Zdenek Kolar and Javier Barranco Cosano will play each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm 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.

As per the initial odds, Zdenek Kolar is the pick to win this match.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.6
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Javier Barranco Cosano

This will be the 4^th time that Zdenek Kolar and Javier Barranco Cosano square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kolar (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Kolar won 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Marbella Challenger back in 2019.

Zdenek Kolar

Ranked no. 236, Zdenek got to the quarter after defeating Max Houkes 5-0 ret. and Jaime Faria 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Faria (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kolar scored 61 points vs Faria’s 38. Zdenek was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kolar managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zdenek broke Faria 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Kolar has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (387-298). 53-22 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kolar has a compiled 275-184 record in the last years on clay.

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

Kolar has an aggregate 56-24 win-loss record in 2025, 53-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 334, the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating David Pichler 6-4 6-2, Buvaysar Gadamauri 5-7 6-4 7-6(5), Pedro Araujo 6-0 6-3 and Carlos Taberner 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Javier had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-4 6-2). During the match Barranco scored 63 points vs Taberner’s 44. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Barranco scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Barranco put 63% of his first serves in, winning 53% (18/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Javier broke Taberner 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Javier’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Denia and M25 Santander.

Barranco has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Braga Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kolar	Barranco
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	20	51
Pts	85-50	187-129
Total Points	135	316
Winners	28	56
%Winners	33%	30%

Kolar played 2 matches while Barranco competed in 3 matches. Barranco started his run from the qualifications while Kolar had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kolar has played 2 set(s) less than Barranco (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kolar played 31 games less than Barranco. Kolar scored 28 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 56 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kolar	Barranco
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	1	1.7
1st in	34/70	89/147
%1st in	49%	61%
1st pts	28/34	56/89
%1st pts	82%	63%
2nd pts	20/36	34/58
%2nd pts	56%	59%

Kolar scored 2 aces (1 per match). Barranco bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kolar won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kolar	Barranco
Won	6	18
Converted	6/9	18/25
% Converted	67%	72%
Conceded	5	17
Saved	5	10
% Saved	100%	59%
Times Broken	0	7

Kolar broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Czech very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Barranco broke his opponents 18 times with a 72% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Kolar
	R1 Houkes	R2 Faria	Total
Score	5-0 ret.	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	1	2	3
Tot Games	5	15	20
pts	24-12	61-38	85-50
Total points	36	99	135
Winners	6	22	28
%Winners	25%	36%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	6/16	28/54	34/70
% 1st in	38%	52%	49%
1st pts	6/6	22/28	28/34
% 1st pts	100%	79%	82%
2nd pts	6/10	14/26	20/36
% 2nd pts	60%	54%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/3	4/6	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%	67%
Conceded	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	5/5	5
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Barranco
	Q1 Pichler	Q3 Gadamauri	R1 Araujo	R2 Taberner	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	5-7 6-4 7-65	6-0 6-3	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	18	35	15	18	86
pts	64-50	–	60-35	63-44	187-129
Total points	114	0	95	107	316
Winners	19		19	18	56
%Winners	30%	0%	32%	29%	30%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	1	5
Double Faults	3		3	0	6
1st in	27/54	/	28/39	34/54	89/147
% 1st in	50%	0%	72%	63%	61%
1st pts	19/27	/	19/28	18/34	56/89
% 1st pts	70%	0%	68%	53%	63%
2nd pts	15/27	/	7/11	12/20	34/58
% 2nd pts	56%	0%	64%	60%	59%
Breaks
Won	5		6	7	18
Converted	5/8	/	6/8	7/9	18/25
Converted %	63%	0%	75%	78%	72%
Conceded	5		1	11	17
Saved	3/5	0/	0/1	7/11	10
Saved %	60%	–	0%	64%	62%
Times Broken	2		1	4	7

Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger

• Alexander Donski/Stefan LatinovicDonski/Stefan Latinovic – Inigo Cervantes/Denys MolchanovCervantes/Denys Molchanov (7-6⁵ 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mircea-Alexandru Jecan/Bogdan PavelJecan/Bogdan Pavel – Jiri Barnat/Filip DudaBarnat/Filip Duda (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction