Zdenek Kolar and Carlos Sanchez Jover will square off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on PISTA 1. 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 2 sets.
Zdenek Kolar -> 1.28
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
57 - 25win/loss
222
111
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62-30 | 3-2 | 59-28 | 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. 236, the Czech will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Gaubas in the semifinal on the 4th of October.
Kolar has an overall 57-25 win-loss record in 2025, 54-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season 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, The Czech has an overall 388-299 record. He has a positive 276-185 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Zdenek has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, Carlos got to the 1st round after defeating Sergio Planella Hernandez 6-3 6-3 and Oleksii Krutykh 6-1 6-7(6) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Sanchez defeated Krutykh (6-1 6-76 6-3). During the match Sanchez scored 108 points vs Krutykh’s 85. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 66% of his first serves in, winning 58% (37/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Krutykh 9 times after converting 53% of his break points (9/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Valencia and M25+H Kassel.
The Spaniard has a composed 40-22 win-loss record in 2025, 40-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-6(5)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (1-0) – H2H and prediction