Zdeněk Kolář (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈkolaːr̝̊]; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022.
.jpg) Kolář at the 2023 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Residence | Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic |
| Born | 9 October 1996 Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Zdenek Kolar Sr. |
| Prize money | US $1,018,851 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–3 (25.0%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 111 (13 June 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 233 (18 March 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2018, 2022) |
| French Open | 2R (2022) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
| US Open | Q3 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–2 (33.3%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 110 (1 August 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 120 (15 January 2024) |
| Last updated on: 19 March 2024. | |
Professional career edit
2018: ATP debut edit
Kolář played his first match in an ATP tournament, after qualifying for the 2018 Swedish Open. He was defeated in straight sets by defending champion and former Top 10 member David Ferrer.
2021: Three Challenger titles edit
In 2021, Kolář won 3 ATP Challenger singles titles: in April in Oeiras Portugal, in August in Iasi Romania, in September in Szczecin Poland and 4 ATP Challenger doubles titles.
2022: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win edit
In 2022, Kolář made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at Chile Open alongside Nikola Milojević. They reached the quarterfinals with a win over local wildcards Alejandro Tabilo and Gonzalo Lama.
In his fifth qualifying attempt, Kolar finally reached the main draw of the 2022 French Open with a straight sets win over Franco Agamenone for his Grand Slam main draw debut.[1] He won his first ATP and Grand Slam match defeating home favorite and wildcard Lucas Pouille. He lost in the second round to fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets with three tiebreaks in a match that lasted over 4 hours.[2]
He entered the 2022 Wimbledon Championships main draw as a lucky loser.
National representation edit
Kolář was nominated for the Czech Republic Davis Cup team in 2017 but did not play in a match.[3]
Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit
Singles: 19 (8-11) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2016 | Croatia F2, Poreč | Futures | Clay |  Yannick Maden
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4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2016 | Croatia F3, Pula | Futures | Clay |  Pedro Martínez
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2016 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Constant Lestienne
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7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2016 | Hungary F3, Szeged | Futures | Clay |  Germain Gigounon
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1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2016 | Czech Republic F2, Prague | Futures | Clay | Clement Geens
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Mar 2017 | Croatia F2, Poreč | Futures | Clay |  Riccardo Bellotti
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2017 | Croatia F4, Opatija | Futures | Clay |  Laslo Đere
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5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Apr 2017 | Kazakhstan F3, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Mario Vilella Martínez
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4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Apr 2017 | Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Danilo Petrović
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6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 3–7 | Jun 2017 | Poland F1, Sopot | Futures | Clay |  Kamil Majchrzak
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–7 | Jul 2017 | Poland F5, Mrągowo | Futures | Clay |  Laurynas Grigelis
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7–5, 1–0 ret |
| Loss | 4–8 | Aug 2017 | Poland F10, Poznań | Futures | Clay | Mats Moraing
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6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Sep 2017 | Hungary F8, Székesfehérvár | Futures | Clay | Enrique López Pérez
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1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–10 | Oct 2017 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet (i) |  Harri Heliövaara
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3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–10 | Apr 2021 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  Gastao Elias
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–10 | Jul 2021 | Iași, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Gaston
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7–5, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–10 | Sep 2021 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Kamil Majchrzak
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7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–11 | Feb 2022 | Vilnius, Lithania | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Liam Broady
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–11 | Apr 2023 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Máté Valkusz
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6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 47 (26-21) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2015 | Croatia F5, Pula | Futures | Clay | Dominik Süč
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 Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov
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6–4, 0–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2015 | Poland F1, Koszalin | Futures | Clay | Petr Michnev
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Grzegorz Panfil Marcin Gawron
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0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2015 | Croatia F18, Solin | Futures | Clay | Tomáš Toman
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 Stefan Kozlov Nino Serdarušić
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6–4, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2016 | Hungary F3, Szeged | Futures | Clay |  Victor Vlad Cornea
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Gábor Borsos Ádám Kellner
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2016 | Czech Republic F2, Prague | Futures | Clay | Petr Michnev
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Oscar Otte Andreas Mies
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0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jun 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Matěj Vocel
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Tomasz Bednarek Nikola Mektić
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4–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Win | 2–5 | Jul 2016 | Czech Republic F4, Pardubice | Futures | Clay | Jan Hernych
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David Novák Roman Jebavý
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6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Aug 2016 | Italy F24, Cornaiano | Futures | Clay |  Bastian Malla
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Jonathan Eysseric José Hernández-Fernández
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6–7(2–7), 6–2, [4–10] |
| Loss | 2–7 | Aug 2016 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý
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Andre Begemann Aliaksandr Bury
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7–5, 4–6, [9–11] |
| Loss | 2–8 | Oct 2016 | Hungary F8, Balatonboglár | Futures | Clay | Pavel Nejedlý
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Gábor Borsos Ádám Kellner
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6–3, 2–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 2–9 | Nov 2016 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Roman Jebavý
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 Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–9 | Mar 2017 | Croatia F2, Poreč | Futures | Clay | Nino Serdarušić
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Matej Sabanov Ivan Sabanov
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–9 | Mar 2017 | Croatia F3, Umag | Futures | Clay | Nino Serdarušić
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 Hernán Casanova Juan Pablo Ficovich
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7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–9 | Apr 2017 | Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Nino Serdarušić
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 Alexander Zhurbin Mario Vilella Martínez
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6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–9 | May 2017 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Laurynas Grigelis
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 Prajnesh Gunneswaran Vishnu Vardhan
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7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| Win | 7–9 | Aug 2017 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Laurynas Grigelis
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Tomasz Bednarek David Pel
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–9 | Aug 2017 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý
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 Igor Zelenay Matwé Middelkoop
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Jan 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Gonçalo Oliveira
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Gerard Granollers Marcel Granollers
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3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Loss | 8–11 | Jul 2018 | Båstad, Sweden | Challenger | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira
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Harri Heliövaara Henri Laaksonen
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–11 | Oct 2018 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Rosol
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 Timur Khabibulin Evgeny Karlovskiy
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6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–11 | Jan 2019 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Adam Pavlásek
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 Jürgen Melzer Filip Polášek
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–11 | Feb 2019 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Laurynas Grigelis
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 Tomislav Brkić Dustin Brown
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7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
| Loss | 11–12 | May 2019 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Kimmer Coppejans
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Gerard Granollers Fabrício Neis
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–12 | Feb 2020 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Ocleppo
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Luca Margaroli Andrea Vavassori
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6-4, 6-3 |
| Loss | 12–13 | Aug 2020 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Rosol
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert Arthur Rinderknech
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3–6, 4-6 |
| Win | 13–13 | Sep 2020 | Prostejov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Rosol
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Sriram Balaji Divij Sharan
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6–2, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 13-14 | Oct 2020 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara
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Roberto Cid Subervi Gonçalo Oliveira
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6-7(5-7), 6-4, [4-10] |
| Win | 14–14 | Nov 2020 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Vavassori
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Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara
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6–3, 6-4 |
| Win | 15-14 | Feb 2021 | Potechefstroom, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Marc-Andrea Hüsler
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 Peter Polansky Brayden Schnur
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6–4, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 15-15 | Feb 2021 | Potechefstroom, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Julien Cagnina
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 Raven Klaasen Ruan Roelofse
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4-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 15-16 | June 2021 | Prostejov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý
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Aleksandr Nedovyesov Gonçalo Oliveira
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6-1, 6-7(5-7), [6-10] |
| Win | 16-16 | Jul 2021 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Lehečka
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Karol Drzewiecki Aleksandar Vukic
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6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 17–16 | Aug 2021 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay |  Luis David Martínez
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Rafael Matos João Menezes
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1–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| Win | 18–16 | Nov 2021 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jiří Lehečka
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Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara
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6-4, 6-4 |
| Win | 19–16 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Manuel Guinard
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Marc-Andrea Hüsler Dominic Stricker
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6-3, 6-4 |
| Win | 20–16 | Mar 2022 | Zadar, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Vavassori
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Franco Agamenone Manuel Guinard
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3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–6] |
| Loss | 20-17 | April 2022 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Adam Pavlásek
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Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral
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4-6, 0-6 |
| Win | 21–17 | Jul 2022 | Zug, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Adam Pavlásek
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Karol Drzewiecki Patrik Niklas-Salminen
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6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 21-18 | Sep 2022 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Denys Molchanov
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Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 22–18 | Sep 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira
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Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko
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6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 22–19 | Apr 2023 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Denys Molchanov
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Jacopo Berrettini Flavio Cobolli
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6–1, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 23–19 | Sep 2023 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Blaz Rola
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Piotr Matuszewski Kai Wehnelt
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6–4, 4–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 23–20 | Sep 2023 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Martos Gornés
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Andrew Paulson Vitaliy Sachko
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1–6, 6–7 (6–8) |
| Win | 24–20 | Oct 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Karol Drzewiecki
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Jaime Faria Henrique Rocha
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6–2, 7–6 (7–5) |
| Win | 25–20 | Nov 2023 | Matsuyama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Karol Drzewiecki
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 Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 25–21 | Mar 2024 | Zadar, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý
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Gregoire Jacq Manuel Guinard
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2024 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Tseng Chun-hsin
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Théo Arribagé Benjamin Bonzi
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1–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "#NextGenATP Italian Giulio Zeppieri Seals Roland Garros Qualification | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ @rolandgarros (May 26, 2022). "Stefanos survives ‼️@steftsitsipas outlasts world No. 134 Zdenek Kolar 6-3, 7-6(8), 6-7(3), 7-6(7) in an epic las…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nick's shock Davis Cup opponent".
External links edit
- Zdeněk Kolář at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Zdeněk Kolář at the International Tennis Federation
- Zdeněk Kolář, su atpworldtour.com, ATP Tour Inc.
