Zdeněk Kolář

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.

Zdeněk Kolář
Kolář at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidenceBystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic
Born (1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 (age 27)
Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachZdenek Kolar Sr.
Prize moneyUS $1,018,851
Singles
Career record1–3 (25.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (13 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 233 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2018, 2022)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (33.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 110 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 120 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 19 March 2024.

Professional career

2018: ATP debut

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

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

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

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

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 19 (8-11)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–2)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2016Croatia F2, PorečFuturesClay Yannick Maden4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss1–1Mar 2016Croatia F3, PulaFuturesClay Pedro Martínez3–6, 1–6
Loss1–2May 2016Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Constant Lestienne7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Loss1–3May 2016Hungary F3, SzegedFuturesClay Germain Gigounon1–6, 0–6
Win2–3May 2016Czech Republic F2, PragueFuturesClay Clement Geens6–3, 6–2
Loss2–4Mar 2017Croatia F2, PorečFuturesClay Riccardo Bellotti4–6, 3–6
Loss2–5Apr 2017Croatia F4, OpatijaFuturesClay Laslo Đere5–7, 4–6
Loss2–6Apr 2017Kazakhstan F3, ShymkentFuturesClay Mario Vilella Martínez4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss2–7Apr 2017Kazakhstan F4, ShymkentFuturesClay Danilo Petrović6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win3–7Jun 2017Poland F1, SopotFuturesClay Kamil Majchrzak6–3, 6–2
Win4–7Jul 2017Poland F5, MrągowoFuturesClay Laurynas Grigelis7–5, 1–0 ret
Loss4–8Aug 2017Poland F10, PoznańFuturesClay Mats Moraing6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss4–9Sep 2017Hungary F8, SzékesfehérvárFuturesClay Enrique López Pérez1–6, 1–6
Loss4–10Oct 2017Estonia F2, TartuFuturesCarpet (i) Harri Heliövaara3–6, 5–7
Win5–10Apr 2021Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Gastao Elias6–4, 7–5
Win6–10Jul 2021Iași, RomaniaChallengerClay Hugo Gaston7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win7–10Sep 2021Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Kamil Majchrzak7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss7–11Feb 2022Vilnius, LithuaniaChallengerHard (i) Liam Broady4–6, 4–6
Win8–11Apr 2023Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Máté Valkusz6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 47 (26-21)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (21–15)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (18–18)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2015Croatia F5, PulaFuturesClay Dominik Süč Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov
6–4, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss0–2Aug 2015Poland F1, KoszalinFuturesClay Petr Michnev Grzegorz Panfil
Marcin Gawron
0–6, 4–6
Win1–2Oct 2015Croatia F18, SolinFuturesClay Tomáš Toman Stefan Kozlov
Nino Serdarušić
6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss1–3May 2016Hungary F3, SzegedFuturesClay Victor Vlad Cornea Gábor Borsos
Ádám Kellner
2–6, 1–6
Loss1–4May 2016Czech Republic F2, PragueFuturesClay Petr Michnev Oscar Otte
Andreas Mies
0–6, 4–6
Loss1–5Jun 2016Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Matěj Vocel Tomasz Bednarek
Nikola Mektić
4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win2–5Jul 2016Czech Republic F4, PardubiceFuturesClay Jan Hernych David Novák
Roman Jebavý
6–1, 6–4
Loss2–6Aug 2016Italy F24, CornaianoFuturesClay Bastian Malla Jonathan Eysseric
José Hernández-Fernández
6–7(2–7), 6–2, [4–10]
Loss2–7Aug 2016Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Andre Begemann
Aliaksandr Bury
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss2–8Oct 2016Hungary F8, BalatonboglárFuturesClay Pavel Nejedlý Gábor Borsos
Ádám Kellner
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss2–9Nov 2016Andria, ItalyChallengerCarpet (i) Roman Jebavý Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 3–6
Win3–9Mar 2017Croatia F2, PorečFuturesClay Nino Serdarušić Matej Sabanov
Ivan Sabanov
6–3, 6–3
Win4–9Mar 2017Croatia F3, UmagFuturesClay Nino Serdarušić Hernán Casanova
Juan Pablo Ficovich
7–5, 6–0
Win5–9Apr 2017Kazakhstan F4, ShymkentFuturesClay Nino Serdarušić Alexander Zhurbin
Mario Vilella Martínez
6–2, 6–2
Win6–9May 2017Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Laurynas Grigelis Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Vishnu Vardhan
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win7–9Aug 2017Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Laurynas Grigelis Tomasz Bednarek
David Pel
6–3, 6–4
Win8–9Aug 2017Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Igor Zelenay
Matwé Middelkoop
6–2, 6–3
Loss8–10Jan 2018Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Gonçalo Oliveira Gerard Granollers
Marcel Granollers
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss8–11Jul 2018Båstad, SwedenChallengerClay Gonçalo Oliveira Harri Heliövaara
Henri Laaksonen
4–6, 3–6
Win9–11Oct 2018Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol Timur Khabibulin
Evgeny Karlovskiy
6–3, 6–1
Win10–11Jan 2019Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Adam Pavlásek Jürgen Melzer
Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4
Win11–11Feb 2019Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Laurynas Grigelis Tomislav Brkić
Dustin Brown
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Loss11–12May 2019Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Kimmer Coppejans Gerard Granollers
Fabrício Neis
4–6, 3–6
Win12–12Feb 2020Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Julian Ocleppo Luca Margaroli
Andrea Vavassori
6-4, 6-3
Loss12–13Aug 2020Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Lukáš Rosol Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Arthur Rinderknech
3–6, 4-6
Win13–13Sep 2020Prostejov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Lukáš Rosol Sriram Balaji
Divij Sharan
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss13-14Oct 2020Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Harri Heliövaara Roberto Cid Subervi
Gonçalo Oliveira
6-7(5-7), 6-4, [4-10]
Win14–14Nov 2020Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Andrea Vavassori Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
6–3, 6-4
Win15-14Feb 2021Potechefstroom, South AfricaChallengerHard Marc-Andrea Hüsler Peter Polansky
Brayden Schnur
6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss15-15Feb 2021Potechefstroom, South AfricaChallengerHard Julien Cagnina Raven Klaasen
Ruan Roelofse
4-6, 4-6
Loss15-16June 2021Prostejov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Gonçalo Oliveira
6-1, 6-7(5-7), [6-10]
Win16-16Jul 2021Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Jiří Lehečka Karol Drzewiecki
Aleksandar Vukic
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win17–16Aug 2021San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Luis David Martínez Rafael Matos
João Menezes
1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win18–16Nov 2021Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jiří Lehečka Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
6-4, 6-4
Win19–16Jan 2022Traralgon, AustraliaChallengerHard Manuel Guinard Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Dominic Stricker
6-3, 6-4
Win20–16Mar 2022Zadar, CroatiaChallengerClay Andrea Vavassori Franco Agamenone
Manuel Guinard
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Loss20-17April 2022Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Adam Pavlásek Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral
4-6, 0-6
Win21–17Jul 2022Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Adam Pavlásek Karol Drzewiecki
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–3, 7–5
Loss21-18Sep 2022Tulln an der Donau, AustriaChallengerClay Denys Molchanov Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler
3–6, 4–6
Win22–18Sep 2022Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Gonçalo Oliveira Vladyslav Manafov
Oleg Prihodko
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss22–19Apr 2023Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Denys Molchanov Jacopo Berrettini
Flavio Cobolli
6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Win23–19Sep 2023Tulln an der Donau, AustriaChallengerClay Blaz Rola Piotr Matuszewski
Kai Wehnelt
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss23–20Sep 2023Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Sergio Martos Gornés Andrew Paulson
Vitaliy Sachko
1–6, 6–7 (6–8)
Win24–20Oct 2023Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Karol Drzewiecki Jaime Faria
Henrique Rocha
6–2, 7–6 (7–5)
Win25–20Nov 2023Matsuyama, JapanChallengerHard Karol Drzewiecki Toshihide Matsui
Kaito Uesugi
6–3, 6–2
Loss25–21Mar 2024Zadar, CroatiaChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Gregoire Jacq
Manuel Guinard
4–6, 4–6
Win1–0Apr 2024Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Tseng Chun-hsin Théo Arribagé
Benjamin Bonzi
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

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