ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Oeiras Open 3
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Houkes
🧱 The Wall
Kolar
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🧱 The Wall vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 3,251 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Max Houkes plays Zdenek Kolar.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Houkes | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 8–9 |
| Avg odds | 2.30 | 1.67 |
| ROI % | +14.4% | -20.5% |
| Units P/L | +2.31u | -3.48u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Houkes
0
Kolar
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 6 shared opponents, both Houkes and Kolar posted a 17% win rate.
| Opponent | Houkes | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Sumit Nagal | L 26 46 | L 46 67 |
| Inaki Montes-De La Torre | L 06 26 | L 67 67 |
| Zsombor Piros | L 46 36 | L 57 57 |
| Marco Trungelliti | L 76 67 36 | L 36 36 |
| Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | L 64 36 16 | L 26 36 |
| Giovanni Fonio | W 36 63 76 | W 46 76 61 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Houkes | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.4% | 65.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 64.8% | 61.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 43.5% | 51.2% |
| Aces / Match | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Break Points Saved % | 55.8% | 55.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.6% | 33.9% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.6% | 46.3% |
| BP Converted % | 46.7% | 49.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19.8 | 18.2 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 27.5 | 33.7 |
| Net Pts Won % | 57.8% | 60% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.3% | 48.1% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 53% | 50% |
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Match summary
Max Houkes and Zdenek Kolar will meet in the Round of 32 at the Oeiras Open 3 on clay in Portugal on April 14. Houkes is ranked 257th while Kolar sits at 182nd. The two players have never faced each other before, so there's no established history between them.
Kolar has a slight edge on clay courts with a 55% win rate compared to Houkes' 50% record on the surface. Both players have put in similar recent work, competing twice in the last two weeks. Houkes has won 2 of his last 5 matches while Kolar has won just 1 of 5, though Kolar's overall win rate over his last 10 matches stands at 40% to Houkes' 50%.
Houkes plays a defensive, solid baseline game that relies on consistency and returning serve well. Kolar operates as a counterpuncher who looks to redirect pace and catch opponents off balance. Both styles can work effectively on clay's slower court conditions.
They've both faced some of the same opponents recently with mixed results. Kolar defeated Oriol Roca Batalla where Houkes fell, and both players won against Carlos Sanchez Jover and Giovanni Fonio. They also both lost to Filip Misolic and Marco Trungelliti, suggesting these common foes were challenging for each of them.
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