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 28)
Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachZdenek Kolar Sr.
Prize moneyUS $1,038,472
Singles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (13 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 404 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2018, 2022)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 110 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 290 (4 November 2024)
Last updated on: 8 November 2024.

Professional career

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2018: ATP debut

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Key
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.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–2)
ITF Futures/WTT (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (8–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2016 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay   Yannick Maden 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Mar 2016 Croatia F3, Pula Futures Clay   Pedro Martínez 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Constant Lestienne 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 May 2016 Hungary F3, Szeged Futures Clay   Germain Gigounon 1–6, 0–6
Win 2–2 May 2016 Czech Republic F2, Prague Futures Clay   Clement Geens 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Mar 2017 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay   Riccardo Bellotti 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2017 Croatia F4, Opatija Futures Clay   Laslo Đere 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Apr 2017 Kazakhstan F3, Shymkent Futures Clay   Mario Vilella Martínez 4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss 2–6 Apr 2017 Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent Futures Clay   Danilo Petrović 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 3–6 Jun 2017 Poland F1, Sopot Futures Clay   Kamil Majchrzak 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–6 Jul 2017 Poland F5, Mrągowo Futures Clay   Laurynas Grigelis 7–5, 1–0 ret
Loss 4–7 Aug 2017 Poland F10, Poznań Futures Clay   Mats Moraing 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 4–8 Sep 2017 Hungary F8, Székesfehérvár Futures Clay   Enrique López Pérez 1–6, 1–6
Loss 4–9 Oct 2017 Estonia F2, Tartu Futures Carpet (i)   Harri Heliövaara 3–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Apr 2021 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay   Gastão Elias 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–1 Jul 2021 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay   Hugo Gaston 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 3–1 Sep 2021 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Kamil Majchrzak 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 3–2 Feb 2022 Vilnius, Lithuania Challenger Hard (i)   Liam Broady 4–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Máté Valkusz 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–9 Oct 2024 M15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland WTT Hard (i)   Jasza Szajrych 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 47 (26 titles, 21 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (21–15)
ITF Futures (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (18–18)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2015 Croatia F5, Pula Futures Clay   Dominik Süč   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–4, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2015 Poland F1, Koszalin Futures Clay   Petr Michnev   Grzegorz Panfil
  Marcin Gawron
0–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2015 Croatia F18, Solin Futures Clay   Tomáš Toman   Stefan Kozlov
  Nino Serdarušić
6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–3 May 2016 Hungary F3, Szeged Futures Clay   Victor Vlad Cornea   Gábor Borsos
  Ádám Kellner
2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–4 May 2016 Czech Republic F2, Prague Futures Clay   Petr Michnev   Oscar Otte
  Andreas Mies
0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–1 Jun 2016 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Matěj Vocel   Tomasz Bednarek
  Nikola Mektić
4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 2–4 Jul 2016 Czech Republic F4, Pardubice Futures Clay   Jan Hernych   David Novák
  Roman Jebavý
6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–5 Aug 2016 Italy F24, Cornaiano Futures Clay   Bastian Malla   Jonathan Eysseric
  José Hernández-Fernández
6–7(2–7), 6–2, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2016 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay   Roman Jebavý   Andre Begemann
  Aliaksandr Bury
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 2–6 Oct 2016 Hungary F8, Balatonboglár Futures Clay   Pavel Nejedlý   Gábor Borsos
  Ádám Kellner
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–3 Nov 2016 Andria, Italy Challenger Carpet (i)   Roman Jebavý   Wesley Koolhof
  Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 3–6
Win 3–6 Mar 2017 Croatia F2, Poreč Futures Clay   Nino Serdarušić   Matej Sabanov
  Ivan Sabanov
6–3, 6–3
Win 4–6 Mar 2017 Croatia F3, Umag Futures Clay   Nino Serdarušić   Hernán Casanova
  Juan Pablo Ficovich
7–5, 6–0
Win 5–6 Apr 2017 Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent Futures Clay   Nino Serdarušić   Alexander Zhurbin
  Mario Vilella Martínez
6–2, 6–2
Win 1–3 May 2017 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Laurynas Grigelis   Prajnesh Gunneswaran
  Vishnu Vardhan
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 2–3 Aug 2017 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Laurynas Grigelis   Tomasz Bednarek
  David Pel
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–3 Aug 2017 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay   Roman Jebavý   Igor Zelenay
  Matwé Middelkoop
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Jan 2018 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard   Gonçalo Oliveira   Gerard Granollers
  Marcel Granollers
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 3–5 Jul 2018 Båstad, Sweden Challenger Clay   Gonçalo Oliveira   Harri Heliövaara
  Henri Laaksonen
4–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Oct 2018 Almaty II, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard   Lukáš Rosol   Timur Khabibulin
  Evgeny Karlovskiy
6–3, 6–1
Win 5–5 Jan 2019 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard (i)   Adam Pavlásek   Jürgen Melzer
  Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2019 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Laurynas Grigelis   Tomislav Brkić
  Dustin Brown
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 6–6 May 2019 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay   Kimmer Coppejans   Gerard Granollers
  Fabrício Neis
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–6 Feb 2020 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Julian Ocleppo   Luca Margaroli
  Andrea Vavassori
6-4, 6-3
Loss 7–7 Aug 2020 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Lukáš Rosol   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Arthur Rinderknech
3–6, 4-6
Win 8–7 Sep 2020 Prostejov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Lukáš Rosol   Sriram Balaji
  Divij Sharan
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 8–8 Oct 2020 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay   Harri Heliövaara   Roberto Cid Subervi
  Gonçalo Oliveira
6-7(5-7), 6-4, [4-10]
Win 9–8 Nov 2020 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay   Andrea Vavassori   Lloyd Glasspool
  Harri Heliövaara
6–3, 6-4
Win 10–8 Feb 2021 Potechefstroom, South Africa Challenger Hard   Marc-Andrea Hüsler   Peter Polansky
  Brayden Schnur
6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 10–9 Feb 2021 Potechefstroom II, South Africa Challenger Hard   Julien Cagnina   Raven Klaasen
  Ruan Roelofse
4-6, 4-6
Loss 10–10 June 2021 Prostejov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Roman Jebavý   Aleksandr Nedovyesov
  Gonçalo Oliveira
6-1, 6-7(5-7), [6-10]
Win 11–10 Jul 2021 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Jiří Lehečka   Karol Drzewiecki
  Aleksandar Vukic
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 12–10 Aug 2021 City of San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Rafael Matos
  João Menezes
1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 13–10 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Jiří Lehečka   Lloyd Glasspool
  Harri Heliövaara
6-4, 6-4
Win 14–10 Jan 2022 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard   Manuel Guinard   Marc-Andrea Hüsler
  Dominic Stricker
6-3, 6-4
Win 15–10 Mar 2022 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Andrea Vavassori   Franco Agamenone
  Manuel Guinard
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Loss 15–11 April 2022 Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Clay   Adam Pavlásek   Nuno Borges
  Francisco Cabral
4-6, 0-6
Win 16–11 Jul 2022 Zug, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Adam Pavlásek   Karol Drzewiecki
  Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–3, 7–5
Loss 16–12 Sep 2022 Tulln an der Donau, Austria Challenger Clay   Denys Molchanov   Alexander Erler
  Lucas Miedler
3–6, 4–6
Win 17–12 Sep 2022 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay   Gonçalo Oliveira   Vladyslav Manafov
  Oleg Prihodko
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 17–13 Apr 2023 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Denys Molchanov   Jacopo Berrettini
  Flavio Cobolli
6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 18–13 Sep 2023 Tulln an der Donau, Austria Challenger Clay   Blaž Rola   Piotr Matuszewski
  Kai Wehnelt
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 18–14 Sep 2023 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Sergio Martos Gornés   Andrew Paulson
  Vitaliy Sachko
1–6, 6–7 (6–8)
Win 19–14 Oct 2023 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay   Karol Drzewiecki   Jaime Faria
  Henrique Rocha
6–2, 7–6 (7–5)
Win 20–14 Nov 2023 Matsuyama, Japan Challenger Hard   Karol Drzewiecki   Toshihide Matsui
  Kaito Uesugi
6–3, 6–2
Loss 20–15 Mar 2024 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Roman Jebavý   Gregoire Jacq
  Manuel Guinard
4–6, 4–6
Win 21–15 Apr 2024 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Tseng Chun-hsin   Théo Arribagé
  Benjamin Bonzi
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "#NextGenATP Italian Giulio Zeppieri Seals Roland Garros Qualification | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ @rolandgarros (26 May 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.
  3. ^ "Nick's shock Davis Cup opponent".
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