Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a

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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.

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

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2021: Three Challenger titles

In 2021, Kolář won 3

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singles titles: in April in Oeiras Portugal, in August in Iasi Romania, in September in

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Poland and 4

doubles titles.

2022: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win

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and Gonzalo Lama. In his fifth qualifying attempt, Kolar finally reached the main draw of the

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with a straight sets win over

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for his Grand Slam tournament main draw debut. He won his first ATP and Grand Slam match defeating home favorite and wildcard

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. He lost in the second round to fourth seed

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in four sets with three tiebreaks in a match that lasted over four hours. He entered the

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main draw as a

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National representation

Kolář was nominated for the Czech Republic Davis Cup team in 2017 but did not play in a match.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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

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

Notes

References

External links

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