Jiri Lehecka and Andrey Kuznetsov will play each other in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Kuznetsov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Kuznetsov is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.76
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Andrey Kuznetsov
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Andrey Kuznetsov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 346 (career high), he will start his run in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger where he overcame 7-6(4) 7-5 to Kirkin in the qualifications on the 28th of February.
Lehecka has a 10-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
The Czech won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Czech has an overall 55-38 record. He has a positive 7-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Ranked no. 506, Kuznetsov reached the qualifications after beating Jonas Forejtek 6-1 6-75 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kuznetsov defeated Forejtek (6-1 6-75 7-5). During the match Kuznetsov scored 115 points vs Forejtek’s 93. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsov fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrey Kuznetsov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuznetsov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Forejtek 8 times after converting 40% of his break points (8/20).
Andrey’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 St. Petersburg.
Andrey has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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