Vasek Pospisil and Edan Leshem will square off in the 2nd round of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasek Pospisil who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.29
Edan Leshem -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Edan Leshem
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and Edan Leshem since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after defeating Illya Marchenko 7-65 6-2 and Tallon Griekspoor 4-6 7-63 7-5.
In the 1st round against Griekspoor, Pospisil recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 7-5). During the match, Pospisil scored 102 points vs Griekspoor’s 98. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pospisil overpowered his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Vasek Pospisil was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (48/55) of his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Griekspoor once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Pospisil has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (279-217). 23-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pospisil has a composed 99-56 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Pospisil’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger and the Pau Challenger.
The Canadian has a composed 30-17 win-loss record in 2022, 23-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tel Aviv
Pospisil has never competed in this tournament before.
Edan Leshem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-17 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 33-20 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 19-13 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-12 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 446, Leshem reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-1, Luca Nardi 6-4 7-64 and Yshai Oliel 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Edan had a good straight sets win against Oliel (6-3 6-2). During the match Leshem scored 63 points vs Oliel’s 40. Leshem was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Leshem scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Edan Leshem conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Leshem put 65% of his first serves in, winning 91% (30/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Leshem broke Oliel 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Edan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham,M15 Raanana and M25 Tbilisi.
Leshem has a composed 36-24 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Leshem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 56 |
| Pts | 177-159 | 202-150 |
| Total Points | 336 | 352 |
| Winners | 85 | 91 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Pospisil played 2 matches while Leshem competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Vasek Pospisil dropped 1 set while Edan Leshem hasn’t lost a set so far. Pospisil has played 1 set(s) less than Leshem (5 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (56). Pospisil scored 85 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Israeli blasted 91 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Leshem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 94/168 | 121/188 |
| %1st in | 56% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 85/94 | 91/121 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/74 | 39/67 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 58% |
Pospisil blasted 28 aces (14 per match). Leshem scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Pospisil won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Leshem won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Leshem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/15 | 10/24 |
| % Converted | 20% | 42% |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 |
| Saved | 6 | 14 |
| % Saved | 86% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Pospisil broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Pospisil surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Israeli broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Israeli conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pospisil | |||||
| Q1 Marchenko |
Q3 Copil |
R1 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 4-6 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 35 | 78 | |
| pts | 75-61 | – | 102-98 | 177-159 | |
| Total points | 136 | 0 | 200 | 336 | |
| Winners | 37 | 48 | 85 | ||
| %Winners | 49% | 0% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 20 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 39/66 | / | 55/102 | 94/168 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 0% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/39 | / | 48/55 | 85/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 0% | 87% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | / | 25/47 | 36/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 0% | 53% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 2/7 | / | 1/8 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 0% | 13% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/ | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 75% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Leshem | |||||
| Q1 Giustino |
Q3 Nardi |
R1 Oliel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 17 | 56 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 77-72 | 63-40 | 202-150 | |
| Total points | 100 | 149 | 103 | 352 | |
| Winners | 22 | 39 | 30 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 55/84 | 33/51 | 121/188 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 65% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 39/55 | 30/33 | 91/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 91% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 17/29 | 9/18 | 39/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 59% | 50% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/7 | 3/9 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 8/9 | 3/3 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 89% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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