Jiri Lehecka aces Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Lehecka will square off with Jannik Sinner in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Czech added to his prize money $ 84,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 140,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 67 points vs. the Greek’s 46.
Lehecka
Lehecka served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Jiri won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Lehecka and Tsitsipas is 1-2 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Lehecka vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Lehecka will fight against Sinner in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jiri Lehecka and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Lehecka won in the quarter in Indian wells back in January 1970.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set was more solid than the Greek and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Tsitsipas in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when the Czech won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Lehecka converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Greek (30-22). Jiri was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Tsitsipas conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Lehecka clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Lehecka converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Lehecka won 13 more points than Stefanos (37-24). Lehecka surrendered 7 points on serve (23-7). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ben SheltonShelton (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (5-7 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Tommy PaulPaul () – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils () – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Holger RuneRune () – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov () – Stats and score progression
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- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H details and stats
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