Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka will face off in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.138
Jiri Lehecka -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Jiri Lehecka
This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sinner won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2019.
Jannik Sinner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67-6 | 40-3 | 11-2 | 7-0 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-15 | 28-7 | 8-3 | 20-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-16 | 21-6 | 15-4 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-22 | 22-8 | 10-6 | 17-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 2-6 | 7-3 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-0, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-4 and Ben Shelton 7-64 6-1.
In the 4th round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Shelton (7-64 6-1). During the match, Sinner scored 80 points vs Shelton’s 55. Jannik was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sinner bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jannik Sinner was very effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Shelton 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sinner hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 72% of his matches (288-113). 10-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinner has a composed108-41 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4.
Sinner has a composed 15-0 win-loss record in 2024, 10-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 18-10 | 4-1 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 18-13 | 10-8 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-32 | 5-4 | 24-13 | 13-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-26 | 12-3 | 34-15 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 4-4 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 32, the Czech reached the quarter after beating Jannik Sinner , Brandon Nakashima 3-6 6-3 6-4, Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-4.
In the 4th round, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-2 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 67 points vs Tsitsipas’s 46. Jiri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jiri Lehecka was quite effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Tsitsipas 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lehecka has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where he overcame Jack Draper in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 66 |
| Pts | 202-134 | 223-180 |
| Total Points | 336 | 403 |
| Winners | 85 | 92 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Sinner played 3 matches while Lehecka competed in 5 matches. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka conceded 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t lost a set so far. Sinner has played 3 set(s) less than Lehecka (6 vs 9). Therefore, Sinner played 12 games less than Lehecka. Jannik scored 85 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri struck 92 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 108/164 | 118/192 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 85/108 | 92/118 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 39/56 | 45/74 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 61% |
Sinner struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Lehecka scored 24 aces (4.8 per match). Sinner won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 47% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 89% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sinner lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | |||||||
| R2 Kokkinakis |
R3 Struff |
R4 Shelton |
1/4 Lehecka |
1/4 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-64 6-1 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 63-47 | 80-55 | – | – | 202-134 | |
| Total points | 91 | 110 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 336 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 34 | 85 | |||
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 43% | 0% | 0% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 29/47 | 35/52 | 44/65 | / | / | 108/164 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 67% | 68% | 0% | 0% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 29/35 | 34/44 | / | / | 85/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 77% | 0% | 0% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/17 | 13/21 | / | / | 39/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 76% | 62% | 0% | 0% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/4 | 3/9 | / | / | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 0/ | 0/ | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 80% | – | – | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lehecka | |||||||
| R2 Nakashima |
R3 Rublev |
R4 Tsitsipas |
1/4 Sinner |
1/4 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 62-48 | 67-46 | – | – | 223-180 | |
| Total points | 180 | 110 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 403 | |
| Winners | 41 | 25 | 26 | 92 | |||
| %Winners | 44% | 40% | 39% | 0% | 0% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 1st in | 60/91 | 27/51 | 31/50 | / | / | 118/192 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 53% | 62% | 0% | 0% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 25/27 | 26/31 | / | / | 92/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 93% | 84% | 0% | 0% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 15/24 | 13/19 | / | / | 45/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 63% | 68% | 0% | 0% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/4 | 3/10 | / | / | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 0/ | 0/ | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 100% | – | – | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (6-3 5-7 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek (6-4 6-79 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz () – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jannik SinnerSinner () – Stats, scores, rankings
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