Kacper Zuk and Jiri Lehecka will play each other in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.615
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 233, the Pole reached the semifinal after beating Igor Sijsling 6-4 6-3, Zizou Bergs 1-6 6-4 6-3 and Jack Sock 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Kacper had a good straight sets win against Sock (6-3 6-2). During the match Zuk scored 61 points vs Sock’s 42. Zuk was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kacper Zuk was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Pole broke Sock 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zuk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Zuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (134-78). 12-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zuk has a 32-8 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Zuk has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2021, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
Zuk has never competed in this tournament before.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 332, Jiri got to the semifinal after defeating Ivan Nedelko 6-1 6-3, Jelle Sels 6-4 6-3, Matija Pecotic 6-2 7-64, Rudolf Molleker 6-2 6-3 and Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-4 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 60 points vs Popko’s 54. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka managed to score 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was very effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Popko 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lehecka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Lehecka’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Lehecka has a 16-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 93 |
| Pts | 199-164 | 324-245 |
| Total Points | 363 | 569 |
| Winners | 87 | 153 |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% |
Zuk played 3 matches while Lehecka competed in 5 matches. Lehecka started his run from the qualifications while Zuk had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Kacper Zuk surrendered 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zuk has played 3 set(s) less than Lehecka (7 vs 10). Therefore, Zuk played 31 games less than Lehecka. Kacper scored 87 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka managed to score 153 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 121/179 | 208/285 |
| %1st in | 68% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 87/121 | 153/208 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 31/58 | 41/77 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Zuk managed to score 21 aces (7 per match). Lehecka recorded 24 aces (4.8 per match). Zuk won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 20 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 20/32 |
| % Converted | 55% | 63% |
| Conceded | 13 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 15 |
| % Saved | 54% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Zuk broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kacper lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Lehecka broke his opponents 20 times with a 63% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||||
| R1 Sijsling |
R2 Bergs |
1/4 Sock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 17 | 62 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 75-73 | 61-42 | 199-164 | |
| Total points | 112 | 148 | 103 | 363 | |
| Winners | 25 | 35 | 27 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 1 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 54/75 | 35/52 | 121/179 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 35/54 | 27/35 | 87/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 65% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 11/21 | 10/17 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/7 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 57% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/8 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Lehecka | |||||||
| Q1 Nedelko |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Pecotic |
R2 Molleker |
1/4 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 93 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 72-50 | 69-58 | 59-41 | 60-54 | 324-245 | |
| Total points | 106 | 122 | 127 | 100 | 114 | 569 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 28 | 153 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 49% | 54% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 44/57 | 50/67 | 43/59 | 39/55 | 208/285 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 75% | 73% | 71% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 33/44 | 34/50 | 32/43 | 28/39 | 153/208 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 68% | 74% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 5/13 | 12/17 | 7/16 | 11/16 | 41/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 38% | 71% | 44% | 69% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 3/6 | 20/32 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 63% | 75% | 80% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/7 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 83% | 100% | 67% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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