Alexandre Muller and Jiri Lehecka will play each other in the 2nd round of the Salzburg for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.68
Alexandre Muller -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
Ranked no. 199, Alexandre got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 7-5 7-63.
In the 1st round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (7-5 7-63). During the match, Muller scored 87 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 76. Muller was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Muller has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (264-162). 9-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has an aggregate160-95 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Alexandre’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 5 Challenger.
Muller has a composed 12-17 win-loss record in 2021, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Anif Challenger
Alexandre has never competed in this tournament before.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 267, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-2, Filip Cristian Jianu 7-5 6-4 and Jakob Aichhorn 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Aichhorn (6-4 6-3). During the match Lehecka scored 73 points vs Aichhorn’s 58. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Lehecka fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jiri Lehecka was very effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Aichhorn twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Jiri’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh,M25 Biel and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
Lehecka has a compiled 37-12 win-loss record in 2021, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 58 |
| Pts | 87-76 | 207-162 |
| Total Points | 163 | 369 |
| Winners | 31 | 89 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Muller played 1 match while Lehecka competed in 3 matches. Lehecka started his run from the qualifications while Muller had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Muller has played 4 set(s) less than Lehecka (2 vs 6). Therefore, Muller played 33 games less than Lehecka. Alexandre scored 31 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka scored 89 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 117/186 |
| %1st in | 55% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 89/117 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 38/69 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Muller blasted 3 aces . Lehecka fired 24 aces (8 per match). Muller won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Alexandre broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Lehecka broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-76 | 87-76 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 44/80 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lehecka | |||||
| Q1 Neumayer | Q3 Cristian | R1 Aichhorn | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 70-60 | 73-58 | 207-162 | |
| Total points | 108 | 130 | 131 | 369 | |
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 31 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 36% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 34/65 | 42/63 | 117/186 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 52% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 25/34 | 31/42 | 89/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 16/31 | 14/21 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 52% | 67% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 | 2/10 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 20% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Anif Challenger
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-62 6-75 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Blaz RolaRola – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-7 6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CoriaCoria – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Federico CoriaCoria (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Peter HellerHeller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction