Jiri Lehecka and Otto Virtanen will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tampere Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 Jiri Lehecka who should win in 2 sets.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.24
Otto Virtanen -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 254 (career-high), Jiri reached the quarter after defeating Antoine Hoang 6-1 6-4 and Nicolas Jarry 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-4 6-4). During the match, Lehecka scored 68 points vs Jarry’s 52. Jiri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lehecka broke Jarry 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (85-50). 20-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an aggregate45-28 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh,M25 Biel and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
Lehecka has a composed 40-14 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
Ranked no. 523 (career-high), Otto reached the quarter after defeating Arthur Cazaux 3-6 7-65 6-2 and Guido Andreozzi 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Andreozzi (6-2 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 71 points vs Andreozzi’s 58. Virtanen was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Andreozzi 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Otto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Finn’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Sultan and M15 Brcko.
Virtanen has a composed 24-12 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 48 |
| Pts | 140-102 | 170-156 |
| Total Points | 242 | 326 |
| Winners | 52 | 66 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Both Lehecka and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lehecka has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lehecka played 11 games less than Virtanen. The Czech scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Virtanen blasted 66 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 75/115 | 91/156 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/75 | 66/91 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 31/65 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 48% |
Lehecka recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Virtanen bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Lehecka won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 11 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 73% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Jiri broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Jiri surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Virtanen broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | ||||
| R1 Hoang | R2 Jarry | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 68-52 | 140-102 | |
| Total points | 122 | 120 | 242 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 34/52 | 75/115 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/34 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 13/18 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 72% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/8 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Cazaux | R2 Andreozzi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 99-98 | 71-58 | 170-156 | |
| Total points | 197 | 129 | 326 | |
| Winners | 40 | 26 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 39/64 | 91/156 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 26/39 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 10/25 | 31/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 40% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 6/14 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 43% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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