Jiri Lehecka and Dragos Nicolae Madaras will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bucharest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 8. 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 2 sets.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.36
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Dragos Nicolae Madaras
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Dragos Nicolae Madaras since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 195, Lehecka got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-3 6-1). During the match, Lehecka scored 59 points vs Vatutin’s 39. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jiri Lehecka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 77% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Jiri broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Lehecka has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (88-50). 29-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an overall54-31 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Tampere Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Kicker in the final 5-7 6-4 6-3.
Jiri has a compiled 51-19 win-loss record in 2021, 29-13 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Lehecka has never competed in this tournament before.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
Ranked no. 437, Dragos reached the 2nd round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 3-6 6-1 6-0, Raul Brancaccio 7-5 6-0 and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-4 6-3). During the match Nicolae scored 65 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 55. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Nicolae scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dragos Nicolae Madaras lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nicolae put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Nicolae broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Dragos’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Bucharest and M15 Sofia.
Dragos has an aggregate 62-21 win-loss record in 2021, 61-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Nicolae |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 59 |
| Pts | 59-39 | 217-167 |
| Total Points | 98 | 384 |
| Winners | 29 | 84 |
| %Winners | 49% | 39% |
Lehecka played 1 match while Nicolae competed in 3 matches. Nicolae started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dragos Nicolae Madaras lost 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lehecka has played 5 set(s) less than Nicolae (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lehecka played 43 games less than Nicolae. The Czech scored 29 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Dragos scored 84 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Nicolae |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/48 | 118/196 |
| %1st in | 77% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 84/118 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 46/78 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Lehecka managed to score 8 aces . Nicolae blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Lehecka won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Nicolae won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Nicolae |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 80% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Lehecka broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Lehecka was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Nicolae broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Dragos conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Vatutin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicolae | |||||
| Q1 Orlov | Q3 Brancaccio | R1 Cristian Jianu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 6-0 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 19 | 59 | |
| pts | 86-67 | 66-45 | 65-55 | 217-167 | |
| Total points | 153 | 111 | 120 | 384 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 24 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 38/57 | 37/63 | 118/196 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 67% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 28/38 | 24/37 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 11/19 | 18/26 | 46/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 58% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/11 | 3/8 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 45% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 75% | 217% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Bucharest Challenger
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (2-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 2-6 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
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