Jiri Lehecka and Nicholas David Ionel will face off in the quarter of the Bucharest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.16
Nicholas David Ionel -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 195, Lehecka reached the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-3 6-1 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-1 6-2). During the match, Lehecka scored 57 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 35. Lehecka was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka blasted 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Jiri Lehecka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Nicolae Madaras 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lehecka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (89-50). 30-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lehecka has an overall55-31 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Tampere Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Kicker in the final 5-7 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has an aggregate 52-19 win-loss record in 2021, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
Ranked no. 474, the Romanian got to the quarter after defeating Stefan Palosi 7-65 6-1 and Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, David had a good straight sets win against Gabashvili (6-3 6-3). During the match David scored 69 points vs Gabashvili’s 59. David was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, David was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, David put 73% of his first serves in, winning 53% (25/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Gabashvili 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
David started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Esch/Alzette.
The Romanian has a composed 23-23 win-loss record in 2021, 23-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 38 |
| Pts | 116-74 | 149-121 |
| Total Points | 190 | 270 |
| Winners | 52 | 63 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Lehecka and David played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and David have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lehecka played 7 games less than David. Lehecka scored 52 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, David fired 63 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 65/91 | 103/146 |
| %1st in | 71% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 63/103 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Lehecka scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). David fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Lehecka won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, David won 61% of the points on 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 | Lehecka | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 73% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Czech broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Lehecka extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Romanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. David conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | ||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 57-35 | 116-74 | |
| Total points | 98 | 92 | 190 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/48 | 28/43 | 65/91 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 65% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 23/28 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 10/15 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David | ||||
| R1 Palosi |
R2 Gabashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 69-59 | 149-121 | |
| Total points | 142 | 128 | 270 | |
| Winners | 38 | 25 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 47/64 | 103/146 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 73% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 25/47 | 63/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 53% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 10/17 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/12 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 3/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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