Stefano Travaglia and Jiri Lehecka will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Bucharest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.76
Stefano Travaglia -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Stefano Travaglia and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Stefano Travaglia
Ranked no. 98, the Italian reached the semifinal after beating Lukas Rosol 6-4 6-3, Flavio Cobolli 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-3 6-4). During the match, Travaglia scored 66 points vs Sachko’s 54. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Travaglia managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Stefano was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sachko 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Travaglia has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (367-201). 12-12 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Travaglia has an aggregate 287-132 record in the last years on clay.
Travaglia’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Stefano has a composed 20-23 win-loss record in 2021, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 195, Lehecka reached the semifinal after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-3 6-1, Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-2 and Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Jiri had a good straight sets win against David Ionel (6-4 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 69 points vs David Ionel’s 52. Jiri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Lehecka made 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jiri Lehecka lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Lehecka broke David Ionel 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
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 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Tampere Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Kicker in the final 5-7 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has an aggregate 53-19 win-loss record in 2021, 31-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Travaglia | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 51 |
| Pts | 247-215 | 185-126 |
| Total Points | 462 | 311 |
| Winners | 88 | 73 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Travaglia and Lehecka played 3 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia lost 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Travaglia has played 1 set more than Lehecka (7 vs 6). Therefore, Travaglia played 13 games more than Lehecka. Stefano scored 88 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri blasted 73 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Travaglia | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 129/221 | 95/140 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 88/129 | 73/95 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 44/92 | 24/45 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Travaglia made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Lehecka managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Travaglia won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 77% 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 | Travaglia | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 14 |
| Converted | 14/35 | 14/23 |
| % Converted | 40% | 61% |
| Conceded | 25 | 10 |
| Saved | 17 | 6 |
| % Saved | 68% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 4 |
Travaglia broke his opponents 14 times with a 40% conversion rate. Stefano dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Jiri broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Travaglia | |||||
| R1 Rosol |
R2 Cobolli |
1/4 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 102-95 | 66-54 | 247-215 | |
| Total points | 145 | 197 | 120 | 462 | |
| Winners | 30 | 31 | 27 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 50/88 | 41/70 | 129/221 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 31/50 | 27/41 | 88/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 62% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 18/38 | 16/29 | 44/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 47% | 55% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 6/15 | 4/4 | 14/35 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 40% | 100% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 | 4 | 25 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 9/14 | 2/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 64% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Lehecka | |||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Nicolae |
1/4 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 20 | 51 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 57-35 | 69-52 | 185-126 | |
| Total points | 98 | 92 | 121 | 311 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 21 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% | 30% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/48 | 28/43 | 30/49 | 95/140 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 65% | 61% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 23/28 | 21/30 | 73/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 10/15 | 9/19 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 6/12 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 43% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Bucharest Challenger
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-65 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
