Jiri Lehecka and Filip Horansky will square off in the final of the Bucharest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.65
Filip Horansky -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Filip Horansky
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Filip Horansky fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lehecka won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in the Prostejov Challenger back in 2020.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 195, Lehecka reached the final after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-3 6-1, Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-2, Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-4 and Stefano Travaglia 6-3 7-63.
In the semifinal, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-3 7-63). During the match, Lehecka scored 76 points vs Travaglia’s 60. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lehecka broke Travaglia 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (91-50). 32-13 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has a compiled57-31 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Tampere Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Kicker in the final 5-7 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has a compiled 54-19 win-loss record in 2021, 32-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Lehecka has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Horansky
Ranked no. 204, Filip reached the final after defeating Nicolae Frunza 7-63 6-4, Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-4, Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 4-6 6-2 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the semifinal, Filip defeated Giustino (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Horansky scored 100 points vs Giustino’s 91. Filip was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Horansky managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Filip Horansky lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Horansky put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Giustino 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Filip started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Slovakian has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2021, 18-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 100 |
| Pts | 261-186 | 351-308 |
| Total Points | 447 | 659 |
| Winners | 106 | 147 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Lehecka and Horansky played 4 matches. At the moment, Filip Horansky lost 2 sets while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lehecka has played 2 set(s) less than Horansky (8 vs 10). Therefore, Lehecka played 27 games less than Horansky. Lehecka scored 106 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian recorded 147 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 141/215 | 194/326 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 106/141 | 147/194 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 39/74 | 63/132 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Lehecka made 20 aces (5 per match). Horansky managed to score 4 aces (1 per match). Lehecka won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Horansky won 76% 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 | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 15 |
| Converted | 17/31 | 15/37 |
| % Converted | 55% | 41% |
| Conceded | 17 | 27 |
| Saved | 11 | 19 |
| % Saved | 65% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Jiri broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Lehecka surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Filip broke his opponents 15 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | ||||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Nicolae |
1/4 David |
1/2 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 73 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 57-35 | 69-52 | 76-60 | 261-186 | |
| Total points | 98 | 92 | 121 | 136 | 447 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 21 | 33 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% | 30% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/48 | 28/43 | 30/49 | 46/75 | 141/215 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 65% | 61% | 61% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 23/28 | 21/30 | 33/46 | 106/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 70% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 10/15 | 9/19 | 15/29 | 39/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 47% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 6/12 | 3/8 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 50% | 38% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/7 | 5/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 43% | 71% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Horansky | ||||||
| R1 Frunza |
R2 Kopriva |
1/4 Kokkinakis |
1/2 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 4-6 6-2 | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 100 | |
| pts | 74-71 | 70-49 | 107-97 | 100-91 | 351-308 | |
| Total points | 145 | 119 | 204 | 191 | 659 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 46 | 46 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 43% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 42/79 | 30/51 | 61/97 | 61/99 | 194/326 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 63% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 27/30 | 46/61 | 46/61 | 147/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 90% | 75% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 12/21 | 19/36 | 16/38 | 63/132 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 53% | 42% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/10 | 3/8 | 4/11 | 15/37 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 30% | 38% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/2 | 6/8 | 7/8 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 50% | 75% | 88% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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