Radu Albot and Jiri Lehecka will clash against each other in the final of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.65
Radu Albot -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
Ranked no. 137, Albot got to the final after beating Constant Lestienne 6-2 4-6 6-2, Georgii Kravchenko 7-62 6-4, Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-65 and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2 6-73 6-1.
In the semifinal, Albot defeated Stakhovsky (6-2 6-73 6-1). During the match, Albot scored 117 points vs Stakhovsky’s 92. Albot was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Radu Albot was very effective on serve to win 75% (51/68) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Albot broke Stakhovsky 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Moldovan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Albot has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (383-288). 11-5 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has an overall 71-60 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Moldovan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Singapore and the Pau Challenger.
Radu has an overall 20-26 win-loss record in 2021, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 159 (career-high), Jiri got to the final after beating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-72 6-2, Calvin Hemery 7-64 4-6 7-5, Harold Mayot 6-4 6-2 and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Vitus Nodskov Rune, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 87 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 85. Jiri was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Lehecka bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was quite effective on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lehecka broke Vitus Nodskov Rune twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
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 and in the Bucharest Challenger where he overcame Filip Horansky in the final 6-3 6-2.
Jiri has a composed 63-24 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 99 | 109 |
| Pts | 361-289 | 364-323 |
| Total Points | 650 | 687 |
| Winners | 161 | 177 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Albot and Lehecka played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot conceded 2 sets, while Jiri Lehecka surrendered 3 sets. Albot has played 1 set(s) less than Lehecka (10 vs 11). Therefore, Albot played 10 games less than Lehecka. Radu scored 161 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech scored 177 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 211/305 | 246/340 |
| %1st in | 69% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 161/211 | 177/246 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 57/94 | 57/94 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 61% |
Albot recorded 17 aces (4.3 per match). Lehecka scored 14 aces (3.5 per match). Albot won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 12 |
| Converted | 14/37 | 12/35 |
| % Converted | 38% | 34% |
| Conceded | 17 | 19 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 76% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Radu broke his opponents 14 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Moldovan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Jiri broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | ||||||
| R1 Lestienne | R2 Kravchenko | 1/4 Lopez | 1/2 Stakhovsky | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | 6-2 6-73 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 99 | |
| pts | 93-70 | 77-65 | 74-62 | 117-92 | 361-289 | |
| Total points | 163 | 142 | 136 | 209 | 650 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 161 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 57% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 44/71 | 51/61 | 68/96 | 211/305 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 84% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 33/44 | 42/51 | 51/68 | 161/211 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 82% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/27 | 6/10 | 15/28 | 57/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 67% | 60% | 54% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 5/18 | 14/37 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 40% | 33% | 28% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 8/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 100% | 89% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Lehecka | ||||||
| R1 Simon | R2 Hemery | 1/4 Mayot | 1/2 Vitus Nodskov Rune | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-72 6-2 | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 35 | 18 | 28 | 109 | |
| pts | 101-78 | 118-112 | 58-48 | 87-85 | 364-323 | |
| Total points | 179 | 230 | 106 | 172 | 687 | |
| Winners | 45 | 53 | 32 | 47 | 177 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 55% | 54% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/82 | 78/104 | 43/60 | 64/94 | 246/340 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 75% | 72% | 68% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 53/78 | 32/43 | 47/64 | 177/246 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 74% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 21/26 | 9/17 | 16/30 | 57/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 81% | 53% | 53% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/12 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 12/35 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 17% | 75% | 25% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/7 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 100% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Pau Challenger
- Romain Arneodo/Tristan-Samuel WeissbornArneodo/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn – Aisam Qureshi/David Vega HernandezQureshi/David Vega Hernandez (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction