Jiri Lehecka and Bjorn Fratangelo will fight against each other in the quarter of the Traralgon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 Bjorn Fratangelo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bjorn Fratangelo is the pick to win this match.
Bjorn Fratangelo -> 1.83
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Bjorn Fratangelo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-9 | 11-6 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 18-13 | 10-8 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-32 | 5-4 | 24-13 | 13-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-26 | 12-3 | 34-15 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 4-4 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 141, the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Uladzimir Ignatik 7-5 6-74 6-3 and Maximilian Marterer 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 3rd round against Marterer, Jiri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Lehecka scored 88 points vs Marterer’s 77. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was very effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lehecka broke Marterer 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (102-57). 2-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an overall19-9 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Lehecka has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Traralgon Challenger
Lehecka has never competed in this tournament before.
Bjorn Fratangelo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-17 | 7-8 | 6-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 13-10 | 12-7 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-20 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Bjorn reached the quarter after beating Blake Ellis 6-4 6-1 and Filip Horansky 6-4 7-65.
In the 3rd round, Bjorn had a good straight sets win against Horansky (6-4 7-65). During the match Fratangelo scored 84 points vs Horansky’s 73. The American was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Fratangelo managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bjorn Fratangelo was very efficient on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fratangelo broke Horansky once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bjorn started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 40 |
| Pts | 212-184 | 141-113 |
| Total Points | 396 | 254 |
| Winners | 90 | 73 |
| %Winners | 42% | 52% |
Both Lehecka and Fratangelo played 2 matches. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka lost 2 sets while Bjorn Fratangelo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lehecka has played 2 sets more than Fratangelo (6 vs 4). Therefore, Lehecka played 23 games more than Fratangelo. The Czech scored 90 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bjorn fired 73 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 117/183 | 91/123 |
| %1st in | 64% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 90/117 | 73/91 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 42/66 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Lehecka recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Fratangelo scored 6 aces (3 per match). Lehecka won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Fratangelo won 80% of the points behind 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 | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/23 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 30% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Jiri broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Fratangelo broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bjorn was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Lehecka | ||||
| R2 Ignatik |
R3 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-74 6-3 | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 29 | 63 | |
| pts | 124-107 | 88-77 | 212-184 | |
| Total points | 231 | 165 | 396 | |
| Winners | 48 | 42 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 54/82 | 117/183 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 42/54 | 90/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/38 | 15/28 | 42/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 54% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 4/7 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 57% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fratangelo | ||||
| R2 Ellis |
R3 Horansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 84-73 | 141-113 | |
| Total points | 97 | 157 | 254 | |
| Winners | 28 | 45 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 54% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/45 | 57/78 | 91/123 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 73% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 45/57 | 73/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 11/21 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 1/3 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Traralgon Challenger
- Gilles SimonSimon – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-0 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Jeff WolfWolf (7-63 7-610) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Jeff WolfWolf (7-6(3) 7-6(10)) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
