Jiri Lehecka and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on Court 7. 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.43
Dmitry Popko -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Lehecka won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-8 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 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. 143, Jiri got to the qualifications after defeating Michael Mmoh 6-3 6-4 and Max Purcell 7-62 7-68.
In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Purcell (7-62 7-68). During the match, Lehecka scored 86 points vs Purcell’s 82. Lehecka was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jiri Lehecka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 71% (24/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (104-58). 4-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lehecka has a compiled21-10 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Lehecka has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-8 | 5-0 | 35-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177, Dmitry got to the qualifications after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-1 7-5 and Philip Sekulic 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (6-4 6-2). During the match Popko scored 66 points vs Sekulic’s 48. Dmitry was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Dmitry Popko was very effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Popko has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 37 |
| Pts | 152-139 | 135-104 |
| Total Points | 291 | 239 |
| Winners | 72 | 48 |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Lehecka and Popko played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and Popko have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lehecka played 8 games more than Popko. Lehecka scored 72 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Dmitry bagged 48 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 99/156 | 65/120 |
| %1st in | 63% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 72/99 | 48/65 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 35/57 | 32/55 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Lehecka blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Popko made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Lehecka won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 10 |
| % Saved | 82% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Lehecka broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lehecka lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Popko broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | ||||
| Q1 Mmoh |
Q2 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-62 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| pts | 66-57 | 86-82 | 152-139 | |
| Total points | 123 | 168 | 291 | |
| Winners | 33 | 39 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 50/84 | 99/156 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 39/50 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 24/34 | 35/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 71% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 0/2 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 0% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Popko | ||||
| Q1 Zapata Miralles |
Q2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 66-48 | 135-104 | |
| Total points | 125 | 114 | 239 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/62 | 35/58 | 65/120 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 25/35 | 48/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 13/23 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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