Jiri Lehecka and Andrey Chepelev will play each other in the 2nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.139
Andrey Chepelev -> 5.7
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Andrey Chepelev
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Andrey Chepelev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other 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. 70 (career-high), Lehecka got to the 2nd round after defeating Ilya Snitari 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Snitari (6-4 7-65). During the match, Lehecka scored 82 points vs Snitari’s 74. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jiri Lehecka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Lehecka put 59% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Lehecka broke Snitari twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (125-76). 15-10 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has a compiled74-43 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mauthausen Challenger.
Jiri has a composed 25-19 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Lehecka has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Chepelev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 70-43 | 1-2 | 69-41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-38 | 0-0 | 67-37 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-34 | 2-3 | 36-29 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 403 (career-high), Chepelev got to the 2nd round after defeating Marian Petre Prajescu 6-1 6-1 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2 2-6 4-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Andrey defeated Seyboth Wild (6-2 2-6 4-0 ret.). During the match Chepelev scored 78 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 66. Chepelev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Chepelev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Andrey Chepelev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Chepelev put 74% of his first serves in, winning 54% (30/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Andrey broke Seyboth Wild 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Chepelev’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Cairo and M15 Chieti.
Chepelev has a compiled 46-18 win-loss record in 2022, 46-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 34 |
| Pts | 82-74 | 142-107 |
| Total Points | 156 | 249 |
| Winners | 38 | 54 |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% |
Lehecka played 1 match while Chepelev competed in 2 matches. Chepelev started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Andrey Chepelev lost 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lehecka has played 4 set(s) less than Chepelev (2 vs 6). Therefore, Lehecka played 11 games less than Chepelev. Lehecka scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Chepelev fired 54 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 84/118 |
| %1st in | 59% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 54/84 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 50% |
Lehecka scored 5 aces . Chepelev bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Lehecka won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Chepelev won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 25% | 48% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Jiri broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Chepelev broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Snitari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 82-74 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 47/79 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 38/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Chepelev | |||||
| Q1 Petre Prajescu |
Q3 Palosi |
R1 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-2 2-6 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-41 | – | 78-66 | 142-107 | |
| Total points | 105 | 0 | 144 | 249 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 54 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 0% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 28/42 | / | 56/76 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 0% | 74% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | / | 30/56 | 54/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 0% | 54% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | / | 11/20 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 0% | 55% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 5/11 | / | 6/12 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 0% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/ | 7/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 64% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
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