Joao Sousa and Jiri Lehecka will square off in the 2nd round of the Generali Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT KUECHENMEISTER. 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 -> 1.7
Joao Sousa -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Joao got to the 2nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-1 7-5). During the match, Sousa scored 69 points vs Kopriva’s 47. Joao was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Joao Sousa was very effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Kopriva 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sousa has a unfavourable match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (283-291). 10-10 on clay in 2022. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has a composed 107-106 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Pune where he overcame Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
The Portuguese has an overall 21-24 win-loss record in 2022, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Kitzbuhel
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-23 | 24-10 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-19 | 20-10 | 4-1 | 8-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 68, Jiri reached the 2nd round after beating Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (7-66 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 71 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 64. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lehecka broke Moura Monteiro 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Jiri’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Mauthausen Challenger.
The Czech has a compiled 28-21 win-loss record in 2022, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 |
| Pts | 69-47 | 71-64 |
| Total Points | 116 | 135 |
| Winners | 25 | 31 |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Sousa and Lehecka played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Lehecka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sousa played 4 games less than Lehecka. The Portuguese scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka scored 31 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 38/65 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 31/38 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Sousa managed to score 6 aces . Lehecka made 10 aces . Sousa won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Portuguese lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 69-47 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Moura Monteiro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-64 | 71-64 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 38/65 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-4 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon Griekspoor/Bart StevensGriekspoor/Bart Stevens – Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler (6-3 1-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 3-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-4 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-0) – H2H and prediction
