Jiri Lehecka and Sumit Nagal will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Liberec Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on SVIJANY COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 2 sets.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.21
Sumit Nagal -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Sumit Nagal
This will be the 3rd time that Jiri Lehecka and Sumit Nagal face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nagal won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Sibiu Challenger back in 2021.
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. 65 (career-high), Lehecka got to the 2nd round after beating Nicola Kuhn 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (6-2 6-1). During the match, Lehecka scored 55 points vs Kuhn’s 26. Jiri was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jiri Lehecka was extremely efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Kuhn 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (130-79). 20-13 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has a composed79-46 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Jiri’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Mauthausen Challenger.
Jiri has a compiled 30-22 win-loss record in 2022, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-27 | 2-3 | 30-23 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 552, the Indian got to the 2nd round after defeating Henri Squire 6-3 6-2, Oleg Prihodko 7-5 6-3 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 2-6 7-63.
In the 1st round, Sumit defeated Giustino (6-3 2-6 7-63). During the match Nagal scored 96 points vs Giustino’s 94. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 73% of his first serves in, winning 61% (40/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Giustino 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Sumit has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 68 |
| Pts | 55-26 | 246-218 |
| Total Points | 81 | 464 |
| Winners | 24 | 103 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Lehecka played 1 match while Nagal competed in 3 matches. Nagal started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sumit Nagal surrendered 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lehecka has played 5 set(s) less than Nagal (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lehecka played 53 games less than Nagal. Jiri scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit bagged 103 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 149/208 |
| %1st in | 70% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 103/149 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 20/59 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 34% |
Lehecka struck 4 aces . Nagal recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Lehecka won 92% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 34% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 16/45 |
| % Converted | 67% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 19 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Jiri broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sumit broke his opponents 16 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Kuhn | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nagal | |||||
| Q1 Squire | Q3 Prihodko | R1 Giustino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 30 | 68 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 78-66 | 96-94 | 246-218 | |
| Total points | 130 | 144 | 190 | 464 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 40 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 43/57 | 66/91 | 149/208 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 75% | 73% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 32/43 | 40/66 | 103/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 61% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 5/14 | 9/25 | 20/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 36% | 36% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/19 | 6/13 | 16/45 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 26% | 46% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/3 | 4/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 33% | 40% | 156% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
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- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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