Jiri Lehecka and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will face off in the semifinal of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on SVIJANY COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.32
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 65 (career-high), the Czech got to the semifinal after beating Nicola Kuhn 6-2 6-1, Sumit Nagal 6-4 1-6 6-3 and Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-4 6-1). During the match, Lehecka scored 58 points vs Kopriva’s 35. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka recorded 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jiri broke Kopriva 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (132-79). 22-13 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lehecka has an overall81-46 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Lehecka’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Mauthausen Challenger.
Lehecka has a compiled 32-22 win-loss record in 2022, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-9 | 13-2 | 4-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-27 | 21-12 | 9-9 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 31-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-22 | 5-6 | 15-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493 (career-high), the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Elmar Ejupovic 3-6 6-4 7-64, Lukas Klein 7-65 7-64, Vitaliy Sachko 7-5 6-3 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 2-6 7-63.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Gombos (6-3 2-6 7-63). During the match Mpetshi and Gombos scored the same amount of points (101). However, the world no. 65 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Mpetshi managed to score 19 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mpetshi put 47% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (30/62) on the 2nd serve. Giovanni broke Gombos once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Giovanni’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Montauban and M25 Uriage.
Giovanni has an overall 23-14 win-loss record in 2022, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Mpetshi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 126 |
| Pts | 192-140 | 421-383 |
| Total Points | 332 | 804 |
| Winners | 72 | 183 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Lehecka played 3 matches while Mpetshi competed in 5 matches. Mpetshi started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Lehecka lost 1 set, while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost 2 sets. Lehecka has played 5 set(s) less than Mpetshi (7 vs 12). Therefore, Lehecka played 68 games less than Mpetshi. The Czech scored 72 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi scored 183 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Mpetshi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 50 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 99/166 | 239/418 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 72/99 | 183/239 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 34/67 | 93/179 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 52% |
Lehecka made 12 aces (4 per match). Mpetshi blasted 50 aces (10 per match). Lehecka won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Mpetshi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 12 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 12/32 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 15 | 23 |
| Saved | 7 | 15 |
| % Saved | 47% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 |
Jiri broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||||
| R1 Kuhn |
R2 Nagal |
1/4 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 17 | 58 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 79-79 | 58-35 | 192-140 | |
| Total points | 81 | 158 | 93 | 332 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 21 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 45/82 | 28/47 | 99/166 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 55% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 27/45 | 21/28 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 60% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 16/37 | 10/19 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 43% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/13 | 0/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 54% | 0% | 18% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Mpetshi | |||||||
| Q1 Ejupovic |
Q3 Sachko |
R1 Klein |
R2 Sachko |
1/4 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-64 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 7-64 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 126 | |
| pts | 100-97 | 68-51 | 84-83 | 68-51 | 101-101 | 421-383 | |
| Total points | 197 | 119 | 167 | 119 | 202 | 804 | |
| Winners | 46 | 26 | 41 | 26 | 44 | 183 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 49% | 38% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 50 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 66/103 | 34/57 | 51/85 | 34/57 | 54/116 | 239/418 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 47% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 26/34 | 41/51 | 26/34 | 44/54 | 183/239 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 80% | 76% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/37 | 11/23 | 16/34 | 11/23 | 30/62 | 93/179 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 48% | 47% | 48% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/9 | 1/4 | 4/9 | 1/3 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 44% | 25% | 44% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 8/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 75% | 50% | 80% | 98% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Liberec Challenger
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 2-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Tomas MachacMachac (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
