Jiri Lehecka and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will fight against each other in the final of the Liberec Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on SVIJANY COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.21
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Nicolas Alvarez Varona play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alvarez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alvarez won 6-2 7-6(1) in the 1st round in the Barcelona 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. 65 (career-high), Jiri reached the final after defeating Nicola Kuhn 6-2 6-1, Sumit Nagal 6-4 1-6 6-3, Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-1 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-75 7-65.
In the semifinal, Lehecka defeated Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-75 7-65). During the match, Lehecka scored 121 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 119. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jiri Lehecka was very efficient on serve to win 73% (55/75) of his 1st serve and 64% (30/47) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Mpetshi Perricard once after converting 8% of his break points (1/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (133-79). 23-13 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lehecka has an aggregate82-46 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Lehecka’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mauthausen Challenger.
Lehecka has a composed 33-22 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-9 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-34 | 3-7 | 13-19 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 11-8 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-9 | 21-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Nicolas reached the final after defeating Daniel Siniakov 6-4 6-3, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-66 2-6 6-3, Nuno Borges 6-4 6-2 and Otto Virtanen 6-1 2-6 7-64.
In the semifinal, Alvarez defeated Virtanen (6-1 2-6 7-64). During the match Alvarez scored 94 points vs Virtanen’s 87. Alvarez was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez blasted 2 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 41% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (27/56) on the 2nd serve. Alvarez broke Virtanen 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alvarez has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Nicolas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Liberec Challenger.
Alvarez has a compiled 14-19 win-loss record in 2022, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 94 | 95 |
| Pts | 313-259 | 310-281 |
| Total Points | 572 | 591 |
| Winners | 127 | 116 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Lehecka and Alvarez played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Lehecka lost 2 sets, while Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and Alvarez have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Lehecka played 1 game less than Alvarez. Lehecka scored 127 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 116 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 174/288 | 160/298 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 127/174 | 116/160 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 64/114 | 68/138 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 49% |
Lehecka managed to score 16 aces (4 per match). Alvarez recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Lehecka won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 14 |
| Converted | 16/38 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 18 | 23 |
| Saved | 10 | 13 |
| % Saved | 56% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 10 |
Jiri broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jiri lost his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Alvarez conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | ||||||
| R1 Kuhn |
R2 Nagal |
1/4 Kopriva |
1/2 Mpetshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-75 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 17 | 36 | 94 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 79-79 | 58-35 | 121-119 | 313-259 | |
| Total points | 81 | 158 | 93 | 240 | 572 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 21 | 55 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 36% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 45/82 | 28/47 | 75/122 | 174/288 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 55% | 60% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 27/45 | 21/28 | 55/75 | 127/174 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 60% | 75% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 16/37 | 10/19 | 30/47 | 64/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 43% | 53% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 1/13 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 71% | 8% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/13 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 54% | 0% | 100% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Alvarez | ||||||
| R1 Siniakov |
R2 Stebe |
1/4 Borges |
1/2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-66 2-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 2-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 18 | 28 | 95 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 95-97 | 54-42 | 94-87 | 310-281 | |
| Total points | 122 | 192 | 96 | 181 | 591 | |
| Winners | 29 | 39 | 21 | 27 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 39% | 29% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 53/94 | 28/48 | 39/95 | 160/298 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 58% | 41% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 39/53 | 21/28 | 27/39 | 116/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 75% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 19/41 | 12/20 | 27/56 | 68/138 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 46% | 60% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/9 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 22% | 80% | 44% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 23 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 6/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 40% | 0% | 60% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
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