Jiri Lehecka and Dominic Stephan Stricker will square off in the semifinal of the the Next Gen ATP Finals for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 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 Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.53
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Dominic Stephan Stricker face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Stephan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Stephan won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Halle back in June 2022.
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 18-10 | 4-1 | 6-7 | 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. 74, Lehecka got to the semifinal after defeating Francesco Passaro 4-1 4-37 4-1 and Matteo Arnaldi 4-35 4-1 4-34.
In the previous match, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (4-35 4-1 4-34). During the match, Lehecka scored 64 points vs Arnaldi’s 55. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Jiri Lehecka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 77% of his first serves in, winning 76% (37/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Jiri broke Arnaldi once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (141-88). 12-11 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lehecka has a compiled36-25 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mauthausen Challenger and the Liberec Challenger.
The Czech has a compiled 41-31 win-loss record in 2022, 12-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Next Gen ATP Finals
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Stephan reached the semifinal after beating Jack Draper 4-35 4-35 4-35, Lorenzo Musetti 4-35 4-36 3-47 3-46 4-33 and Chun Hsin Tseng 4-2 4-1 4-2.
In the previous match, Stephan had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (4-2 4-1 4-2). During the match Stephan scored 55 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 37. Stephan was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephan bagged 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was quite effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dominic broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dominic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger,the Cleveland Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
Dominic has a compiled 37-24 win-loss record in 2022, 22-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 73 |
| Pts | 121-102 | 239-210 |
| Total Points | 223 | 449 |
| Winners | 69 | 118 |
| %Winners | 57% | 49% |
Lehecka played 2 matches while Stephan competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Dominic Stephan Stricker surrendered 2 sets while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lehecka has played 5 set(s) less than Stephan (6 vs 11). Therefore, Lehecka played 37 games less than Stephan. The Czech scored 69 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, Stephan bagged 118 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 40 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 13.3 |
| 1st in | 95/121 | 148/224 |
| %1st in | 79% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 69/95 | 118/148 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Lehecka made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Stephan struck 40 aces (13.3 per match). Lehecka won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 36% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 89% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Jiri broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Jiri dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||||
| Round Robin Arnaldi |
Round Robin Nakashima |
Round Robin Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-35 4-1 4-34 | 4-1 4-32 4-2 | 4-1 4-37 4-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 64-55 | – | 57-47 | 121-102 | |
| Total points | 119 | 0 | 104 | 223 | |
| Winners | 37 | 32 | 69 | ||
| %Winners | 58% | 0% | 56% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 49/64 | / | 46/57 | 95/121 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 0% | 81% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | / | 32/46 | 69/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | / | 4/11 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 0% | 36% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 1/6 | / | 3/5 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 0% | 60% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 6/6 | 0/ | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stephan | |||||
| Round Robin Hsin Tseng |
Round Robin Musetti |
Round Robin Draper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-2 4-1 4-2 | 4-35 4-36 3-47 3-46 4-33 | 4-35 4-35 4-35 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 | 21 | 73 | |
| pts | 55-37 | 113-110 | 71-63 | 239-210 | |
| Total points | 92 | 223 | 134 | 449 | |
| Winners | 24 | 57 | 37 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 20 | 14 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 76/111 | 43/66 | 148/224 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 57/76 | 37/43 | 118/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 21/35 | 12/23 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 1/4 | 1/7 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 25% | 14% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 0% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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