Brandon Nakashima and Jiri Lehecka will face off in the final of the the Next Gen ATP Finals for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:00 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.37
Jiri Lehecka -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jiri Lehecka

This will be the 2^nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Jiri Lehecka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nakashima won 4-1 4-3(2) 4-2 in the R in Next gen atp finals back in November 2022.

Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Jiri Lehecka – Next gen atp finals 09-November-2022

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 49, Nakashima got to the final after defeating Matteo Arnaldi 2-4 4-3⁷ 4-3⁴ 3-4⁴ 4-2, Jiri Lehecka 4-1 4-3² 4-2, Francesco Passaro 4-3⁴ 4-2 4-1 and Jack Draper 4-3⁶ 1-4 4-2 4-3⁵.

In the semifinal, Nakashima defeated Draper (4-3⁶ 1-4 4-2 4-3⁵). During the match, Nakashima scored 84 points vs Draper’s 70. The American was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima recorded 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 76% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Draper once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Brandon has conceded 3 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (143-82). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an aggregate41-16 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in San Diego where he beat Marcos Giron in the final 6-4 6-4.

Brandon has an aggregate 40-26 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Next Gen ATP Finals

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 74, the Czech got to the final after beating Francesco Passaro 4-1 4-3⁷ 4-1, Matteo Arnaldi 4-3⁵ 4-1 4-3⁴ and Dominic Stephan Stricker 4-1 4-3⁴ 2-4 4-1.

In the semifinal, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Stephan Stricker (4-1 4-3⁴

2-4 4-1). During the match Lehecka scored 72 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 59. Lehecka was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Lehecka bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lehecka broke Stephan Stricker twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lehecka has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Jiri’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mauthausen Challenger and the Liberec Challenger.

Lehecka has an overall 42-31 win-loss record in 2022, 13-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Next Gen ATP Finals

Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Lehecka
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	15	10
Tot Games	94	59
Pts	307-258	193-161
Total Points	565	354
Winners	140	105
%Winners	46%	54%

Nakashima played 4 matches while Lehecka competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima surrendered 3 sets, while Jiri Lehecka surrendered 1 set. Nakashima has played 5 sets more than Lehecka (15 vs 10). Therefore, Nakashima played 35 games more than Lehecka. The American scored 140 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri scored 105 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Lehecka
Aces	29	11
Avg per match	7.3	3.7
1st in	182/270	142/190
%1st in	67%	75%
1st pts	140/182	105/142
%1st pts	77%	74%
2nd pts	49/88	25/48
%2nd pts	56%	52%

Nakashima blasted 29 aces (7.3 per match). Lehecka managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Nakashima won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 74% 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	Nakashima	Lehecka
Won	11	6
Converted	11/25	6/15
% Converted	44%	40%
Conceded	21	11
Saved	15	9
% Saved	71%	82%
Times Broken	6	2

Nakashima broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Brandon surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	Round Robin Passaro	Round Robin Lehecka	Round Robin Arnaldi	1/2 Draper	Total
Score	4-34 4-2 4-1	4-1 4-32 4-2	2-4 4-37 4-34 3-44 4-2	4-36 1-4 4-2 4-35
Tot Set	3	3	5	4	15
Tot Games	18	18	33	25	94
pts	61-44	64-48	98-96	84-70	307-258
Total points	105	112	194	154	565
Winners	27	23	48	42	140
%Winners	44%	36%	49%	50%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	6	10	29
Double Faults	1	1	0	0	2
1st in	34/49	35/56	63/99	50/66	182/270
% 1st in	69%	63%	64%	76%	67%
1st pts	27/34	23/35	48/63	42/50	140/182
% 1st pts	79%	66%	76%	84%	77%
2nd pts	9/15	12/21	20/36	8/16	49/88
% 2nd pts	60%	57%	56%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	1	11
Converted	3/5	4/10	3/4	1/6	11/25
Converted %	60%	40%	75%	17%	44%
Conceded	1	6	12	2	21
Saved	1/1	4/6	9/12	1/2	15
Saved %	100%	67%	75%	50%	73%
Times Broken	0	2	3	1	6

Lehecka
	Round Robin Arnaldi	Round Robin Nakashima	Round Robin Passaro	1/2 Stephan	Total
Score	4-35 4-1 4-34	4-1 4-32 4-2	4-1 4-37 4-1	4-1 4-34 2-4 4-1
Tot Set	3	3	3	4	13
Tot Games	19	18	17	23	77
pts	64-55	–	57-47	72-59	193-161
Total points	119	0	104	131	354
Winners	37		32	36	105
%Winners	58%	0%	56%	50%	54%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	4	4	11
Double Faults	0		1	1	2
1st in	49/64	/	46/57	47/69	142/190
% 1st in	77%	0%	81%	68%	75%
1st pts	37/49	/	32/46	36/47	105/142
% 1st pts	76%	0%	70%	77%	74%
2nd pts	7/15	/	4/11	14/22	25/48
% 2nd pts	47%	0%	36%	64%	52%
Breaks
Won	1		3	2	6
Converted	1/6	/	3/5	2/4	6/15
Converted %	17%	0%	60%	50%	40%
Conceded	6		3	2	11
Saved	6/6	0/	2/3	1/2	9
Saved %	100%	–	67%	50%	54%
Times Broken	0		1	1	2

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