Thiago Moura Monteiro and Jiri Lehecka will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the ASB Classic for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 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 Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.69
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Jiri Lehecka

This will be the 2^nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Jiri Lehecka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Lehecka won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Kitzbuhel back in 2022.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 69, the Brazilian reached the 1^st round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 3-6 7-5 7-6⁶ and Ajeet Rai 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Rai, Thiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 106 points vs Rai’s 95. Thiago was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moura Monteiro recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Moura Monteiro was quite effective on serve to win 74% (51/69) of his 1st serve and 71% (25/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Rai twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moura Monteiro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Moura Monteiro has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (337-250). 2-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moura Monteiro has a compiled 49-62 match record in the last years on hard.

Moura Monteiro has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 78, Jiri got to the 1^st round after defeating Jan Choinski 5-7 6-0 6-2 and Facundo Bagnis 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Lehecka defeated Bagnis (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Lehecka scored 72 points vs Bagnis’s 59. Lehecka was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Lehecka bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jiri broke Bagnis 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lehecka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Jiri has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moura Monteiro	Lehecka
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	66	50
Pts	210-198	159-118
Total Points	408	277
Winners	103	72
%Winners	49%	45%

Both Moura Monteiro and Lehecka played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Thiago Moura Monteiro lost 2 sets, while Jiri Lehecka conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Lehecka have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Moura Monteiro played 16 games more than Lehecka. Moura Monteiro scored 103 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka made 72 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moura Monteiro	Lehecka
Aces	17	16
Avg per match	8.5	8
1st in	133/205	93/139
%1st in	65%	67%
1st pts	103/133	72/93
%1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	44/72	26/46
%2nd pts	61%	57%

Moura Monteiro managed to score 17 aces (8.5 per match). Lehecka struck 16 aces (8 per match). Moura Monteiro won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 77% of the points behind 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	Moura Monteiro	Lehecka
Won	3	10
Converted	3/15	10/16
% Converted	20%	63%
Conceded	10	7
Saved	9	4
% Saved	90%	57%
Times Broken	1	3

The Brazilian broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Moura Monteiro lost his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Moura Monteiro
	Q1 Altmaier	Q3 Rai	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 7-66	6-75 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	34	32	66
pts	104-103	106-95	210-198
Total points	207	201	408
Winners	52	51	103
%Winners	50%	48%	49%
SERVE
Aces	8	9	17
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	64/101	69/104	133/205
% 1st in	63%	66%	65%
1st pts	52/64	51/69	103/133
% 1st pts	81%	74%	77%
2nd pts	19/37	25/35	44/72
% 2nd pts	51%	71%	61%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/4	2/11	3/15
Converted %	25%	18%	20%
Conceded	5	5	10
Saved	4/5	5/5	9
Saved %	80%	100%	90%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Lehecka
	Q1 Choinski	Q3 Bagnis	Total
Score	5-7 6-0 6-2	6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	26	24	50
pts	87-59	72-59	159-118
Total points	146	131	277
Winners	39	33	72
%Winners	45%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	6	16
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	48/69	45/70	93/139
% 1st in	70%	64%	67%
1st pts	39/48	33/45	72/93
% 1st pts	81%	73%	77%
2nd pts	13/21	13/25	26/46
% 2nd pts	62%	52%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/9	5/7	10/16
Converted %	56%	71%	63%
Conceded	3	4	7
Saved	2/3	2/4	4
Saved %	67%	50%	59%
Times Broken	1	2	3

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