Jiri Lehecka surprises Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6 6-3 7-6(2) 7-6(3) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Lehecka will square off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jiri added to his prize money $ 217,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 369,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.
Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Australian Open – Melbourne
Lehecka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 135 points vs. the Canadian’s 120.
Lehecka
The Czech served very well to win 83% of the points (71/86) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (25/39) on his second serve. Lehecka won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Lehecka and Auger-Aliassime is 1-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Lehecka vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Lehecka will square off with Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Canadian conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Canadian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Auger-Aliassime won 5 more points than Jiri (28-23). Felix dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Jiri conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Czech conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Jiri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Lehecka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Jiri was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Auger-Aliassime (28-18
). Jiri was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Felix conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. the Czech had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Jiri won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Felix won a minibreak in the 7th (1-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Lehecka was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 90 points. Lehecka was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Canadian (49-41). Jiri dropped 11 points on serve (31-11). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
Likewise, in the course of the set, nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Czech won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Lehecka won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (7-3) point.
Jiri won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Jiri didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 69 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Czech won barely 1 point more than the Canadian (35-34). Jiri dropped 7 points on serve (30-7). In addition, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime conceded 5 points on serve (27-5).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-3 6-2 1-6 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (4-6 6-3 7-62 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-0 7-64) – Stats and score progression
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