Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jiri Lehecka will face off in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 9:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.154
Jiri Lehecka -> 5.4

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jiri Lehecka

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

The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Rotterdam back in 2022.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jiri Lehecka – Rotterdam 12-February-2022

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 4, the Greek reached the quarter after defeating Quentin Halys 6-3 6-4 7-6⁶, Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-0 6-2, Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3.

In the 4^th round, Tsitsipas had a tough win against Sinner to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 154 points vs Sinner’s 151. Tsitsipas was extremely aggressive to blast 81 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas fired 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 22 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (81/121) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (26/48) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Sinner 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (401-179). 8-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has a compiled157-76 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Greek’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

Stefanos has an overall 8-0 win-loss record in 2023, 8-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 71, Jiri got to the quarter after defeating Borna Coric 6-3 6-3 6-3, Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3, Cameron Norrie 6-7⁸ 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6 6-3 7-6² 7-6³.

In the 4^th round against Auger-Aliassime, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6² 7-6³). During the match Lehecka scored 135 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 120. Lehecka was quite aggressive to blast 71 winners.

About the serving games, Lehecka bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (71/86) of his 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lehecka broke Auger-Aliassime once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jiri has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Jiri has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Lehecka
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	14	16
Tot Games	133	158
Pts	440-358	487-425
Total Points	798	912
Winners	213	232
%Winners	48%	48%

Both Tsitsipas and Lehecka played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost 2 sets, while Jiri Lehecka surrendered 4 sets. Tsitsipas has played 2 set(s) less than Lehecka (14 vs 16). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 25 games less than Lehecka. Tsitsipas scored 213 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka bagged 232 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Lehecka
Aces	42	28
Avg per match	10.5	7
1st in	283/419	301/456
%1st in	68%	66%
1st pts	213/283	232/301
%1st pts	75%	77%
2nd pts	79/136	91/155
%2nd pts	58%	59%

Tsitsipas recorded 42 aces (10.5 per match). Lehecka managed to score 28 aces (7 per match). Tsitsipas won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% 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 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tsitsipas	Lehecka
Won	18	17
Converted	18/34	17/34
% Converted	53%	50%
Conceded	41	26
Saved	35	18
% Saved	85%	69%
Times Broken	6	8

Tsitsipas broke his opponents 18 times with a 53% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R1 Halys	R2 Hijikata	R3 Griekspoor	R4 Sinner	Total
Score	6-3 6-4 7-66	6-3 6-0 6-2	6-2 7-65 6-3	6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	3	5	14
Tot Games	32	23	30	48	133
pts	102-83	82-45	102-79	154-151	440-358
Total points	185	127	181	305	798
Winners	51	37	44	81	213
%Winners	50%	45%	43%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	17	6	7	12	42
Double Faults	6	1	5	3	15
1st in	61/95	47/71	54/84	121/169	283/419
% 1st in	64%	66%	64%	72%	68%
1st pts	51/61	37/47	44/54	81/121	213/283
% 1st pts	84%	79%	81%	67%	75%
2nd pts	17/34	16/24	20/30	26/48	79/136
% 2nd pts	50%	67%	67%	54%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	5	18
Converted	4/7	6/9	3/7	5/11	18/34
Converted %	57%	67%	43%	45%	53%
Conceded	9	5	1	26	41
Saved	7/9	5/5	1/1	22/26	35
Saved %	78%	100%	100%	85%	91%
Times Broken	2	0	0	4	6

Lehecka
	R1 Coric	R2 Eubanks	R3 Norrie	R4 Auger-Aliassime	Total
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	6-78 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4	4-6 6-3 7-62 7-63
Tot Set	3	4	5	4	16
Tot Games	27	38	48	45	158
pts	98-69	103-107	151-129	135-120	487-425
Total points	167	210	280	255	912
Winners	43	55	63	71	232
%Winners	44%	53%	42%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	8	9	28
Double Faults	3	2	2	3	10
1st in	54/83	77/111	84/137	86/125	301/456
% 1st in	65%	69%	61%	69%	66%
1st pts	43/54	55/77	63/84	71/86	232/301
% 1st pts	80%	71%	75%	83%	77%
2nd pts	17/29	16/34	33/53	25/39	91/155
% 2nd pts	59%	47%	62%	64%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5	6	1	17
Converted	5/9	5/10	6/11	1/4	17/34
Converted %	56%	50%	55%	25%	50%
Conceded	7	6	10	3	26
Saved	6/7	3/6	7/10	2/3	18
Saved %	86%	50%	70%	67%	68%
Times Broken	1	3	3	1	8

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-6⁷ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andy MurrayMurray (6-1 6-7⁷ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-1 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7⁸ 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-6⁶ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6³ 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-6⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Tommy PaulPaul (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction