
Stefanos Tsitsipas gets the better of Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday. Tsitsipas will try to keep the momentum against Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money $ 369,750 after winning this match. He has won already $ 925,000 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 700,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,625,000.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jiri Lehecka Australian Open – Melbourne
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 108 points vs. Lehecka’s 89.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served extremely well to win 80% of the points (53/66) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (22/34) on his second serve. Stefanos won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, Lehecka wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Lehecka is 2-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Shanghai back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Stefanos to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Tsitsipas converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Stefanos was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Lehecka (33-25). Tsitsipas dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. the Greek had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 9th (7-2) point.
Tsitsipas won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Jiri was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tsitsipas won just 2 more points than the Czech (43-41). Stefanos dropped 13 points on serve (32-13). On the other side, the Czech conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Stefanos conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Tsitsipas was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Lehecka was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Czech (31-24). Stefanos conceded 6 points on serve (22-6). On the other side, Lehecka conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Tommy PaulPaul – Ben SheltonShelton (7-66 6-3 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-65 6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-5) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-2) – H2H details and stats





