Jiri Lehecka and Radu Albot will face off in the 2nd round of the Srpska Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.2
Radu Albot -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Radu Albot
This will be the 3rd time that Jiri Lehecka and Radu Albot square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Lehecka won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in the Mauthausen Challenger back in 2022.
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 18-10 | 4-1 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 18-13 | 10-8 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-32 | 5-4 | 24-13 | 13-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-26 | 12-3 | 34-15 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 4-4 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 36 (career-high), Lehecka reached the 2nd round after defeating Gael Monfils 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Monfils (6-4 6-3). During the match, Lehecka scored 64 points vs Monfils’s 54. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Lehecka lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 60% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Monfils 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (161-98). 5-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lehecka has a composed88-47 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Jiri’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
The Czech has a compiled 19-9 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Banja Luka
Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 110, Albot got to the 2nd round after beating Aldin Setkic 6-2 6-3, Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-3 6-3 and Federico Coria 6-4 ret..
In the 1st round against Coria, Albot had a free pass after Coria retired on a 6-4 . scoreline.
Albot’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Albot has an overall 15-13 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 45 |
| Pts | 64-54 | 164-122 |
| Total Points | 118 | 286 |
| Winners | 21 | 67 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Lehecka played 1 match while Albot competed in 3 matches. Albot started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Lehecka has played 4 set(s) less than Albot (2 vs 6). Therefore, Lehecka played 26 games less than Albot. Jiri scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Albot fired 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 90/138 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 67/90 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 29/48 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 60% |
Lehecka bagged 1 ace . Albot also scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Lehecka won 62% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 44% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Lehecka surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Albot broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Radu conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-54 | 64-54 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Albot | |||||
| Q1 Setkic |
Q3 Kuzmanov |
R1 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 10 | 45 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 65-52 | 41-34 | 164-122 | |
| Total points | 94 | 117 | 75 | 286 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 13 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 32% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 39/57 | 20/35 | 90/138 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 57% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 28/39 | 13/20 | 67/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 72% | 65% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/18 | 9/15 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 83% | 50% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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