Francisco Cerundolo and Jiri Lehecka will square off in the 2^nd round of Wimbledon for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.8
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jiri Lehecka

There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Cerundolo reached the 2^nd round after beating Nuno Borges 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Borges, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4). During the match, Cerundolo scored 155 points vs Borges’s 137. Francisco was very aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cerundolo scored 11 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (60/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Borges 5 times after converting 23% of his break points (5/22).

Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 68% of his matches (268-126). 6-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cerundolo has an aggregate9-5 record in the last 8 years on grass.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Eastbourne where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-4 1-6 6-4.

Francisco has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 37, Jiri got to the 2^nd round after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-4 6-4 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 102 points vs Ofner’s 88. Lehecka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Lehecka blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Lehecka was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (50/70) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Ofner 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Jiri’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.

The Czech has an overall 26-17 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Lehecka
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	3
Tot Games	40	30
Pts	155-137	102-88
Total Points	292	190
Winners	60	50
%Winners	39%	49%

Both Cerundolo and Lehecka played 1 match. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo surrendered 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Lehecka (4 vs 3). Therefore, Cerundolo played 10 games more than Lehecka. The Argentine scored 60 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka made 50 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Lehecka
Aces	11	4
Avg per match	11	4
1st in	76/123	70/89
%1st in	62%	79%
1st pts	60/76	50/70
%1st pts	79%	71%
2nd pts	22/47	15/19
%2nd pts	47%	79%

Cerundolo recorded 11 aces . Lehecka bagged 4 aces . Cerundolo won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Lehecka
Won	5	3
Converted	5/22	3/10
% Converted	23%	30%
Conceded	8	2
Saved	6	2
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 23% conversion rate. Francisco dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Lehecka broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Cerundolo
	R1 Borges	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	40	40
pts	155-137	155-137
Total points	292	292
Winners	60	60
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	76/123	76/123
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	60/76	60/76
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	22/47	22/47
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/22	5/22
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Lehecka
	R1 Ofner	Total
Score	6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	102-88	102-88
Total points	190	190
Winners	50	50
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	70/89	70/89
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	50/70	50/70
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	15/19	15/19
% 2nd pts	79%	79%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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