Jiri Lehecka and Max Purcell will play each other in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.77
Max Purcell -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Max Purcell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lehecka won 7-6(2) 7-6(8) in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2022.
Jiri Lehecka
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 17-9 | 11-6 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 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. 35, Lehecka got to the quarter after beating Mitchell Krueger 2-6 6-2 6-3 and Dominik Koepfer 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 3rd round, Lehecka defeated Koepfer (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Lehecka and Koepfer scored the same amount of points (87). However, the world no. 35 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lehecka scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Koepfer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lehecka has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (174-110). 17-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lehecka has a composed39-23 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Jiri’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
Jiri has an aggregate 32-21 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Max Purcell
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 9-15 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Max got to the quarter after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1, Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 6-1 and Tallon Griekspoor 7-64 7-62.
In the 3rd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (7-64 7-62). During the match Purcell scored 88 points vs Griekspoor’s 76. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Purcell made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was very effective on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Max broke Griekspoor twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 50-18 win-loss record in 2023, 44-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Lehecka | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
Tot Games | 53 | 60 |
Pts | 166-161 | 206-153 |
Total Points | 327 | 359 |
Winners | 67 | 83 |
%Winners | 40% | 40% |
Lehecka played 2 matches while Purcell competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka lost 2 sets while Max Purcell hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and Purcell have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Lehecka played 7 games less than Purcell. Lehecka scored 67 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 83 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Lehecka | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Aces | 17 | 24 |
Avg per match | 8.5 | 8 |
1st in | 89/163 | 101/168 |
%1st in | 55% | 60% |
1st pts | 67/89 | 83/101 |
%1st pts | 75% | 82% |
2nd pts | 38/74 | 39/67 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 58% |
Lehecka blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Purcell recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Lehecka won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Lehecka | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 10 |
Converted | 6/17 | 10/21 |
% Converted | 35% | 48% |
Conceded | 10 | 7 |
Saved | 6 | 4 |
% Saved | 60% | 57% |
Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Czech broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Jiri lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
Lehecka | ||||
R2 Krueger |
R3 Koepfer |
Total | ||
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Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
pts | 79-74 | 87-87 | 166-161 | |
Total points | 153 | 174 | 327 | |
Winners | 29 | 38 | 67 | |
%Winners | 37% | 44% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
1st in | 39/75 | 50/88 | 89/163 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 57% | 55% | |
1st pts | 29/39 | 38/50 | 67/89 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 16/36 | 22/38 | 38/74 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 58% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Converted | 4/13 | 2/4 | 6/17 | |
Converted % | 31% | 50% | 35% | |
Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3/4 | 6 | |
Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Purcell | |||||
R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Kuznetsov |
R3 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 26 | 60 | |
pts | 60-40 | 58-37 | 88-76 | 206-153 | |
Total points | 100 | 95 | 164 | 359 | |
Winners | 23 | 22 | 38 | 83 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
1st in | 26/42 | 27/47 | 48/79 | 101/168 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 57% | 61% | 60% | |
1st pts | 23/26 | 22/27 | 38/48 | 83/101 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 81% | 79% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/20 | 16/31 | 39/67 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 65% | 52% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 2/7 | 10/21 | |
Converted % | 67% | 50% | 29% | 48% | |
Conceded | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 4 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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