Jiri Lehecka topples Jack Draper 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the final in Adelaide on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Jiri added $ 41,945 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 100,665 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs. Jack Draper Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:08
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 89 points vs. the Brit’s 83.
Lehecka
Jiri served very well to win 75% of the points (45/60) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (18/32) on his second serve. Jiri won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Draper
On the other side, Draper had a tough time converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Lehecka and Draper is 1-0 for Jiri.
This was the maiden title for the Czech.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Jack conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Brit was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Draper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Draper won just 2 more points than the Czech (35-33). The Brit surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, Jiri conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jiri conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Jiri failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
The Czech converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jiri won just 3 more points than the Brit (30-27). Jiri dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Jack conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Lehecka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Czech to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Jiri converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Draper was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 47 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Jack (26-21). Lehecka lost 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Draper conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
