H2H, prediction of Jiri Lehecka vs Alex Michelsen at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 18th January 2024

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Lehecka and Michelsen will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 18th of January

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Alex Michelsen

Jiri Lehecka and Alex Michelsen will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 3. 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 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.28
Alex Michelsen -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Alex Michelsen

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

Jiri Lehecka

Jiri Lehecka
Jiri Lehecka

6 - 2win/loss

Hard
6-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
33
High
23
WWWWLWLWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-15 18-10 4-1 5-4 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
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Ranked no. 23 (career-high), the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3). During the match, Lehecka scored 88 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 65. Lehecka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lehecka blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was very efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jiri broke Zapata Miralles 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (186-120). 6-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has a composed46-28 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where he overcame Jack Draper in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.

The Czech has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Lehecka
Australian Open
Lehecka's Record

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen
Alex Michelsen

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
45
High
43
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-30 26-14 4-9 1-1 7-6 0-0
2023 61-27 30-13 4-3 19-7 8-4 0-0
2022 23-10 14-8 0-1 9-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 91 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating James McCabe 7-65 3-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, The American defeated McCabe (7-65 3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Michelsen scored 127 points vs McCabe’s 104. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Michelsen made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (56/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. The American broke McCabe 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

The American has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Michelsen
Australian Open
Michelsen's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Lehecka
A.Michelsen
1h:42
1h:42
Time on court​
!
2h:55
2h:55
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
!
2h:55
2h:55
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
37
37
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
88
88
Total points​
127
127
88
88
Avg point​
127
127
32
32
Winners
56
56
32
32
Avg Winners​
56
56
36%
36%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
32/44
32/44
1st won total​
56/80
56/80
!
73%
73%
1st won %
70%
70%
21/34
21/34
2nd won total​
23/38
23/38
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
BP won
6/8
6/8
6/10
6/10
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
!
60%
60%
Won
!
75%
75%
4
4
Conceded
11
11
4
4
Avg Conceded
11
11
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lehecka Michelsen
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 26 37
Pts 88-65 127-104
Total Points 153 231
Winners 32 56
%Winners 36% 44%

Both Lehecka and Michelsen played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Michelsen conceded 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t lost a set so far. Lehecka has played 1 set(s) less than Michelsen (3 vs 4). Therefore, Lehecka played 11 games less than Michelsen. The Czech scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 56 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lehecka Michelsen
Aces 6 8
Avg per match 6 8
1st in 44/78 80/118
%1st in 56% 68%
1st pts 32/44 56/80
%1st pts 73% 70%
2nd pts 21/34 23/38
%2nd pts 62% 61%

Lehecka fired 6 aces . Michelsen made 8 aces . Lehecka won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lehecka Michelsen
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/8
% Converted 60% 75%
Conceded 4 11
Saved 3 8
% Saved 75% 73%
Times Broken 1 3

Jiri broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
R1
Zapata Miralles		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 88-65 88-65
Total points 153 153
Winners 32 32
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 44/78 44/78
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 32/44 32/44
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 21/34 21/34
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Michelsen
R1
McCabe		 Total
Score 7-65 3-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 37
pts 127-104 127-104
Total points 231 231
Winners 56 56
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 80/118 80/118
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 56/80 56/80
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 23/38 23/38
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Jiri Lehecka
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 3Chall
  • 3Minor
Alex Michelsen
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 2Minor

Jiri
Lehecka

0:1

Alex
Michelsen

Rank

33

High

23

0Hard1

Rank

45

High

43

Win Loss
Lehecka
WWWLWLWWLL
Michelsen
LWLWWWWLWL
2024 2023 2022
27 - 13
38 - 30
18-10
Hard
26-14
5-2
I Hard
1-1
4-1
Clay
4-9
0-0
Grass
7-6

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