Karen Khachanov and Jiri Lehecka will face off in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.51
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jiri Lehecka
This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Jiri Lehecka play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Khachanov won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Vienna back in 2023.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-7 | 10-5 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Luca Van Assche 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-2 6-3). During the match, Khachanov scored 62 points vs Van Assche’s 47. Karen was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Karen Khachanov was very efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karen broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (346-219). 8-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has an overall 143-85 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Doha where he overcame Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
Karen has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-8 | 11-6 | 2-0 | 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. 36, Jiri got to the 2nd round after beating Marton Fucsovics 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Lehecka defeated Fucsovics (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Lehecka scored 97 points vs Fucsovics’s 90. Jiri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (42/51) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jiri broke Fucsovics 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Adelaide where he defeated Jack Draper in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 62-47 | 97-90 |
| Total Points | 109 | 187 |
| Winners | 25 | 42 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Khachanov and Lehecka played 1 match. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka dropped 1 set while Karen Khachanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Khachanov has played 1 set(s) less than Lehecka (2 vs 3). Therefore, Khachanov played 14 games less than Lehecka. The Russian scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 42 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 51/86 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 42/51 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Khachanov recorded 9 aces . Lehecka recorded 4 aces . Khachanov won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 27% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Khachanov conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jiri broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Lehecka conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 62-47 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lehecka | |||
| R1 Fucsovics |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-90 | 97-90 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/86 | 51/86 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 42/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Jiri LeheckaDavidovich Fokina/Jiri Lehecka (6-1 6-71 11-9) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Borna CoricCoric (4-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Adam PavlasekBehar/Adam Pavlasek – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Andreas Mies/John-Patrick SmithMies/John-Patrick Smith (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Skander Mansouri/Aisam QureshiMansouri/Aisam Qureshi (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer – Michael Agwi/Osgar O’HoisinAgwi/Osgar O’Hoisin (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-65 6-74 7-66) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Pavel KotovKotov (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Ugo HumbertHumbert (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
