Jiri Lehecka and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 4. 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 -> 1.78
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Brandon Nakashima

This will be the 4th time that Jiri Lehecka and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but Lehecka has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Lehecka won 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Toronto back in 2023.

Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs Brandon Nakashima – Toronto 07-August-2023

Jiri Lehecka

Jiri Lehecka

11 - 6win/loss

Hard
9-4
I Hard
2-2
Rank
26
High
23
LWWWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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. 32, Lehecka will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 6-4 4-1 ret. to Bublik in the quarter on the 29th of February.

Jiri has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where he beat Jack Draper in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Czech has an overall 190-124 record. He has a positive 48-30 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Indian Wells
Lehecka's Record

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima

20 - 7win/loss

Hard
9-3
I Hard
11-4
Rank
65
High
43
WLWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-18 11-4 13-7 11-4 7-3 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0
2020 28-14 19-6 4-4 5-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 93, Nakashima got to the 2nd round after beating Christopher Eubanks 6-3 7-63.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-3 7-63). During the match Nakashima scored 69 points vs Eubanks’s 55. Brandon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakashima made 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was quite effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Eubanks once.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

Brandon has an overall 20-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Indian Wells
Nakashima's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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