Jiri Lehecka and Rafael Nadal will face off in the 4th round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.65
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Rafael Nadal

There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jiri Lehecka

Jiri Lehecka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
17
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-23 24-10 5-5 5-5 7-3 0-0
2024 32-19 20-10 4-1 8-8 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
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Ranked no. 31, Jiri reached the 4th round after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 7-5 6-4 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 7-67.

In the 3rd round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (6-4 7-67). During the match, Lehecka scored 76 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 69. Lehecka was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lehecka scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Moura Monteiro twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lehecka hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Lehecka has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (195-126). 2-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lehecka has a compiled95-54 record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

The Czech has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Madrid
Lehecka's Record

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal

6 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Rank
153
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-8 2-1 10-6 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 39-8 23-3 10-2 1-3 5-0 0-0
2021 24-5 5-2 19-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 27-7 13-3 9-1 5-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 512, Rafael got to the 4th round after defeating Darwin Blanch 6-1 6-0, Alex De Minaur 7-66 6-3 and Pedro Cachin 6-1 6-75 6-3.

In the 3rd round, The Spaniard defeated Cachin (6-1 6-75 6-3). During the match Nadal scored 109 points vs Cachin’s 89. Nadal was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Nadal couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rafael Nadal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 78% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Cachin 9 times after converting 50% of his break points (9/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nadal has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Nadal has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017. See his history.

Madrid
Nadal's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Lehecka
R.Nadal
3h:30
3h:30
Time on court​
!
6h:10
6h:10
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
!
3h:04
3h:04
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
45
45
Games Played​
64
64
4
4
Set played​​
7
7
149
149
Total points​
229
229
74.5
74.5
Avg point​
76.3
76.3
69
69
Winners
89
89
34.5
34.5
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
2
2
8
8
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
69/83
69/83
1st won total​
89/128
89/128
!
83%
83%
1st won %
70%
70%
26/43
26/43
2nd won total​
26/49
26/49
60%
60%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
18/32
18/32
2/6.5
2/6.5
Avg BP won
6/10.7
6/10.7
31%
31%
Won
!
56%
56%
4
4
Conceded
10
10
2
2
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
1
1
Broken
6
6
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lehecka Nadal
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 45 64
Pts 149-127 229-176
Total Points 276 405
Winners 69 89
%Winners 46% 39%

Lehecka played 2 matches while Nadal competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Rafael Nadal lost 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lehecka has played 3 set(s) less than Nadal (4 vs 7). Therefore, Lehecka played 19 games less than Nadal. Jiri scored 69 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 89 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lehecka Nadal
Aces 16 2
Avg per match 8 0.7
1st in 83/126 128/177
%1st in 66% 72%
1st pts 69/83 89/128
%1st pts 83% 70%
2nd pts 26/43 26/49
%2nd pts 60% 53%

Lehecka blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Nadal managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Lehecka won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nadal won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lehecka Nadal
Won 4 18
Converted 4/13 18/32
% Converted 31% 56%
Conceded 4 10
Saved 3 4
% Saved 75% 40%
Times Broken 1 6

Lehecka broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Jiri dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Rafael broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
R2
Medjedovic		 R3
Moura Monteiro		 Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-4 7-67
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 23 45
pts 73-58 76-69 149-127
Total points 131 145 276
Winners 35 34 69
%Winners 48% 45% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 10 16
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 39/58 44/68 83/126
% 1st in 67% 65% 66%
1st pts 35/39 34/44 69/83
% 1st pts 90% 77% 83%
2nd pts 11/19 15/24 26/43
% 2nd pts 58% 63% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/9 2/4 4/13
Converted % 22% 50% 31%
Conceded 2 2 4
Saved 2/2 1/2 3
Saved % 100% 50% 75%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Nadal
R1
Blanch		 R2
De Minaur		 R3
Cachin		 Total
Score 6-1 6-0 7-66 6-3 6-1 6-75 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 13 22 29 64
pts 53-25 67-62 109-89 229-176
Total points 78 129 198 405
Winners 19 32 38 89
%Winners 36% 48% 35% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 0 2
Double Faults 0 2 0 2
1st in 24/39 45/62 59/76 128/177
% 1st in 62% 73% 78% 72%
1st pts 19/24 32/45 38/59 89/128
% 1st pts 79% 71% 64% 70%
2nd pts 11/15 9/17 6/17 26/49
% 2nd pts 73% 53% 35% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9 18
Converted 5/9 4/5 9/18 18/32
Converted % 56% 80% 50% 56%
Conceded 0 4 6 10
Saved 0/0 2/4 2/6 4
Saved % – 50% 33% 42%
Times Broken 0 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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