Jiri Vesely and Toby Alex Kodat will square off in the semifinal of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Vesely who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Vesely is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Vesely -> 1.42
Toby Alex Kodat -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Toby Alex Kodat

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

Jiri Vesely

Jiri Vesely

4 - 11win/loss

Hard
0-4
I Hard
0-3
Clay
4-4
Rank
337
High
35
WLWWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-27 6-8 7-12 6-6 1-1 0-0
2023 11-15 5-3 3-7 1-1 1-3 1-1
2022 20-19 12-10 3-6 0-0 5-3 0-0
2021 25-27 4-5 8-12 9-5 2-3 2-2
2020 21-12 8-5 9-5 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 295, Vesely reached the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 6-75 7-63, Marco Trungelliti 6-1 ret. and Giovanni Fonio 2-6 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter against Fonio, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Vesely scored 81 points vs Fonio’s 78. Vesely was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vesely blasted 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jiri Vesely lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vesely put 65% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Jiri broke Fonio 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vesely has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Vesely has good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (247-220). 4-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vesely has a compiled 103-90 match record in the last years on clay.

The Czech has an aggregate 4-11 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prague Challenger

Prague Challenger
Vesely's Record

Toby Alex Kodat

Toby Alex Kodat

14 - 14win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
0-3
Clay
10-7
Rank
345
High
308
LLWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-34 8-7 34-20 5-7 0-0 0-0
2023 39-23 4-5 28-14 7-4 0-0 0-0
2022 13-11 3-3 6-6 4-2 0-0 0-0
2021 29-24 5-6 19-15 5-3 0-0 0-0
2020 11-15 3-5 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 370, Alex reached the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-4, Clement Chidekh 6-2 2-6 6-1 and Henrique Rocha 6-1 7-63.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-1 7-63). During the match Alex scored 76 points vs Rocha’s 61. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Alex fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Toby Alex Kodat lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Alex put 50% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Rocha 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alex has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Wesley Chapel.

Toby has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Prague Challenger
Alex's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Vesely
T.Alex Kodat
5h:51
5h:51
Time on court​
5h:23
5h:23
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
3
3
Match played
3
3
68
68
Games Played​
62
62
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
236
236
Total points​
240
240
78.7
78.7
Avg point​
80
80
107
107
Winners
82
82
35.7
35.7
Avg Winners​
27.3
27.3
45%
45%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
10
10
7.7
7.7
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
11
11
Double Faults
8
8
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
107/145
107/145
1st won total​
82/118
82/118
!
74%
74%
1st won %
69%
69%
43/81
43/81
2nd won total​
49/101
49/101
53%
53%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
15/34
15/34
2.7/5.7
2.7/5.7
Avg BP won
5/11.3
5/11.3
47%
47%
Won
44%
44%
15
15
Conceded
21
21
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
4
4
Broken
8
8
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
11
11
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Vesely Alex
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 7
Tot Games 68 62
Pts 236-214 240-198
Total Points 450 438
Winners 107 82
%Winners 45% 34%

Both Vesely and Alex played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Vesely lost 2 sets, while Toby Alex Kodat conceded 1 set. Vesely has played 1 set more than Alex (8 vs 7). Therefore, Vesely played 6 games more than Alex. The Czech scored 107 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Toby struck 82 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Vesely Alex
Aces 23 10
Avg per match 7.7 3.3
1st in 145/226 118/219
%1st in 64% 54%
1st pts 107/145 82/118
%1st pts 74% 69%
2nd pts 43/81 49/101
%2nd pts 53% 49%

Vesely bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Alex managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Vesely won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Alex won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Vesely Alex
Won 8 15
Converted 8/17 15/34
% Converted 47% 44%
Conceded 15 21
Saved 11 13
% Saved 73% 62%
Times Broken 4 8

Vesely broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. Toby conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Vesely
R1
Moro
R2
Trungelliti
1/4
Fonio
Total
Score 6-4 6-75 7-63 6-1 ret. 2-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 1 3 7
Tot Games 36 7 25 68
pts 123-115 32-21 81-78 236-214
Total points 238 53 159 450
Winners 52 15 40 107
%Winners 42% 47% 49% 45%
SERVE
Aces 9 5 9 23
Double Faults 5 1 5 11
1st in 67/108 22/32 56/86 145/226
% 1st in 62% 69% 65% 64%
1st pts 52/67 15/22 40/56 107/145
% 1st pts 78% 68% 71% 74%
2nd pts 24/41 5/10 14/30 43/81
% 2nd pts 59% 50% 47% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 2 3 8
Converted 3/9 2/3 3/5 8/17
Converted % 33% 67% 60% 47%
Conceded 3 1 11 15
Saved 1/3 1/1 9/11 11
Saved % 33% 100% 82% 72%
Times Broken 2 0 2 4
Alex
R1
Janvier
R2
Chidekh
1/4
Rocha
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-2 2-6 6-1 6-1 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 19 23 20 62
pts 81-68 83-69 76-61 240-198
Total points 149 152 137 438
Winners 32 28 22 82
%Winners 40% 34% 29% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 4 2 10
Double Faults 3 4 1 8
1st in 47/78 40/79 31/62 118/219
% 1st in 60% 51% 50% 54%
1st pts 32/47 28/40 22/31 82/118
% 1st pts 68% 70% 71% 69%
2nd pts 16/31 18/39 15/31 49/101
% 2nd pts 52% 46% 48% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 6 5 15
Converted 4/11 6/14 5/9 15/34
Converted % 36% 43% 56% 44%
Conceded 7 10 4 21
Saved 6/7 6/10 1/4 13
Saved % 86% 60% 25% 57%
Times Broken 1 4 3 8

Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger

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