Frances Tiafoe and Jiri Lehecka will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.86
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Jiri Lehecka
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Jiri Lehecka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tiafoe won 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Jiri Lehecka – Stuttgart 14-June-2023
Frances Tiafoe
22 - 19win/loss
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10
LLWLWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Francis got to the 3rd round after beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 7-6(6) and Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-3 6-2). During the match, Tiafoe scored 61 points vs Musetti’s 40. Tiafoe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Frances Tiafoe was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francis broke Musetti 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (342-242). 12-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a compiled 169-115 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Houston.
The American has an aggregate 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Jiri Lehecka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 18-10 | 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 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 4-4 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 35, Jiri got to the 3rd round after beating Mariano Navone 7-6(3) 6-3 and Daniil Medvedev 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Medvedev (7-62 6-4). During the match Lehecka scored 77 points vs Medvedev’s 72. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jiri Lehecka was quite effective on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Medvedev once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Adelaide where he beat Jack Draper in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Lehecka has a composed 19-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 45 |
| Pts | 143-110 | 143-132 |
| Total Points | 253 | 275 |
| Winners | 46 | 70 |
| %Winners | 32% | 49% |
Both Tiafoe and Lehecka played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Lehecka have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Tiafoe played 6 games less than Lehecka. Tiafoe scored 46 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri scored 70 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 57/108 | 89/149 |
| %1st in | 53% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 70/89 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Tiafoe scored 8 aces (4 per match). Lehecka scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tiafoe won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 3 |
| Converted | 8/26 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | ||||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina |
R2 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 82-70 | 61-40 | 143-110 | |
| Total points | 152 | 101 | 253 | |
| Winners | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 43% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/67 | 31/41 | 57/108 | |
| % 1st in | 39% | 76% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 26/31 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 6/10 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/12 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 33% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lehecka | ||||
| R1 Navone |
R2 Medvedev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| pts | 66-60 | 77-72 | 143-132 | |
| Total points | 126 | 149 | 275 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 52/83 | 89/149 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 39/52 | 70/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 18/31 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/4 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 25% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur Fils/Nicolas JarryFils/Nicolas Jarry – Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden (6-4 6-75 10-8) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-64 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-76 7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-7(6) 7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
