Jiri Vesely and Steven Diez will fight against each other in the qualifications of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Steven Diez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steven Diez is the pick to win this match.
Steven Diez -> 1.87
Jiri Vesely -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Jiri Vesely and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jiri Vesely
10 - 22win/loss
418
35
WWLLLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-22 | 2-6 | 7-12 | 0-3 | 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. 418, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 4-6 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Gueymard Wayenburg, Jiri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match, Vesely scored 92 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s 90. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vesely blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Vesely lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vesely put 73% of his first serves in, winning 77% (51/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Vesely broke Gueymard Wayenburg 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Vesely has positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (252-231). 1-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vesely has a compiled 79-76 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Prague Challenger where he beat Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-2 3-6 7-6(3).
Vesely has an aggregate 9-22 win-loss record in 2024, 1-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Vesely has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 10-7 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 553, Steven got to the qualifications after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5 1-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Basilashvili, the Canadian had a free pass after Basilashvili retired on a 7-5 1-0 . scoreline.
Steven’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Roda de Bara.
Steven has a compiled 13-15 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vesely | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 13 |
| Pts | 92-90 | 40-31 |
| Total Points | 182 | 71 |
| Winners | 51 | 18 |
| %Winners | 55% | 45% |
Both Vesely and Diez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jiri Vesely dropped 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Vesely and Diez have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Vesely played 19 games more than Diez. Jiri scored 51 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Diez bagged 18 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vesely | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 66/91 | 26/39 |
| %1st in | 73% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 51/66 | 18/26 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 5/13 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 38% |
Vesely struck 7 aces . Diez fired 2 aces . Vesely won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vesely | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vesely dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Steven broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Diez conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vesely | |||
| Q1 Gueymard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/91 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 51/66 | 51/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Diez | |||
| Q1 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 40-31 | 40-31 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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