Jiri Lehecka and Denis Shapovalov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Belgrade Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.9
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Denis Shapovalov

This will be the 2^nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Lehecka won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Rotterdam back in 2022.

Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs Denis Shapovalov – Rotterdam 08-February-2022

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 31, the Czech got to the semifinal after defeating Marin Cilic 6-4 7-6(4) and Lukas Klein 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the quarter against Klein, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6³ 6-3). During the match, Lehecka scored 100 points vs Klein’s 95. Lehecka was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lehecka struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Lehecka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (49/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Lehecka broke Klein twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Lehecka has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (210-136). 8-7 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an aggregate50-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Czech has an aggregate 30-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Belgrade

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 78, Shapovalov got to the semifinal after defeating Constant Lestienne 7-6(4) 6-4, Hugo Grenier 6-3 6-4, Marton Fucsovics 6-7(6) 7-5 6-1, Nuno Borges 6-2 6-4 and Christopher O Connell 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-2 6-2). During the match Shapovalov scored 64 points vs O Connell’s 41. Shapovalov was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Shapovalov struck 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Shapovalov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 91% (29/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Shapovalov broke O Connell 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Denis has a compiled 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Match played	2	5
Tot Set	5	11
Tot Games	54	108
Pts	174-158	390-312
Total Points	332	702
Winners	82	170
%Winners	47%	44%

Lehecka played 2 matches while Shapovalov competed in 5 matches. Shapovalov started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Lehecka conceded 1 set, while Denis Shapovalov lost 1 set. Lehecka has played 6 set(s) less than Shapovalov (5 vs 11). Therefore, Lehecka played 54 games less than Shapovalov. Jiri scored 82 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov managed to score 170 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Aces	16	39
Avg per match	8	7.8
1st in	100/159	212/334
%1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	82/100	170/212
%1st pts	82%	80%
2nd pts	32/59	66/122
%2nd pts	54%	54%

Lehecka managed to score 16 aces (8 per match). Shapovalov made 39 aces (7.8 per match). Lehecka won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Won	3	17
Converted	3/15	17/33
% Converted	20%	52%
Conceded	6	17
Saved	3	14
% Saved	50%	82%
Times Broken	3	3

Jiri broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
	R2 Cilic	1/4 Klein	Total
Score	6-4 7-64	3-6 7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	31	54
pts	74-63	100-95	174-158
Total points	137	195	332
Winners	33	49	82
%Winners	45%	49%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	11	16
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	37/60	63/99	100/159
% 1st in	62%	64%	63%
1st pts	33/37	49/63	82/100
% 1st pts	89%	78%	82%
2nd pts	16/23	16/36	32/59
% 2nd pts	70%	44%	54%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/5	2/10	3/15
Converted %	20%	20%	20%
Conceded	0	6	6
Saved	0/0	3/6	3
Saved %	–	50%	25%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Shapovalov
	Q1 Lestienne	Q3 Grenier	R1 Fucsovics	R2 Borges	1/4 O	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-76 7-5 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	23	19	32	18	16	108
pts	80-66	75-62	110-105	61-38	64-41	390-312
Total points	146	137	215	99	105	702
Winners	29	29	52	31	29	170
%Winners	36%	39%	47%	51%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	8	9	12	39
Double Faults	5	3	9	4	2	23
1st in	37/64	37/64	72/116	34/47	32/43	212/334
% 1st in	58%	58%	62%	72%	74%	63%
1st pts	29/37	29/37	52/72	31/34	29/32	170/212
% 1st pts	78%	78%	72%	91%	91%	80%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27	20/44	7/13	5/11	66/122
% 2nd pts	63%	63%	45%	54%	45%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	3	4	17
Converted	3/6	2/8	5/8	3/5	4/6	17/33
Converted %	50%	25%	63%	60%	67%	52%
Conceded	2	5	7	1	2	17
Saved	0/2	5/5	6/7	1/1	2/2	14
Saved %	0%	100%	86%	100%	100%	193%
Times Broken	2	0	1	0	0	3

Tennis Scores in Belgrade

• Laslo DjereDjere – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gonzalo Escobar/Diego HidalgoEscobar/Diego Hidalgo – Tomas Martin Etcheverry/Thiago Agustin TiranteMartin Etcheverry/Thiago Agustin Tirante (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Andre Goransson/Sem VerbeekGoransson/Sem Verbeek (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Laslo DjereDjere – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H and prediction