H2H, prediction of Jiri Lehecka vs Benjamin Bonzi at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 17th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Lehecka and Bonzi will face off in the 3rd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 17th of January

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Benjamin Bonzi

Jiri Lehecka and Benjamin Bonzi will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on Kia Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.31
Benjamin Bonzi -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Benjamin Bonzi

This will be the 3rd time that Jiri Lehecka and Benjamin Bonzi square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Lehecka and Bonzi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lehecka won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Monte carlo back in 2022.

Jiri Lehecka

Jiri Lehecka
Jiri Lehecka

7 - 0win/loss

Hard
7-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
26
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-16 15-7 5-5 2-1 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. 29, Jiri reached the 3rd round after beating Li Tu 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-6(1) and Hugo Gaston 6-3 3-1 ret..

In the 2nd round against Gaston, Jiri had a free pass after Gaston retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.

Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (219-137). 7-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lehecka has a compiled67-36 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Brisbane where he overcame Reilly Opelka in the final 4-1 ret..

Lehecka has an aggregate 7-0 win-loss record in 2025, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Lehecka
Australian Open
Lehecka's Record

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi
Benjamin Bonzi

8 - 2win/loss

Hard
8-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
63
High
42
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-19 11-9 2-4 1-2 3-4 0-0
2024 50-32 13-13 7-10 24-6 6-3 0-0
2023 29-26 10-8 2-4 17-11 0-3 0-0
2022 35-27 7-10 9-5 11-8 8-4 0-0
2021 57-27 23-5 7-7 20-13 7-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 64, the French player got to the 3rd round after defeating David Goffin 6-1 6-2 7-6(7) and Francesco Passaro 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Bonzi scored 105 points vs Passaro’s 99. Bonzi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.

About the serving games, Bonzi recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (54/75) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Passaro 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Bonzi has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Bonzi
Australian Open
Bonzi's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Lehecka
B.Bonzi
3h:17
3h:17
Time on court​
4h:23
4h:23
!
0h:57
0h:57
Last match​
!
2h:10
2h:10
2
2
Match played
2
2
51
51
Games Played​
65
65
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
175
175
Total points​
213
213
87.5
87.5
Avg point​
106.5
106.5
73
73
Winners
97
97
36.5
36.5
Avg Winners​
48.5
48.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
14
14
9.5
9.5
Avg Aces
7
7
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
73/86
73/86
1st won total​
97/137
97/137
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
37/61
37/61
2nd won total​
42/72
42/72
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
12/23
12/23
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
6/11.5
6/11.5
43%
43%
Won
!
52%
52%
8
8
Conceded
17
17
4
4
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
2
2
Broken
5
5
1
1
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
6
6
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lehecka Bonzi
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 51 65
Pts 175-136 213-181
Total Points 311 394
Winners 73 97
%Winners 42% 46%

Both Lehecka and Bonzi played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Lehecka dropped 1 set, while Benjamin Bonzi surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and Bonzi have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Lehecka played 14 games less than Bonzi. The Czech scored 73 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bonzi scored 97 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lehecka Bonzi
Aces 19 14
Avg per match 9.5 7
1st in 86/147 137/209
%1st in 59% 66%
1st pts 73/86 97/137
%1st pts 85% 71%
2nd pts 37/61 42/72
%2nd pts 61% 58%

Lehecka blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Bonzi struck 14 aces (7 per match). Lehecka won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lehecka Bonzi
Won 6 12
Converted 6/14 12/23
% Converted 43% 52%
Conceded 8 17
Saved 6 12
% Saved 75% 71%
Times Broken 2 5

Lehecka broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
R1
Tu		 R2
Gaston		 Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-61 6-3 3-1 ret.
Tot Set 4 2 6
Tot Games 38 13 51
pts 116-94 59-42 175-136
Total points 210 101 311
Winners 54 19 73
%Winners 47% 32% 42%
SERVE
Aces 13 6 19
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 67/103 19/44 86/147
% 1st in 65% 43% 59%
1st pts 54/67 19/19 73/86
% 1st pts 81% 100% 85%
2nd pts 26/36 11/25 37/61
% 2nd pts 72% 44% 61%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/6 3/8 6/14
Converted % 50% 38% 43%
Conceded 4 4 8
Saved 3/4 3/4 6
Saved % 75% 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Bonzi
R1
Goffin		 R2
Passaro		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 7-67 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 4 7
Tot Games 28 37 65
pts 108-82 105-99 213-181
Total points 190 204 394
Winners 43 54 97
%Winners 40% 51% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 2 14
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 62/105 75/104 137/209
% 1st in 59% 72% 66%
1st pts 43/62 54/75 97/137
% 1st pts 69% 72% 71%
2nd pts 23/43 19/29 42/72
% 2nd pts 53% 66% 58%
Breaks
Won 7 5 12
Converted 7/14 5/9 12/23
Converted % 50% 56% 52%
Conceded 8 9 17
Saved 5/8 7/9 12
Saved % 63% 78% 71%
Times Broken 3 2 5

Head 2 Head

Jiri Lehecka
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 3Chall
  • 3Minor
Benjamin Bonzi
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 11Chall
  • 11Minor

Jiri
Lehecka

3:1

Benjamin
Bonzi

Rank

26

High

22

1Hard0

1Clay1

1Grass0

Rank

63

High

42

Win Loss
Lehecka
WLWWLWLWLW
Bonzi
WWLLLWLLWW
2025 2024 2023
28 - 16
17 - 19
15-7
Hard
11-9
1-1
I Hard
1-2
5-5
Clay
2-4
7-3
Grass
3-4

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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