Ben Shelton and Jiri Lehecka will square off in the quarter of the Boss Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.72
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jiri Lehecka

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Shelton got to the quarter after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6(4) 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Herbert (7-6⁴ 7-5). During the match, Shelton scored 82 points vs Herbert’s 72. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Herbert once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (146-81). 1-0 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has a composed7-7 win-loss record in the last 5 years on grass.

Shelton’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Munich.

The American has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 33, Lehecka reached the quarter after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-4 7-5). During the match Lehecka scored 74 points vs Struff’s 66. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Lehecka bagged 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jiri Lehecka was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Struff twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Jiri has a composed 20-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Lehecka
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	25	42
Pts	82-72	144-121
Total Points	154	265
Winners	37	64
%Winners	45%	44%

Shelton played 1 match while Lehecka competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than Lehecka (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 17 games less than Lehecka. Shelton scored 37 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 64 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Lehecka
Aces	8	24
Avg per match	8	12
1st in	45/77	78/121
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	37/45	64/78
%1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	21/32	26/43
%2nd pts	66%	60%

Shelton struck 8 aces . Lehecka recorded 24 aces (12 per match). Shelton won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Lehecka
Won	1	4
Converted	1/5	4/15
% Converted	20%	27%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4	4
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Ben broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Shelton was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Lehecka broke his opponents 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Shelton
	R2 Herbert	Total
Score	7-64 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	82-72	82-72
Total points	154	154
Winners	37	37
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	45/77	45/77
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	37/45	37/45
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	21/32	21/32
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Lehecka
	R1 Bonzi	R2 Struff	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	22	42
pts	70-55	74-66	144-121
Total points	125	140	265
Winners	33	31	64
%Winners	47%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	13	11	24
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	37/56	41/65	78/121
% 1st in	66%	63%	64%
1st pts	33/37	31/41	64/78
% 1st pts	89%	76%	82%
2nd pts	10/19	16/24	26/43
% 2nd pts	53%	67%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/6	2/9	4/15
Converted %	33%	22%	27%
Conceded	2	2	4
Saved	2/2	2/2	4
Saved %	100%	100%	200%
Times Broken	0	0	0

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