Jiri Lehecka and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will clash against each other in the semifinal of the European Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.59
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

This will be the 2^nd time that Jiri Lehecka and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Lehecka won 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5) in the semifinal in the Liberec Challenger back in 2022.

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 17, Jiri reached the semifinal after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-3 6-2 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-7(8) 6-1 4-1 ret..

In the quarter against Bonzi, the Czech had a free pass after Bonzi retired on a 6-7⁸ 6-1 4-1 . scoreline.

Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (252-156). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lehecka has a compiled54-40 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Czech has a composed 40-19 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brussels

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 37, Giovanni got to the semifinal after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4, Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5 ret. and Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-6(8).

In the quarter, Mpetshi had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-4 7-6⁸). During the match Mpetshi scored 71 points vs Musetti’s 60. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Mpetshi bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was very efficient on serve to win 88% (43/49) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giovanni broke Musetti once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he beat Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5.

Mpetshi has an aggregate 23-22 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lehecka	Mpetshi
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	42	71
Pts	154-104	211-187
Total Points	258	398
Winners	73	130
%Winners	47%	62%

Lehecka played 2 matches while Mpetshi competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Lehecka lost 1 set, while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard surrendered 1 set. Lehecka has played 1 set(s) less than Mpetshi (6 vs 7). Therefore, Lehecka played 29 games less than Mpetshi. Jiri scored 73 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi bagged 130 winners (62%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lehecka	Mpetshi
Aces	23	61
Avg per match	11.5	20.3
1st in	85/113	151/199
%1st in	75%	76%
1st pts	73/85	130/151
%1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	17/28	28/48
%2nd pts	61%	58%

Lehecka managed to score 23 aces (11.5 per match). Mpetshi bagged 61 aces (20.3 per match). Lehecka won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 86% 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	Mpetshi
Won	7	3
Converted	7/14	3/6
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	1	4
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Czech broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jiri pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The French player broke his opponents 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Giovanni was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Lehecka
	R2 Arnaud	1/4 Bonzi	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-78 6-1 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	64-39	90-65	154-104
Total points	103	155	258
Winners	30	43	73
%Winners	47%	48%	47%
SERVE
Aces	11	12	23
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	36/46	49/67	85/113
% 1st in	78%	73%	75%
1st pts	30/36	43/49	73/85
% 1st pts	83%	88%	86%
2nd pts	7/10	10/18	17/28
% 2nd pts	70%	56%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/6	4/8	7/14
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	1	0	1
Saved	1/1	0/0	1
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Mpetshi
	R1 Ruusuvuori	R2 Basilashvili	1/4 Musetti	Total
Score	7-64 6-75 6-4	7-5 ret.	6-4 7-68
Tot Set	3	1	2	6
Tot Games	36	12	23	71
pts	106-100	34-27	71-60	211-187
Total points	206	61	131	398
Winners	65	22	43	130
%Winners	61%	65%	61%	62%
SERVE
Aces	39	10	12	61
Double Faults	6	2	1	9
1st in	79/109	23/28	49/62	151/199
% 1st in	72%	82%	79%	76%
1st pts	65/79	22/23	43/49	130/151
% 1st pts	82%	96%	88%	86%
2nd pts	18/30	2/5	8/13	28/48
% 2nd pts	60%	40%	62%	58%
Breaks
Won	1	1	1	3
Converted	1/2	1/1	1/3	3/6
Converted %	50%	100%	33%	50%
Conceded	4	0	0	4
Saved	4/4	0/0	0/0	4
Saved %	100%	–	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

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