Prediction Of Agut Vs Lehecka H2H, Who Will Win At ATP European Open 2024?

What Time Will Roberto Bautista Agut Play Against Jiri Lehecka?

Agut and Lehecka are on the Day 7 Schedule at European Open 2024 on Sunday 20 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Roberto Bautista Agut holds a 3-1 head to head record against Jiri Lehecka. They have faced each other on multiple occasions in various tournaments. In their most recent meeting at the Kitzbuhel in Austria, Bautista Agut emerged victorious with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 scoreline on clay. They have also encountered each other at the ATP Masters 1000 Paris and the Davis Cup Finals, where Bautista Agut won in straight sets.

Bautista Agut, aged 36 and currently ranked 60th in the world, has had a successful career. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 9 and has won 11 ATP Tour titles so far. In 2024, he reached the final of the Antwerp tournament and has a record of 23 wins and 19 losses for the year. He achieved his 400th career win in 2024 and had a standout year in 2019, finishing with a career-high ranking and reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Bautista Agut has notable victories against top-ranked players such as Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev. He defeated Djokovic three times and Medvedev once in various tournaments. He has also represented Spain in team competitions, including the Davis Cup, where he helped his country win in 2019.

It is interesting to note that Bautista Agut had a football career with Villarreal C.F. until the age of 14 before pursuing tennis full-time. He is now seeking his 12th ATP Tour title and his second indoors. His previous indoor title came in 2016 in Sofia.

On the other hand, Jiri Lehecka, aged 22 and currently ranked 33rd in the world, has been making a name for himself on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 23 in January 2024 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Adelaide. Lehecka has defeated top-ranked players like Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev and has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He also celebrated his 21st birthday during the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals, where he finished as the runner-up.

Lehecka will be aiming for his second ATP Tour title in Antwerp after his victory in Adelaide earlier in the year. He has a strong record against players ranked outside the top 50, winning 11 of his last 12 matches. However, he lost to Bautista Agut, who was ranked 62nd at the time, in the Davis Cup.

In the doubles final, Robert Galloway from the USA and Aleksandr Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan will face Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler, both from Austria. Galloway and Nedovyesov have performed well as a pair, remaining undefeated in the tournament so far. Galloway aims to become the second American champion in Antwerp after Scott Lipsky, who won in 2017. Nedovyesov has previously won ATP Tour doubles titles, including the 2023 Stockholm.

Erler and Miedler have a successful partnership, having won multiple ATP Tour titles together. They achieved their first victory as a team in 2021 at Kitzbuhel and have since won titles in Vienna, Acapulco, and Munich. They are the first Austrian finalists in Antwerp history and are currently ranked 23rd on the ATP Doubles Team Rankings. Individually, Erler is ranked 54th and Miedler is ranked 68th. Both players have had success in previous finals and will be looking to add another title to their collection.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Agut will win.
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