Prediction Of Klein Vs Lehecka H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Belgrade Open 2024?

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Klein and Lehecka are on the Day 5 Schedule at Belgrade Open 2024 on Thursday 7 November 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?

Head-to-head: Lukas Klein from Slovakia and Jiri Lehecka from the Czech Republic are set to face each other for the first time on the tennis tour at this tournament. However, they have previously met in other tournaments outside the professional tour. In 2020, they competed against each other at the M15 Trnava tournament in Slovakia, where Klein won with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. In the following year, they faced each other twice at the Bratislava CH and Prostejov CH tournaments. Lehecka emerged victorious in their first meeting at the Bratislava CH, with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4). However, Klein had his revenge at the Prostejov CH tournament, winning both encounters with scores of 7-5, 7-5 in the round of 32 and 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

Lukas Klein, aged 26, is currently ranked 153rd in the world and achieved his career-high ranking of 109th in August 2024. He had a successful season in 2024, reaching the quarterfinals in Belgrade and accumulating a record of 9 wins and 10 losses overall. Klein made his ATP Tour debut in 2021 at Buenos Aires as the 291st-ranked player. In this tournament, he defeated his compatriot Martin in the first round. He also participated in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 2022. Klein’s first Grand Slam win came at the 2024 Australian Open, where he defeated Kwon before eventually losing to Zverev in the second round in a fifth-set tiebreaker. In the 2024 season opener, he secured the biggest win of his career by defeating the 28th-ranked player, Baez, in the first round of the Brisbane tournament. However, he lost in the second round to Arnaldi. Klein has had success on the Challenger circuit, boasting a record of 101 wins and 80 losses. He has won three titles, including Troisdorf and Alicante in 2022, as well as Ortisei in 2023. In his junior career, Klein reached a ranking of 23rd and achieved victories over future top-10 players Hurkacz and Ruud. He also reached the boys’ doubles final at the Australian Open in 2016, partnering with Rikl.

It is worth noting that Klein is playing in his first ATP Tour quarterfinals and is looking to become the first Slovak player since Molcan in 2023 to reach the semifinals at an ATP Tour event. He also has the opportunity to become the first Slovak to reach the semifinals on a hard court since Klizan reached the final in St. Petersburg in 2018. Klein aims to continue his strong performance in this tournament, following his victory over the 39th-ranked Etcheverry in the second round.

On the other hand, Jiri Lehecka, aged 22, is currently ranked 31st in the world and achieved his career-high ranking of 23rd in January 2024. He has had a successful 2024 season, winning the title in Adelaide and accumulating a record of 29 wins and 18 losses overall. Lehecka has had notable achievements in recent years. He defeated the 5th-ranked player, Rublev, to reach the semifinals in Doha in 2023 and reached his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at Indian Wells in 2024. Additionally, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time at Madrid in 2024, following a retirement by Medvedev in the quarterfinals. In the 2023 Australian Open, Lehecka defeated the 12th-ranked Norrie in the third round and the 7th-ranked Auger-Aliassime in the fourth round on his way to the quarterfinals. He achieved his first ATP Tour semifinals at the Rotterdam tournament in 2022 as a qualifier. Furthermore, Lehecka finished as the runner-up in the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals, which coincided with his 21st birthday. In his junior career, he reached a ranking of 10th and won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title in 2019 with his fellow Czech player, Forejtek.

Lehecka, who will celebrate his 23rd birthday on Friday, has a chance to reach his seventh ATP Tour semifinals and could become the first Czech man since Berdych in 2017 to reach four semifinals in one season. He aims to achieve 30 wins for the second consecutive year, following his 34 victories in 2023.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Klein will win.
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