Who Will Win: Tiafoe Vs Lehecka? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Frances Tiafoe Play Against Jiri Lehecka?

Tiafoe and Lehecka are on the Day 5 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Friday 16 August 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?

In the third round of the match between Frances Tiafoe from the USA and Jiri Lehecka from the Czech Republic, Tiafoe currently leads in their head-to-head record with a score of 1-0. The match took place in Stuttgart, Germany on grass surface, with Tiafoe winning 7-6(2) 6-4.

Tennis Data Innovations Insights utilizes algorithmic software to process real-time ball and player tracking data. This data is used to calculate various aspects of each shot, including shot type, shot quality, situation, phase of play, and tactic. This software provides insights into the game, which can be found at the following link: https://www.atptour.com/en/news/insights-introduction.

According to the 52-week average statistics provided by Tennis Data Innovations Insights, both Tiafoe and Lehecka have relatively similar performance in terms of various aspects of their game. Tiafoe has a conversion score of 25%, a steal score of 67%, a serve quality of 33%, a return quality of 8.0, a forehand quality of 6.3, and a backhand quality of 7.4. On the other hand, Lehecka has a conversion score of 26%, a steal score of 69%, a serve quality of 35%, a return quality of 8.2, a forehand quality of 6.5, and a backhand quality of 7.7. The tour average for these statistics is 25%, 66%, 34%, 7.9, 6.6, and 7.6 respectively.

Although Lehecka leads in all seven insights provided by Tennis Data Innovations, his lead in each category is small. In their previous meeting in Stuttgart in 2023, Tiafoe was able to dominate in attack with a score of 30% compared to Lehecka’s 23%. Tiafoe won that match in straight sets. In the previous round at Cincinnati, both players achieved an in-attack score of 31%.

Frances Tiafoe, 26 years old and currently ranked 27th in the world, has had various achievements throughout his career. He reached a career-high

ranking of 10 in June 2023 after winning his third ATP Tour title in Stuttgart, where he saved a match point against Struff in the final. He also became the first American in 2012, alongside Fritz, to be ranked in the top 10. Tiafoe defeated Nadal at the 2022 US Open, becoming the first American men’s semifinalist at that event since Roddick in 2006. He also contributed to Team World’s victory at the 2022 Laver Cup and won his first ATP Tour title in 2018 at the Delray Beach.

Jiri Lehecka, 22 years old and currently ranked 35th in the world, achieved a career-high ranking of 23 in January 2024 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Adelaide. He has had notable wins against Rublev, Medvedev, Norrie, and Auger-Aliassime. Lehecka reached the semifinals of the 2024 Madrid Masters after missing three months due to a back injury. He aims to become the first Czech man to reach the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati event since Berdych in 2015 and advance to his third ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.

Please note that Tiafoe aims to reach his fourth ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal after previous successes at the Miami, Paris, and Indian Wells tournaments. Additionally, he hopes to achieve his fourth consecutive quarterfinal on home soil, following his performances at the Houston final, Atlanta quarterfinal, and Washington semifinal.

Lehecka is playing his first event since the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid, as he had been sidelined for three months due to a back injury. He defeated Medvedev in the second round and now seeks to become the first Czech man to reach the quarterfinals in Cincinnati since Berdych in 2015. This would also mark Lehecka’s third ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career, with previous appearances at Indian Wells and Madrid.

The match between Tiafoe and Lehecka takes place on the P&G Grandstand.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Tiafoe will win.
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