Jiri Lehecka will play against Grigor Dimitrov in the first round of the tournament in Stockholm. The game will start on October 18 at 13:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4) for Lehecka – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.83.
Dimitrov has not played for a long time. The last time he was on the court in an official match was at the end of September. So, it is not quite clear what kind of game conditions Grigor is in at the moment.
Dimitrov and Lehecka met this season in the Australian Open. That match was tightly fought and ended in four sets. We believe that the upcoming match will also be a long one.
Lehecka is regarded as a major clay player. It is on this surface that Jiri has played the most matches this season and won the trophy.
At the beginning of August, Lehečka managed to secure victory in the Challenger in Liberec, where he beat Nicolás Alvarez Varona (6-4, 6-4) in the final. It should also be noted that Jiri is playing well on indoor courts this season. In the first half of the year, for example, Jiri showed a good result at a tournament in Rotterdam, where he reached the semi-finals.
Lehecka has lost five of his previous six matches in the ATP tournaments.
Dimitrov is playing noticeably worse in the second half of the season than in the first. At the beginning of the year, Grigor reached the semi-finals in Melbourne. He also played in the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters. He last played an official match in late September.
That time, Grigor took part in a home tournament in Sofia, in the opening match of which he lost to Ilya Ivashka (3-6, 6-7). Dimitrov had already won the Stockholm tournament in 2013 when he defeated David Ferrer (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the deciding match.
In eight of Dimitrov’s last ten matches, more than 21.5 games have been played.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Lehecka’s Rating – 76
Jiri Lehecka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 38/28
Dimitrov’s Rating – 24
Grigor Dimitrov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/19
In 3 of Dimitrov’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.95.
In the last five games, Lehecka has played two tie-breaks. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.11.
Dimitrov leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head matches. The only time they met was at the Chennai Open in February. In that game, Dimitrov defeated Lehecka (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5) in four sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Stockholm Open: Lehecka vs Dimitrov at 1xBet.