Jack Draper vs Jiri Lehecka Prediction & Picks - Paris, France

Prediction published on 10/27/24, 1:44 PM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 10/27/24 at 1:48 PM in ATP French Open Picks

Less than 24 hours after bagging his first ATP 500-level title at the 2024 Erste Bank Open, Jack Draper is scheduled to face a tough first-round opponent in rising star Jiri Lehecka of Czech Republic on Monday in Paris, France. Draper capped his impressive run at the Erste Bank Open with a scintillating 6-4 7-5 victory over Karen Khachanov of Russia to capture his first indoor tournament on Sunday in Vienna, Austria. Draper leaned on his service game all game to keep Khachanov at bay, winning 80 percent of his first serves while launching six aces. The Brit also converted three of four breakpoints in the second set, thwarting his opponents’ bid to take their match to a deciding set Lehecka enters the final ATP 1000 tournament of the season determined to build his flourishing resume, and at the same time, erase the bitter memory of a first-round exit in Basel a week ago. The Czech rising star stumbled out of the 2024 Swiss Indoors Basel gates, falling prey to Pedro Martinez Portero 6-2 6-2 in the first round. The early exit came on the heels of a final appearance at the 2024 European Open in Antwerp. He lost to another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut, 7-5 6-1, in the championship match of that tournament.