Madrid Open: Jiri Lehecka vs. Lorenzo Musetti- prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

A spot successful the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open volition beryllium up for grabs connected Tuesday erstwhile Jiri Lehecka and Lorenzo Musetti quadrate disconnected successful a singles lucifer for the 4th time.

To get to this point, Lehecka bushed Alex Michelsen 6-4 6-2, portion his upcoming Italian hostile got past Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 7-5.

Match preview

After being pushed to a decisive 3rd acceptable successful his opener, Jiri Lehecka was a batch much decisive portion cleaning up his errors from lucifer 1 connected Sunday.

The 11th-seeded subordinate connected the men’s gully did not person a azygous treble responsibility successful the circular of 32 and won 77% of his archetypal serves.

He besides converted 3 of his six interruption constituent opportunities and did not concede immoderate himself to marque the past 16 of this lawsuit for the archetypal clip since 2024.

That year, helium got each the mode to the semi-finals, upsetting legendary Spanish subordinate Rafael Nadal successful the circular of 16, 7-5 6-4.

In 3 of his past 4 appearances successful this circular of an ATP singles tournament, the subordinate from Czechia has advanced, though helium was beaten by Alexander Bublik successful that signifier of the Monte Carlo Open earlier this year.

On clay, Lehecka has won implicit 80% of his work games successful 2026, portion winning 71% of his archetypal service points overall.

Musetti is simply a measurement distant from getting to a 2nd consecutive singles tourney quarter-final, acknowledgment successful portion to his work game.

On Sunday, helium won 78% of his archetypal serves portion boasting a archetypal service percent of 68% successful his matchup with the Dutchman.

Meanwhile, helium captured 4 of his 9 interruption constituent opportunities and lone registered 2 treble faults passim his past match.

His erstwhile circular of 16 clash connected clay successful 2026 saw him oust Corentin Moutet successful consecutive sets astatine the astir caller Barcelona Open.

The French Open quarter-finalist from a twelvemonth agone has not mislaid a singles lucifer connected clay since the 2025 variation of that Grand Slam, erstwhile helium retired successful the semi-finals versus Carlos Alcaraz.

This year, helium has been capable to rescue implicit 70% of his interruption points and won 83% of his work games connected clay truthful far.

Tournament truthful far

Jiri Lehecka:

Round of 64: vs. Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 7-6 (7-43) 6-4

Round of 32: vs. Alex Michelsen 6-4 6-2

Lorenzo Musetti:

Round of 64: vs. Hubert Hurcasz 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Round of 32: vs. Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 7-5

Head To Head

Rotterdam Open (2022) - Quarter-finals: Lehecka wins 6-3 1-6 7-5

ATP Masters Miami (2023) - Round of 64: Lehecka wins 6-4 6-4

ATP Masters Monte Carlo (2025) - Round of 32: Musetti wins 1-6 7-5 6-2

When these 2 archetypal squared disconnected successful Rotterdam a fewer years ago, it took conscionable implicit 2 hours for Lehecka to triumph, acknowledgment to his 28 winners and a 75% first-serve occurrence rate.

The pursuing year, erstwhile they met successful Miami, it was the upstart Czech who had the borderline again, converting 2 of his interruption constituent opportunities portion winning 76% of his nett points.

Their brushwood successful the Principality past twelvemonth went the mode of Musetti, who benefitted from Lehecka’s 8 treble faults, with the Italian winning 70% of his archetypal serves.

We say: Lehecka to triumph successful 3 sets

This is simply a lucifer that could spell either way, and 1 we expect volition spell down to the wire, with neither giving an inch.

That said, we spot Lehecka’s quality to excavation successful erstwhile needed, portion helium appears to beryllium a small cleaner successful his wide crippled close present erstwhile compared to Musetti.