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Jiří Lehečka vs Alexei Popyrin — 6-4 6-2 6-4
 Jiří Lehečka✓ | 6 | 6 | 6 |
 Alexei Popyrin | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Final · Monday, June 29, 2026 · Round of 128
Result
Thirteenth seed Jiří Lehečka beat Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-2 6-4 in a straight-sets first-round win lasting one hour and 41 minutes. Lehečka was steady off both wings, making just 18 unforced errors and winning 74% of points on both first and second serve. He broke four times while facing no converted break points, and Popyrin never won a break point in three chances.
Jiří LehečkaStats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09
Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
Alexei Popyrin came in winless on grass in 2026, and Jiří Lehečka made sure it stayed that way. The 13th seed's 6-4 6-2 6-4 win took 101 minutes and involved barely a wrong step: 18 unforced errors, 74 per cent of points won behind both first and second serve, four breaks taken and none conceded, Popyrin going 0-for-3 on his chances. A Wimbledon fourth-rounder before, Lehečka did exactly what good seeds do in week one — deny the opponent any foothold at all. He advanced to a round-of-64 meeting with Alex Molčan, conqueror of Daniel Altmaier, and dispatched that one with near-identical efficiency.
What we know now
Court: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
Match length: 1:42
Tale of the tape
Jiří LehečkaAlexei PopyrinPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Lehečka, a Wimbledon fourth-rounder, controlled serve throughout, winning 74% of points behind both his first and second delivery.
- Popyrin, winless on grass in 2026 entering the match, could not convert any of his three break-point chances.
- Lehečka broke four times and did not drop serve on the way to a routine straight-sets win.
Head to head
The pair split their two previous meetings 1-1, most recently in Rotterdam in 2025, when Lehečka won 7-5 6-2; they had never met on grass.
Source: ATP head-to-head · as of 2026-06-29.
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.