The eighth after Monegasque will face Valentin Vachero for the title beat Taylor Fritz in the other semi-final. Lechka opened her week by defeating Stan Wawrinka the Swiss grand final in Baselbefore seeing off Daniel Altmaier and Jerome Kim, the wild card who knocked out top seed Ben Shelton.
Struff, ranked 58th, defeated Novak Djokovic for the first time in nine matches in the second round.
Lehecka will face Alex Michelsen in the first round next week Paris Masters 1000and Carlos Alcaraz is waiting for the second one.
Basel 2026 semi-finals
- Valentin Vacherot (MON) d. Taylor Fritz (USA, 6) 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Type Lehecka (CZE, 8) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Lehecka’s path to the final
- First stage: d. Stan Wawrinka (SUI, WC) 7-5, 7-6 (2) at 1h53
- Second stage: d. Daniel Altmaier (GER, LL) 7-5, 6-4 1h44
- Quarter finals: d. Jerome Kim (SUI, WC) 6-4, 6-2 at 1h25
- Semi-final: d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GEH) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 2h02
Struff’s way to the semi-finals
- First stage: d. Yannick Hanfman (GER, Q) 6-4, 6-3
- Second stage: d. Novak Djokovic (SRB, 4) 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Quarter finals: d. Nuno Borges (POR) 6-2, 6-3
- Semi-final. lost to Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic, 8) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
