Hubert Hurkacz and Jakub Mensik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Kia Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.25
Jakub Mensik -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-18 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), the Pole reached the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 7-64 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Jasika (7-64 6-4 6-2). During the match, Hurkacz scored 105 points vs Jasika’s 85. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hurkacz overpowered his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hubert Hurkacz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (48/56) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole broke Jasika 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (354-214). 4-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hurkacz has an overall 171-81 match record in the last years on hard.
Hubert’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Australia.
The Pole has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-22 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 10-6 | 17-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-16 | 18-4 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142 (career-high), Mensik got to the 2nd round after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-64, Federico Gaio 6-4 3-6 6-3, Harold Mayot 6-3 7-62 and Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (6-3 7-5 7-5). During the match Mensik scored 114 points vs Shapovalov’s 87. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Mensik recorded 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jakub Mensik was quite effective on serve to win 82% (47/57) of his 1st serve and 68% (26/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jakub broke Shapovalov 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Jakub’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.
The Czech has an aggregate 7-1 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 106 |
| Pts | 105-85 | 354-284 |
| Total Points | 190 | 638 |
| Winners | 48 | 153 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Hurkacz played 1 match while Mensik competed in 4 matches. Mensik started his run from the qualifications while Hurkacz had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jakub Mensik surrendered 1 set while Hubert Hurkacz hasn’t lost a set so far. Hurkacz has played 7 set(s) less than Mensik (3 vs 10). Therefore, Hurkacz played 75 games less than Mensik. Hurkacz scored 48 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 153 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 24 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 185/304 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 48/56 | 153/185 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 71/119 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Hurkacz struck 24 aces . Mensik struck 37 aces (9.3 per match). Hurkacz won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 43% | 34% |
| Conceded | 1 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Pole broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Pole pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Czech broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-85 | 105-85 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 24 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 56/92 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 48/56 | 48/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mensik | ||||||
| Q1 Nakashima |
Q2 Gaio |
Q3 Mayot |
R1 Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-3 7-62 | 6-3 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 | 22 | 33 | 106 | |
| pts | 66-58 | 93-75 | 81-64 | 114-87 | 354-284 | |
| Total points | 124 | 168 | 145 | 201 | 638 | |
| Winners | 36 | 39 | 31 | 47 | 153 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% | 38% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 49/80 | 36/69 | 57/95 | 185/304 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 61% | 52% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 39/49 | 31/36 | 47/57 | 153/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 86% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 17/31 | 15/33 | 26/38 | 71/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 55% | 45% | 68% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 3/6 | 3/9 | 3/10 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 33% | 30% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 9/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 50% | 100% | 210% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
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