Jakub Mensik and Akira Santillan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.49
Akira Santillan -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Akira Santillan
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Akira Santillan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-21 | 22-11 | 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. 333 (career-high), Mensik reached the quarter after defeating Radu Albot 7-64 4-6 6-3 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mensik had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mensik scored 70 points vs Sachko’s 56. Jakub was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mensik scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jakub Mensik was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mensik broke Sachko 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Mensik has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (52-28). 3-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mensik has a composed21-16 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
Mensik’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Trnava.
The Czech has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Akira Santillan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 421, Santillan got to the quarter after beating Marek Gengel 6-2 6-0, Timo Stodder 7-66 6-2, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-0 and Nick Hardt 4-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Hardt, Santillan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Santillan scored 102 points vs Hardt’s 87. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Santillan scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Akira Santillan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Hardt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Santillan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Santillan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Portimao.
The Australian has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Akira has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mensik | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 79 |
| Pts | 177-160 | 306-221 |
| Total Points | 337 | 527 |
| Winners | 75 | 125 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Mensik played 2 matches while Santillan competed in 4 matches. Santillan started his run from the qualifications while Mensik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jakub Mensik conceded 1 set, while Akira Santillan conceded 1 set. Mensik has played 4 set(s) less than Santillan (5 vs 9). Therefore, Mensik played 27 games less than Santillan. Jakub scored 75 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 125 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mensik | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 101/180 | 162/248 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 75/101 | 125/162 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 43/79 | 51/86 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Mensik recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Santillan scored 20 aces (5 per match). Mensik won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Santillan won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mensik | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 33% | 52% |
| Conceded | 18 | 11 |
| Saved | 15 | 7 |
| % Saved | 83% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Mensik broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Akira conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mensik | ||||
| R1 Albot |
R2 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 107-104 | 70-56 | 177-160 | |
| Total points | 211 | 126 | 337 | |
| Winners | 51 | 24 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 70/124 | 31/56 | 101/180 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 24/31 | 75/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/54 | 16/25 | 43/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/11 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 75% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Santillan | ||||||
| Q1 Gengel |
Q3 Stodder |
R1 Hsin |
R2 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 79 | |
| pts | 63-35 | 87-72 | 54-27 | 102-87 | 306-221 | |
| Total points | 98 | 159 | 81 | 189 | 527 | |
| Winners | 22 | 35 | 28 | 40 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 52% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 50/74 | 31/40 | 53/92 | 162/248 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 78% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 35/50 | 28/31 | 40/53 | 125/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 70% | 90% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/24 | 4/9 | 23/39 | 51/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 58% | 44% | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 3/7 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 80% | 43% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 50% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
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