Jakub Mensik and Akira Santillan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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)

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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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