Alejandro Moro Canas and Jakub Mensik will square off in the semifinal of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.79
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Moro Canas and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alejandro Moro Canas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 11-8 | 16-12 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 17-11 | 17-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 20-8 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-16 | 30-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309, Alejandro reached the semifinal after beating Billy Harris 6-2 3-6 6-0, Zachary Svajda 6-4 2-6 6-4 and Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-3 6-4). During the match, Moro Canas scored 80 points vs Mochizuki’s 69. Alejandro was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moro Canas struck 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Moro Canas put 79% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Mochizuki 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moro Canas has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Moro Canas has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (114-66). 8-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moro Canas has an aggregate54-43 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Spaniard has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-24 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 7-3 | 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 semifinal after defeating Radu Albot 7-64 4-6 6-3, Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-4 and Akira Santillan 3-6 6-3 7-66.
In the quarter against Santillan, Jakub recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-66).During the match Mensik scored less points (6) than Santillan. In fact, the world no. 309 won 100 points vs Santillan’s. That means that Mensik was more focused during the important points. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Mensik bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (48/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Mensik broke Santillan 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mensik has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Jakub’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Trnava.
The Czech has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moro Canas | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 83 |
| Pts | 254-218 | 277-266 |
| Total Points | 472 | 543 |
| Winners | 100 | 123 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Moro Canas and Mensik played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alejandro Moro Canas lost 2 sets, while Jakub Mensik dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Moro Canas and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Moro Canas played 13 games less than Mensik. The Spaniard scored 100 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 123 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moro Canas | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 148/210 | 167/286 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 100/148 | 123/167 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 39/62 | 59/119 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Moro Canas struck 12 aces (4 per match). Mensik made 21 aces (7 per match). Moro Canas won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moro Canas | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/42 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 29% | 35% |
| Conceded | 11 | 30 |
| Saved | 5 | 23 |
| % Saved | 45% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Moro Canas broke his opponents 12 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Jakub conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moro Canas | |||||
| R1 Harris |
R2 Svajda |
1/4 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-0 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 | 19 | 70 | |
| pts | 84-61 | 90-88 | 80-69 | 254-218 | |
| Total points | 145 | 178 | 149 | 472 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 33 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 52/78 | 52/66 | 148/210 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 79% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 33/52 | 33/52 | 100/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 17/26 | 8/14 | 39/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 65% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/12 | 4/19 | 12/42 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 25% | 21% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 60% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mensik | |||||
| R1 Albot |
R2 Sachko |
1/4 Santillan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 31 | 83 | |
| pts | 107-104 | 70-56 | 100-106 | 277-266 | |
| Total points | 211 | 126 | 206 | 543 | |
| Winners | 51 | 24 | 48 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 70/124 | 31/56 | 66/106 | 167/286 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 62% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 24/31 | 48/66 | 123/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/54 | 16/25 | 16/40 | 59/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 40% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/11 | 4/11 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 36% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 12 | 30 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 3/4 | 8/12 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 75% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
- Jakub MensikMensik – Akira SantillanSantillan (3-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (w/o) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Nicolas KickerKicker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
