Fabio Fognini and Jakub Mensik will face off in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm 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 -> 1.81
Fabio Fognini -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-28 | 7-10 | 21-12 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 0-8 | 23-12 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-26 | 10-9 | 12-12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-24 | 12-12 | 7-8 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-10 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Fabio got to the quarter after defeating Kilian Feldbausch 6-4 6-2 and Aziz Dougaz 1-6 7-65 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Dougaz, Fognini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-65 6-0). During the match, Fognini scored 87 points vs Dougaz’s 86. Fabio was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fognini made 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Fognini broke Dougaz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Fognini has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (270-215). 8-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fognini has an aggregate 137-94 match record in the last years on clay.
Fabio has an aggregate 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 200 (career-high), Mensik reached the quarter after defeating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-3 and Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-4 6-4). During the match Mensik scored 74 points vs Ritschard’s 67. Jakub was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Mensik fired 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 41% of his first serves in, winning 89% (24/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Mensik broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mensik hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he overcame Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.
Mensik has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 39 |
| Pts | 156-139 | 139-123 |
| Total Points | 295 | 262 |
| Winners | 54 | 51 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Fognini and Mensik played 2 matches. At the moment, Fabio Fognini dropped 1 set while Jakub Mensik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fognini has played 1 set more than Mensik (5 vs 4). Therefore, Fognini played 5 games more than Mensik. The Italian scored 54 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub scored 51 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 88/147 | 61/122 |
| %1st in | 60% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 54/88 | 51/61 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 31/59 | 27/61 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 44% |
Fognini recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mensik fired 14 aces (7 per match). Fognini won 61% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 53% | 39% |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 56% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Fognini broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Fabio lost his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | ||||
| R1 Feldbausch |
R2 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 1-6 7-65 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 87-86 | 156-139 | |
| Total points | 122 | 173 | 295 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 54/92 | 88/147 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 33/54 | 54/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 19/38 | 31/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/7 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 7/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 64% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Mensik | ||||
| R1 Rodriguez |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 74-67 | 139-123 | |
| Total points | 121 | 141 | 262 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 27/66 | 61/122 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 41% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 24/27 | 51/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 89% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 17/39 | 27/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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