Taylor Fritz and Jakub Mensik will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.06
Jakub Mensik -> 9.2

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Jakub Mensik

There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 9, Fritz reached the 3^rd round after defeating Steve Johnson 6-2 6-1 6-2 and Juan Pablo Varillas 6-1 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-1 6-2 6-2). During the match, Fritz scored 82 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 56. Taylor was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Fritz conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 57% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Fritz broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fritz hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 63% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (345-212). 31-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has a composed 209-108 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2 and in Atlanta where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4.

Fritz has a composed 47-19 win-loss record in 2023, 31-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 206, Mensik reached the 3^rd round after defeating Fabio Fognini 1-6 6-1 6-1, Leandro Riedi 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4, Zdenek Kolar 7-5 6-4, Gregoire Barrere 6-4 4-6 7-6¹ 6-2 and Titouan Droguet 3-6 6-2 7-6¹ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Droguet, Mensik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-6¹ 6-3). During the match Mensik scored 128 points vs Droguet’s 115. Jakub was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Mensik bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (40/47) of his 1st serve and 62% (37/60) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jakub broke Droguet 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jakub started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he overcame Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Czech has a composed 33-17 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Mensik
Match played	2	5
Tot Set	6	16
Tot Games	46	155
Pts	163-95	525-457
Total Points	258	982
Winners	60	203
%Winners	37%	39%

Fritz played 2 matches while Mensik competed in 5 matches. Mensik started his run from the qualifications while Fritz had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jakub Mensik dropped 4 sets while Taylor Fritz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Fritz has played 10 set(s) less than Mensik (6 vs 16). Therefore, Fritz played 109 games less than Mensik. Taylor scored 60 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 203 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Mensik
Aces	20	64
Avg per match	10	12.8
1st in	68/129	258/464
%1st in	53%	56%
1st pts	60/68	203/258
%1st pts	88%	79%
2nd pts	38/61	117/206
%2nd pts	62%	57%

Fritz scored 20 aces (10 per match). Mensik bagged 64 aces (12.8 per match). Fritz won 88% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Mensik
Won	13	19
Converted	13/16	19/43
% Converted	81%	44%
Conceded	3	14
Saved	3	7
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	7

The American broke his opponents 13 times with a 81% conversion rate. Fritz pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Czech broke his opponents 19 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R1 Johnson	R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio	Total
Score	6-2 6-1 6-2	6-1 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	23	23	46
pts	81-39	82-56	163-95
Total points	120	138	258
Winners	23	37	60
%Winners	28%	45%	37%
SERVE
Aces	10	10	20
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	23/50	45/79	68/129
% 1st in	46%	57%	53%
1st pts	23/23	37/45	60/68
% 1st pts	100%	82%	88%
2nd pts	21/27	17/34	38/61
% 2nd pts	78%	50%	62%
Breaks
Won	7	6	13
Converted	7/9	6/7	13/16
Converted %	78%	86%	81%
Conceded	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	3/3	3
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Mensik
	Q1 Fognini	Q2 Riedi	Q3 Kolar	R1 Barrere	R2 Droguet	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 6-1	6-75 6-3 6-4	7-5 6-4	6-4 4-6 7-61 6-2	3-6 6-2 7-61 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	2	4	4	16
Tot Games	21	32	22	41	39	155
pts	75-62	110-95	77-64	135-121	128-115	525-457
Total points	137	205	141	256	243	982
Winners	26	49	32	56	40	203
%Winners	35%	45%	42%	41%	31%	39%
SERVE
Aces	10	21	11	13	9	64
Double Faults	2	4	3	4	3	16
1st in	41/66	62/98	38/64	70/129	47/107	258/464
% 1st in	62%	63%	59%	54%	44%	56%
1st pts	26/41	49/62	32/38	56/70	40/47	203/258
% 1st pts	63%	79%	84%	80%	85%	79%
2nd pts	14/25	20/36	12/26	34/59	37/60	117/206
% 2nd pts	56%	56%	46%	58%	62%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	4	4	19
Converted	5/10	3/7	3/6	4/9	4/11	19/43
Converted %	50%	43%	50%	44%	36%	44%
Conceded	5	1	1	4	3	14
Saved	3/5	0/1	0/1	2/4	2/3	7
Saved %	60%	0%	0%	50%	67%	89%
Times Broken	2	1	1	2	1	7

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Michael MmohMmoh – John IsnerIsner (3-6 4-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Yibing WuWu (6-1 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 7-5 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-6 6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-5 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-6⁶ 6-7⁷ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6⁶ 2-6 6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6⁵ 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-1 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Titouan DroguetDroguet (3-6 6-2 7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-6¹ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-7² 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-6 6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 7-5 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-5 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-2 6-2 6-7(6) 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Daniel EvansEvans (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction