Jakub Mensik and Sumit Nagal will square off in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.56
Sumit Nagal -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Sumit Nagal
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Sumit Nagal 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 | 22-13 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 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. 154, Mensik reached the 2nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (7-5 7-66). During the match, Mensik scored 87 points vs Cobolli’s 77. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mensik managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Cobolli 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mensik has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (73-41). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mensik has an overall8-5 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he defeated Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.
Jakub has an overall 35-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-15 | 15-8 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, Nagal got to the 2nd round after beating Dennis Novak 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-2 6-3). During the match Nagal scored 63 points vs Novak’s 46. Nagal was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Novak 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tampere Challenger where he defeated Dalibor Svrcina in the final 6-4 7-5.
Nagal has a compiled 42-26 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mensik | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 87-77 | 63-46 |
| Total Points | 164 | 109 |
| Winners | 34 | 23 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Mensik and Nagal played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mensik and Nagal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mensik played 8 games more than Nagal. The Czech scored 34 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian scored 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mensik | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 30/51 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 10/21 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 48% |
Mensik blasted 11 aces . Nagal blasted 1 ace . Mensik won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mensik | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Jakub broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Jakub lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nagal broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mensik | |||
| R1 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-77 | 87-77 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nagal | |||
| R1 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Jakub MensikMensik – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-0 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Joris De LooreDe Loore (4-6 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Dennis NovakNovak (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Leandro RiediRiedi (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Eero VasaVasa (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Patrick KaukovaltaKaukovalta (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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