Jakub Mensik and Alexander Blockx will play each other in the quarter of the Danderyd Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.78
Alexander Blockx -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Blockx

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

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 152, Jakub got to the quarter after beating Max Dahlin 6-2 7-6³ and Hamad Medjedovic 4-6 7-6² 7-6⁸.

In the 2^nd round against Medjedovic, Mensik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6² 7-6⁸). During the match, Mensik and Medjedovic scored the same amount of points (124). However, the world no. 152 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Jakub was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mensik bagged 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was very effective on serve to win 76% (57/75) of his 1st serve and 51% (30/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Jakub broke Medjedovic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mensik has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Mensik has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (75-42). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mensik has an overall10-6 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he beat Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Czech has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Danderyd Challenger

Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 412 (career-high), Alexander got to the quarter after defeating Andrea Guerrieri 7-5 7-5, Billy Harris 7-6⁴ 6-7² 6-4, Maximilian Neuchrist 3-6 6-1 7-6³ and Corentin Moutet 7-6⁶ 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Moutet (7-6⁶

6-1). During the match Blockx scored 75 points vs Moutet’s 61. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Moutet 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blockx started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Falun,M25 Glasgow and M25 Sunderland.

Alexander has a composed 38-14 win-loss record in 2023, 23-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mensik	Blockx
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	10
Tot Games	57	109
Pts	193-180	367-319
Total Points	373	686
Winners	87	162
%Winners	45%	44%

Mensik played 2 matches while Blockx competed in 4 matches. Blockx 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 dropped 1 set, while Alexander Blockx dropped 2 sets. Mensik has played 5 set(s) less than Blockx (5 vs 10). Therefore, Mensik played 52 games less than Blockx. Jakub scored 87 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander struck 162 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mensik	Blockx
Aces	17	21
Avg per match	8.5	5.3
1st in	111/197	227/357
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	87/111	162/227
%1st pts	78%	71%
2nd pts	46/86	64/130
%2nd pts	53%	49%

Mensik fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Blockx scored 21 aces (5.3 per match). Mensik won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mensik	Blockx
Won	5	16
Converted	5/11	16/29
% Converted	45%	55%
Conceded	15	21
Saved	11	11
% Saved	73%	52%
Times Broken	4	10

The Czech broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.

Mensik
	R1 Dahlin	R2 Medjedovic	Total
Score	6-2 7-63	4-6 7-62 7-68
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	36	57
pts	69-56	124-124	193-180
Total points	125	248	373
Winners	30	57	87
%Winners	43%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	10	17
Double Faults	2	7	9
1st in	36/63	75/134	111/197
% 1st in	57%	56%	56%
1st pts	30/36	57/75	87/111
% 1st pts	83%	76%	78%
2nd pts	16/27	30/59	46/86
% 2nd pts	59%	51%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/4	3/7	5/11
Converted %	50%	43%	45%
Conceded	2	13	15
Saved	2/2	9/13	11
Saved %	100%	69%	85%
Times Broken	0	4	4

Blockx
	Q1 Guerrieri	Q3 Harris	R1 Neuchrist	R2 Moutet	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	7-64 6-72 6-4	3-6 6-1 7-63	7-66 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	24	36	29	20	109
pts	81-70	120-113	91-75	75-61	367-319
Total points	151	233	166	136	686
Winners	34	53	40	35	162
%Winners	42%	44%	44%	47%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	10	2	21
Double Faults	4	6	1	2	13
1st in	45/76	80/128	55/81	47/72	227/357
% 1st in	59%	63%	68%	65%	64%
1st pts	34/45	53/80	40/55	35/47	162/227
% 1st pts	76%	66%	73%	74%	71%
2nd pts	14/31	22/48	17/26	11/25	64/130
% 2nd pts	45%	46%	65%	44%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	3	16
Converted	4/9	6/8	3/5	3/7	16/29
Converted %	44%	75%	60%	43%	55%
Conceded	4	10	3	4	21
Saved	2/4	5/10	1/3	3/4	11
Saved %	50%	50%	33%	75%	104%
Times Broken	2	5	2	1	10

Tennis Scores in Danderyd Challenger

• Julian Cash/Bart StevensCash/Bart Stevens – N.Sriram Balaji/Andre BegemannBalaji/Andre Begemann (6-1 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Petr NouzaNiklas-Salminen/Petr Nouza – Daniel Cukierman/Joshua ParisCukierman/Joshua Paris (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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