Jakub Mensik and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the quarter of the Canberra Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 -> 1.52
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 3rd time that Jakub Mensik and Alexander Ritschard square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mensik won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Zug Challenger back in 2023.
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-12 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 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. 167, Mensik reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-3 7-5 and Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mensik scored 68 points vs Yevseyev’s 53. Mensik was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mensik bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was very efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mensik broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Mensik has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (77-43). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mensik has a compiled30-10 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Jakub has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Canberra Challenger
Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-14 | 7-3 | 16-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 221, Ritschard got to the quarter after beating Thomas Nicholas Gadecki 6-2 6-2, Daniel Rincon 6-3 7-63, Jiri Vesely 6-3 7-5 and Damir Dzumhur 6-1 2-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Dzumhur, Alexander had a free pass after Dzumhur retired on a 6-1 2-1 . scoreline.
Alexander has an aggregate 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mensik | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 69 |
| Pts | 144-117 | 236-174 |
| Total Points | 261 | 410 |
| Winners | 52 | 87 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Mensik played 2 matches while Ritschard competed in 4 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Mensik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Mensik has played 5 set(s) less than Ritschard (4 vs 9). Therefore, Mensik played 28 games less than Ritschard. The Czech scored 52 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander managed to score 87 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mensik | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 69/119 | 106/192 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 52/69 | 87/106 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 50/86 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 58% |
Mensik struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Ritschard managed to score 21 aces (5.3 per match). Mensik won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mensik | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 15/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Czech broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jakub surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mensik | ||||
| R1 Hassan |
R2 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 68-53 | 144-117 | |
| Total points | 140 | 121 | 261 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 31/55 | 69/119 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 25/31 | 52/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/24 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 63% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ritschard | ||||||
| Q1 Nicholas |
Q3 Rincon |
R1 Vesely |
R2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 69 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 75-65 | 69-59 | 35-20 | 236-174 | |
| Total points | 87 | 140 | 128 | 55 | 410 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 32% | 46% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 31/59 | 32/65 | 19/27 | 106/192 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 53% | 49% | 70% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 27/31 | 22/32 | 16/19 | 87/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 87% | 69% | 84% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 16/28 | 18/33 | 4/8 | 50/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 55% | 50% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/14 | 5/11 | 3/3 | 15/33 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 21% | 45% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 25% | – | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
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