H2H, prediction of Jakub Mensik vs Alexander Ritschard in Canberra Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 4th January 2024

PREVIEW. Canberra Challenger. Mensik and Ritschard will fight against each other in the quarter of the Canberra Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 4th of January

Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Ritschard

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
48
High
48
LWLWWWWLWW
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. 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.

Mensik
Canberra Challenger
Mensik's Record

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard
Alexander Ritschard

4 - 0win/loss

Hard
4-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
118
High
99
LLLLLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-23 7-5 29-8 5-9 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).

Ritschard
Canberra Challenger
Ritschard's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Mensik
A.Ritschard
2h:45
2h:45
Time on court​
!
5h:08
5h:08
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
!
0h:45
0h:45
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
41
41
Games Played​
69
69
4
4
Set played​​
9
9
144
144
Total points​
236
236
72
72
Avg point​
59
59
52
52
Winners
87
87
26
26
Avg Winners​
21.8
21.8
36%
36%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
21
21
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
7
7
Double Faults
16
16
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
52/69
52/69
1st won total​
87/106
87/106
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
30/50
30/50
2nd won total​
50/86
50/86
60%
60%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
BP won
15/33
15/33
3.5/7
3.5/7
Avg BP won
3.8/8.3
3.8/8.3
50%
50%
Won
45%
45%
7
7
Conceded
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
1.8
1.8
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
3
3

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mensik
LWLWWWWLWW
Ritschard
LLLLLWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
39 - 23
42 - 23
26-12
Hard
7-5
5-2
I Hard
5-9
6-4
Clay
29-8
2-5
Grass
1-1
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