Brandon Nakashima and Jakub Mensik will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 11. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.57
Jakub Mensik -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Jakub Mensik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mensik won 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger back in January 2024.

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima

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Rank
33
High
29
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-30 19-14 6-8 2-5 6-3 0-0
2024 61-32 24-12 13-7 15-8 9-5 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 128, Brandon will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-5 to Mensik in the semifinal on the 5th of January.

Nakashima has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 168-109 record. He has a positive 87-58 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Nakashima's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik

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Rank
19
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-22 22-12 6-5 4-2 4-3 0-0
2024 41-27 26-12 6-4 7-6 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. 144 (career-high), Mensik will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Koepfer in the final on the 6th of January.

Mensik has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Czech has an overall 78-44 record. He has a positive 31-11 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Mensik's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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