H2H, prediction of Jakub Mensik vs Federico Gaio at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 11th January 2024

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Federico Gaio

Jakub Mensik and Federico Gaio will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 5. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.163
Federico Gaio -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Federico Gaio

There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Federico Gaio since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
66
High
64
WWWLLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-20 22-10 6-4 2-1 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), Jakub reached the qualifications after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-64.

In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-4 7-64). During the match, Mensik scored 66 points vs Nakashima’s 58. Mensik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mensik bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jakub Mensik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jakub broke Nakashima once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Mensik has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (79-44). 4-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mensik has an aggregate32-11 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

Jakub’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.

Mensik has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.

Mensik
Australian Open
Mensik's Record

Federico Gaio

Federico Gaio
Federico Gaio

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
495
High
124
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-17 2-7 12-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 43-30 14-12 25-15 3-2 1-1 0-0
2022 18-28 9-9 8-15 0-2 1-2 0-0
2021 36-38 6-8 14-16 13-11 3-3 0-0
2020 17-19 5-4 10-12 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 199, Gaio got to the qualifications after beating Laurent Lokoli 4-6 6-4 3-2 ret..

In the qualifications against Lokoli, Gaio had a free pass after Lokoli retired on a 4-6 6-4 3-2 . scoreline.

The Italian has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Gaio
Australian Open
Gaio's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Mensik
F.Gaio
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
!
2h:28
2h:28
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
2h:28
2h:28
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
25
25
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
66
66
Total points​
83
83
66
66
Avg point​
83
83
36
36
Winners
31
31
36
36
Avg Winners​
31
31
55%
55%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
6
6
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
36/43
36/43
1st won total​
31/42
31/42
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
13/17
13/17
2nd won total​
14/31
14/31
!
76%
76%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
1/4
1/4
BP won
4/5
4/5
1/4
1/4
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
!
25%
25%
Won
!
80%
80%
0
0
Conceded
5
5
0
0
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
4
4
0
0
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mensik Gaio
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 23 25
Pts 66-58 83-74
Total Points 124 157
Winners 36 31
%Winners 55% 37%

Both Mensik and Gaio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Federico Gaio conceded 1 set while Jakub Mensik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mensik has played 2 set(s) less than Gaio (2 vs 4). Therefore, Mensik played 2 games less than Gaio. The Czech scored 36 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 31 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mensik Gaio
Aces 6 5
Avg per match 6 5
1st in 43/60 42/73
%1st in 72% 58%
1st pts 36/43 31/42
%1st pts 84% 74%
2nd pts 13/17 14/31
%2nd pts 76% 45%

Mensik managed to score 6 aces . Gaio struck 5 aces . Mensik won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mensik Gaio
Won 1 4
Converted 1/4 4/5
% Converted 25% 80%
Conceded 0 5
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 20%
Times Broken 0 4

Jakub broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Mensik extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gaio broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Gaio conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.

Mensik
Q1
Nakashima
Total
Score 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 66-58 66-58
Total points 124 124
Winners 36 36
%Winners 55% 55%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 43/60 43/60
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 36/43 36/43
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 13/17 13/17
% 2nd pts 76% 76%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/4 1/4
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Gaio
Q1
Lokoli
Total
Score 4-6 6-4 3-2 ret.
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 83-74 83-74
Total points 157 157
Winners 31 31
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 42/73 42/73
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 31/42 31/42
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 14/31 14/31
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 1/5 1
Saved % 20% 20%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mensik
WWWLLWWLLW
Gaio
LWWLWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
30 - 19
14 - 17
22-10
Hard
2-7
6-4
Clay
12-10
2-5
Grass
0-0

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