Jakub Mensik and Nerman Fatic will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. 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.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.35
Nerman Fatic -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Nerman Fatic

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

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 129, the Czech got to the 2^nd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mensik had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 6-4). During the match, Mensik scored 75 points vs Basilashvili’s 61. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mensik fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik was quite effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Basilashvili twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Mensik has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (84-45). 8-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mensik has a compiled36-12 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

Mensik has a composed 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Nerman Fatic

Ranked no. 200, Fatic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 7-6³ 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, Nerman had a good straight sets win against Oliveira (7-6³ 7-6⁵).During the match Fatic scored less points (5) than Oliveira. In fact, the world no. 129 won 76 points vs Oliveira’s. That means that Fatic was more focused during the important points. Nerman was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Fatic fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nerman Fatic was quite effective on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bosnian broke Oliveira once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Fatic has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mensik	Fatic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	26
Pts	75-61	76-81
Total Points	136	157
Winners	31	44
%Winners	41%	58%

Both Mensik and Fatic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mensik and Fatic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mensik played 7 games less than Fatic. Jakub scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Fatic bagged 44 winners (58%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mensik	Fatic
Aces	7	9
Avg per match	7	9
1st in	42/75	56/86
%1st in	56%	65%
1st pts	31/42	44/56
%1st pts	74%	79%
2nd pts	19/33	16/30
%2nd pts	58%	53%

Mensik struck 7 aces . Fatic blasted 9 aces . Mensik won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mensik	Fatic
Won	2	1
Converted	2/6	1/3
% Converted	33%	33%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	3	5
% Saved	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	1

The Czech broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Bosnian broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Mensik
	R1 Basilashvili	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	75-61	75-61
Total points	136	136
Winners	31	31
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	42/75	42/75
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	31/42	31/42
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	19/33	19/33
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Fatic
	R1 Oliveira	Total
Score	7-63 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	76-81	76-81
Total points	157	157
Winners	44	44
%Winners	58%	58%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	56/86	56/86
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	44/56	44/56
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	16/30	16/30
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/3	1/3
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger

• Gastao EliasElias – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-6⁶ ret.) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Yusuf QaedQaed (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Peter BuldoriniBuldorini – Ryan PenistonPeniston (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction