Jakub Mensik and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the semifinal of the Manama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.41
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

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

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik

11 - 2win/loss

Hard

10-2

I Hard

1-0

Rank
48

High
48

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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

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Ranked no. 129, the Czech reached the semifinal after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-4, Nerman Fatic 6-1 6-4 and Marco Trungelliti 6-3 2-1 ret..

In the quarter against Trungelliti, Jakub had a free pass after Trungelliti retired on a 6-3 2-1 . scoreline.

Mensik has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (86-45). 10-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mensik has an aggregate38-12 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.

Mensik has an overall 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.

Manama Challenger

Mensik's Record

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

10 - 4win/loss

Hard

5-1

I Hard

5-3

Rank
112

High
39

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	52-32	24-10	10-9	12-9	6-4	0-0
2023	23-24	17-11	3-5	3-8	0-0	0-0
2022	36-28	18-11	0-2	13-11	5-4	0-0
2021	12-24	8-9	0-6	2-6	2-3	0-0
2020	9-12	3-5	3-2	3-5	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 231, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-2, Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-4 and Abedallah Shelbayh 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (6-4 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 62 points vs Shelbayh’s 55. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mikhail broke Shelbayh twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.

Kukushkin has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Manama Challenger

Kukushkin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Mensik and Kukushkin played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Mensik has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Mensik played 8 games less than Kukushkin. The Czech scored 74 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin managed to score 91 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Mensik struck 22 aces (7.3 per match). Kukushkin fired 3 aces (1 per match). Mensik won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jakub broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jakub very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kukushkin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 19 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Jakub
Mensik

0:1

Mikhail
Kukushkin

Rank

48

High

48

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Rank

112

High

39

Win Loss

Mensik

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Kukushkin

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2024 2023 2022

39 - 23

52 - 32

26-12

Hard

24-10

5-2

I Hard

12-9

6-4

Clay

10-9

2-5

Grass

6-4

Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Billy HarrisHarris (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Billy HarrisHarris (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard GasquetGasquet – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-1) – H2H and prediction

Mensik

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Kukushkin