Jakub Mensik and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the semifinal of the Manama Challenger for the 1st 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
76
High
65
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-9 17-7 2-2 1-0 0-0 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
136
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-13 14-3 9-6 7-4 0-0 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)

J.Mensik
M.Kukushkin
3h:15
3h:15
Time on court​
4h:46
4h:46
!
0h:48
0h:48
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
3
3
Match played
3
3
48
48
Games Played​
56
56
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
170
170
Total points​
196
196
56.7
56.7
Avg point​
65.3
65.3
74
74
Winners
91
91
24.7
24.7
Avg Winners​
30.3
30.3
44%
44%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
3
3
7.3
7.3
Avg Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
74/93
74/93
1st won total​
91/134
91/134
!
80%
80%
1st won %
68%
68%
40/65
40/65
2nd won total​
38/53
38/53
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
72%
72%
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
BP won
8/15
8/15
2.3/4.7
2.3/4.7
Avg BP won
2.7/5
2.7/5
50%
50%
Won
!
53%
53%
7
7
Conceded
19
19
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
19
19
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mensik Kukushkin
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 48 56
Pts 170-131 196-160
Total Points 301 356
Winners 74 91
%Winners 44% 46%

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

Serve Mensik Kukushkin
Aces 22 3
Avg per match 7.3 1
1st in 93/158 134/187
%1st in 59% 72%
1st pts 74/93 91/134
%1st pts 80% 68%
2nd pts 40/65 38/53
%2nd pts 62% 72%

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

Breaks Mensik Kukushkin
Won 7 8
Converted 7/14 8/15
% Converted 50% 53%
Conceded 7 19
Saved 7 19
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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.

Mensik
R1
Basilashvili		 R2
Fatic		 1/4
Trungelliti		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-3 2-1 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 17 12 48
pts 75-61 57-39 38-31 170-131
Total points 136 96 69 301
Winners 31 25 18 74
%Winners 41% 44% 47% 44%
SERVE
Aces 7 9 6 22
Double Faults 2 2 1 5
1st in 42/75 30/47 21/36 93/158
% 1st in 56% 64% 58% 59%
1st pts 31/42 25/30 18/21 74/93
% 1st pts 74% 83% 86% 80%
2nd pts 19/33 12/17 9/15 40/65
% 2nd pts 58% 71% 60% 62%
Breaks
Won 2 3 2 7
Converted 2/6 3/4 2/4 7/14
Converted % 33% 75% 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3 1 7
Saved 3/3 3/3 1/1 7
Saved % 100% 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0
Kukushkin
R1
Svrcina		 R2
Ritschard		 1/4
Shelbayh		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 16 20 20 56
pts 65-48 69-57 62-55 196-160
Total points 113 126 117 356
Winners 29 36 26 91
%Winners 45% 52% 42% 46%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 1 3
Double Faults 1 0 0 1
1st in 47/62 51/63 36/62 134/187
% 1st in 76% 81% 58% 72%
1st pts 29/47 36/51 26/36 91/134
% 1st pts 62% 71% 72% 68%
2nd pts 11/15 9/12 18/26 38/53
% 2nd pts 73% 75% 69% 72%
Breaks
Won 4 2 2 8
Converted 4/6 2/5 2/4 8/15
Converted % 67% 40% 50% 53%
Conceded 7 7 5 19
Saved 7/7 7/7 5/5 19
Saved % 100% 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger

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