Andy Murray and Jakub Mensik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 3 sets.
Andy Murray -> 1.53
Jakub Mensik -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, the Brit reached the 2nd round after beating Alexandre Muller 6-1 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-1 7-65). During the match, Murray scored 79 points vs Muller’s 66. Andy was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Andy Murray was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Muller 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Murray has a terrific match record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (278-108). 1-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray has a compiled 122-57 match record in the last years on hard.
Murray has an aggregate 1-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Jakub Mensik
| 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 |
Ranked no. 116 (career-high), Jakub got to the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (7-63 6-4). During the match Mensik scored 70 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 60. Mensik was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Jakub’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger.
Jakub has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 79-66 | 70-60 |
| Total Points | 145 | 130 |
| Winners | 33 | 26 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Murray and Mensik played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Murray and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Murray played 3 games less than Mensik. The Brit scored 33 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 37/66 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Murray blasted 4 aces . Mensik fired 4 aces . Murray won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 60% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Murray broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray | |||
| R1 Muller | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mensik | |||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 70-60 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo Musetti/Lorenzo SonegoMusetti/Lorenzo Sonego – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-65 3-6 15-13) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-1 7-69) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-63 7-66) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Emil RuusuvuoriDavidovich Fokina/Emil Ruusuvuori – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alexander BublikBublik (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction