Gael Monfils and Jakub Mensik will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.727
Jakub Mensik -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-7 | 13-5 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 7-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 7-3 | 0-3 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Gael reached the semifinal after defeating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-1 7-69, Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 7-5 7-62 and Ugo Humbert 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Gael had a good straight sets win against Humbert (6-2 6-4). During the match, Monfils scored 57 points vs Humbert’s 40. Gael was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Monfils blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 67% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Humbert 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Monfils has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (238-138). 4-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Monfils has a compiled 113-57 record in the last years on hard.
Gael has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Jakub Mensik
| 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 |
Ranked no. 116 (career-high), the Czech got to the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-63 6-4, Andy Murray 7-66 6-73 7-64 and Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-66.
In the quarter, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-4 7-66). During the match Mensik scored 74 points vs Rublev’s 72. Mensik was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik fired 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Mensik conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 66% of his first serves in, winning 81% (42/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Rublev once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger.
The Czech has a compiled 14-3 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 85 |
| Pts | 240-215 | 266-256 |
| Total Points | 455 | 522 |
| Winners | 121 | 120 |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% |
Both Monfils and Mensik played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gael Monfils surrendered 1 set, while Jakub Mensik surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Monfils and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Monfils played 12 games less than Mensik. Gael scored 121 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech struck 120 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 151/239 | 166/270 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 121/151 | 120/166 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 36/88 | 57/104 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 55% |
Monfils bagged 22 aces (7.3 per match). Mensik scored 26 aces (8.7 per match). Monfils won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 72% 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 | Monfils | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 15 | 17 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Monfils broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Monfils surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | |||||
| R1 Van De Zandschulp |
R2 Zhang |
1/4 Humbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-69 | 4-6 7-5 7-62 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 | 18 | 73 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 105-106 | 57-40 | 240-215 | |
| Total points | 147 | 211 | 97 | 455 | |
| Winners | 38 | 54 | 29 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 51% | 51% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 13 | 7 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 54/81 | 62/106 | 35/52 | 151/239 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 54/62 | 29/35 | 121/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 87% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 18/44 | 5/17 | 36/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 41% | 29% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/6 | 5/6 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 50% | 33% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mensik | |||||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina |
R2 Murray |
1/4 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 7-66 6-73 7-64 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 39 | 23 | 85 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 122-124 | 74-72 | 266-256 | |
| Total points | 130 | 246 | 146 | 522 | |
| Winners | 26 | 52 | 42 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 57% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 10 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 77/125 | 52/79 | 166/270 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 66% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 52/77 | 42/52 | 120/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 68% | 81% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 28/48 | 13/27 | 57/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 58% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 33% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/7 | 6/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Andreas Mies/John-Patrick SmithMies/John-Patrick Smith – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Lorenzo Musetti/Lorenzo SonegoMusetti/Lorenzo Sonego – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Emil RuusuvuoriDavidovich Fokina/Emil Ruusuvuori (w/o) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jamie Murray/Michael VenusMurray/Michael Venus – Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
