Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik will play each other in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.47
Jakub Mensik -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, the Russian got to the final after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-5, Emil Ruusuvuori 3-0 ret. and Alexei Popyrin 7-612 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (7-612 6-2). During the match, Khachanov scored 79 points vs Popyrin’s 63. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Karen Khachanov lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Khachanov broke Popyrin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Khachanov hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (344-219). 6-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a compiled 141-85 record in the last years on hard.
Khachanov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Marseille and Doha.
Karen has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 7-4 | 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), Mensik got to the final after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-63 6-4, Andy Murray 7-66 6-73 7-64, Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-66 and Gael Monfils 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Mensik defeated Monfils (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match Mensik scored less points (2) than Monfils. In fact, the world no. 17 won 78 points vs Monfils’s. That means that Mensik was more focused during the important points. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik made 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Mensik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Monfils 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mensik has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.
Mensik has a compiled 15-3 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 111 |
| Pts | 161-125 | 344-336 |
| Total Points | 286 | 680 |
| Winners | 76 | 158 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Khachanov played 3 matches while Mensik competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Jakub Mensik dropped 2 sets while Karen Khachanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Khachanov has played 4 set(s) less than Mensik (6 vs 10). Therefore, Khachanov played 65 games less than Mensik. Khachanov scored 76 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub managed to score 158 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 92/133 | 226/353 |
| %1st in | 69% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 76/92 | 158/226 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 69/127 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 54% |
Khachanov made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Mensik made 31 aces (7.8 per match). Khachanov won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 75% | 63% |
| Conceded | 9 | 29 |
| Saved | 6 | 21 |
| % Saved | 67% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||||
| R2 Marozsan |
1/4 Ruusuvuori |
1/2 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 3-0 ret. | 7-612 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 3 | 21 | 46 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 13-6 | 79-63 | 161-125 | |
| Total points | 125 | 19 | 142 | 286 | |
| Winners | 31 | 4 | 41 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 31% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 5/5 | 50/72 | 92/133 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 100% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 4/5 | 41/50 | 76/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 0/0 | 10/22 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 0% | 45% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 60% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 80% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mensik | ||||||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina |
R2 Murray |
1/4 Rublev |
1/2 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 7-66 6-73 7-64 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 111 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 122-124 | 74-72 | 78-80 | 344-336 | |
| Total points | 130 | 246 | 146 | 158 | 680 | |
| Winners | 26 | 52 | 42 | 38 | 158 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 57% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 77/125 | 52/79 | 60/83 | 226/353 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 66% | 72% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 52/77 | 42/52 | 38/60 | 158/226 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 68% | 81% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 28/48 | 13/27 | 12/23 | 69/127 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 58% | 48% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 33% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 29 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/7 | 6/6 | 9/12 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 75% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
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