Jakub Mensik and Seong Chan Hong will square off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM 3. 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 Jakub Mensik who should win in 2 sets.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.21
Seong Chan Hong -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 81 (career-high), Mensik will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 7-6(7) 1-0 ret. to Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round on the 28th of February.
Jakub has an aggregate 16-5 win-loss record in 2024, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Jakub’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.
Talking about his overall career, Jakub has an overall 91-48 record. He has a positive 43-15 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-14 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, Seong reached the 1st round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 6-3 and Sumit Nagal 2-6 6-2 7-64.
In the qualifications against Nagal, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 7-64).During the match Chan Hong scored less points (1) than Nagal. In fact, the world no. 81 won 88 points vs Nagal’s. That means that Chan Hong was more focused during the important points. Chan Hong was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Nagal 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
Chan Hong has a composed 17-8 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Denis KudlaKudla – Emilio NavaNava (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sumit NagalNagal (2-6 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Liam BroadyBroady (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Luca NardiNardi (7-64 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Harold MayotMayot (0-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – David GoffinGoffin (7-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Max PurcellPurcell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Rafael NadalNadal (2-8) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Pedro CachinCachin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Denis KudlaKudla (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Daniel EvansEvans (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction