Ben Shelton and Jakub Mensik will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 2. 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 Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
Ben Shelton -> 1.61
Jakub Mensik -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, Shelton will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-7(7) 6-4 6-4 to Ruud in the quarter on the 29th of February.
Ben has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and Dallas.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 94-49 record. He has a positive 50-29 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 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), the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (6-3 6-4). During the match Mensik scored 62 points vs Chan Hong’s 51. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Mensik fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 48% of his first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Chan Hong 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Mensik’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.
The Czech has a composed 17-5 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-63 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Max PurcellPurcell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Denis KudlaKudla (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Pedro CachinCachin (6-77 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 1-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jack DraperDraper (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-1 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Borna CoricCoric (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Dusan LajovicLajovic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction