Arthur Rinderknech and Jakub Mensik will face off in the qualifications of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.727
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jakub Mensik
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Jakub Mensik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mensik won 2-6 6-3 7-5 in the Rubber 1 in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia back in September 2024.
Arthur Rinderknech
34 - 27win/loss
59
42
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-33 | 16-13 | 6-7 | 12-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, the French player got to the qualifications after beating Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Fognini, Arthur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Rinderknech scored 97 points vs Fognini’s 83. Rinderknech was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rinderknech bagged 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 66% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Fognini 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Rinderknech has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (287-178). 15-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rinderknech has a composed99-58 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Lille Challenger where he beat Joris De Loore in the final 6-4 3-6 7-6(8).
Arthur has a composed 34-27 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Rinderknech has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Mensik
31 - 20win/loss
48
48
| 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. 66, Mensik got to the qualifications after defeating Hugo Gaston 6-0 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Mensik defeated Gaston (6-0 4-6 6-3). During the match Mensik scored 80 points vs Gaston’s 55. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Mensik blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was very effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Czech broke Gaston 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.
Mensik has a compiled 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rinderknech | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 25 |
| Pts | 97-83 | 80-55 |
| Total Points | 180 | 135 |
| Winners | 38 | 27 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Rinderknech and Mensik played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Rinderknech lost 1 set, while Jakub Mensik lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rinderknech and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rinderknech played 1 game more than Mensik. Arthur scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub made 27 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rinderknech | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 36/66 |
| %1st in | 66% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 27/36 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 16/30 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 53% |
Rinderknech scored 16 aces . Mensik struck 7 aces . Rinderknech won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rinderknech | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 70% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rinderknech lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rinderknech | |||
| Q1 Fognini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-83 | 97-83 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 50/76 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mensik | |||
| Q1 Gaston | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-55 | 80-55 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 36/66 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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