Francisco Cerundolo and Jakub Mensik will square off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on BRAD DREWETT. 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 Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.59
Jakub Mensik -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
28 - 25win/loss
31
19
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 5-8 | 21-13 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31,he will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he overcame 6-4 6-4 to Ruud in the round robin on the 20th of September.
The Argentine has an aggregate 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Umag where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 306-161 record. He has a positive 32-31 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Mensik
32 - 20win/loss
66
64
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-21 | 22-11 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 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, Jakub got to the 1st round after beating Hugo Gaston 6-0 4-6 6-3 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-2 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, Jakub defeated Rinderknech (6-2 5-7 6-2). During the match Mensik scored 102 points vs Rinderknech’s 82. Jakub was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jakub Mensik was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mensik broke Rinderknech 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mensik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.
Mensik has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
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- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-73 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Roberto Carballes Baena/Pablo Carreno-BustaCarballes Baena/Pablo Carreno-Busta (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pavel KotovKotov – Yi ZhouZhou (1-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Pavel KotovKotov (3-1) – H2H and prediction