Andrey Rublev and Jakub Mensik will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on SHOW COURT 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.27
Jakub Mensik -> 3.76

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Jakub Mensik clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mensik won 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter in Doha back in February 2024.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs Andrey Rublev – Doha 22-February-2024

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev

39 - 19win/loss

Hard
26-10
I Hard
2-1
Clay
11-6
Grass
0-2
Rank
6
High
5
LLWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-20 26-11 11-6 2-1 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0
2020 41-10 17-4 10-2 14-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 6, Andrey will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Yunchaokete in the quarter on the 30th of September.

Rublev has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Hong Kong where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Madrid where he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5.

Talking about his overall career, Rublev has an overall 474-255 record. He has a positive 191-96 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Rublev's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik

33 - 21win/loss

Hard
23-11
I Hard
2-1
Clay
6-4
Grass
2-5
Rank
65
High
64
WWLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-21 24-11 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. 65, the Czech got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Jakub defeated Martinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match Mensik scored 91 points vs Martinez Portero’s 71. Jakub was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik recorded 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was very efficient on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Martinez Portero 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Jakub’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.

The Czech has an aggregate 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Mensik's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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