Alexander Shevchenko and Jakub Mensik will face off in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.42
Alexander Shevchenko -> 2.86

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Jakub Mensik square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Mensik won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in July 2024.

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko

20 - 31win/loss

Hard
8-12
I Hard
5-4
Clay
6-12
Grass
1-3
Rank
58
High
45
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-31 8-12 6-12 5-4 1-3 0-0
2023 45-34 16-15 19-13 10-5 0-1 0-0
2022 50-33 2-4 41-23 7-6 0-0 0-0
2021 49-27 8-4 33-17 8-6 0-0 0-0
2020 24-8 13-4 11-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 58, Shevchenko reached the 3rd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1 7-6(3) and Francisco Cerundolo 7-6(7) 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (7-67 7-5). During the match, Shevchenko scored 85 points vs Cerundolo’s 76. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shevchenko made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 73% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Shevchenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (250-167). 8-12 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has a compiled48-40 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 20-31 win-loss record in 2024, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Shevchenko's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik

34 - 21win/loss

Hard
24-11
I Hard
2-1
Clay
6-4
Grass
2-5
Rank
65
High
64
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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
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Ranked no. 65, Jakub reached the 3rd round after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Andrey Rublev 6-7(7) 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Rublev, Jakub recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 6-3). During the match Mensik scored 116 points vs Rublev’s 107. Mensik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Jakub broke Rublev 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jakub has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

The Czech has an overall 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Mensik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Shevchenko
J.Mensik
3h:03
3h:03
Time on court​
4h:28
4h:28
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
!
2h:30
2h:30
2
2
Match played
2
2
45
45
Games Played​
61
61
4
4
Set played​​
6
6
159
159
Total points​
207
207
79.5
79.5
Avg point​
103.5
103.5
73
73
Winners
82
82
36.5
36.5
Avg Winners​
41
41
46%
46%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
25
25
5
5
Avg Aces
!
12.5
12.5
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
73/92
73/92
1st won total​
82/111
82/111
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
24/41
24/41
2nd won total​
42/77
42/77
59%
59%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
11/25
11/25
2.5/5.5
2.5/5.5
Avg BP won
5.5/12.5
5.5/12.5
45%
45%
Won
44%
44%
9
9
Conceded
16
16
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
8
8
2
2
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
7
7
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shevchenko Mensik
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 45 61
Pts 159-127 207-178
Total Points 286 385
Winners 73 82
%Winners 46% 40%

Both Shevchenko and Mensik played 2 matches. At the moment, Jakub Mensik conceded 2 sets while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shevchenko has played 2 set(s) less than Mensik (4 vs 6). Therefore, Shevchenko played 16 games less than Mensik. The Kazakhstani scored 73 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 82 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shevchenko Mensik
Aces 10 25
Avg per match 5 12.5
1st in 92/133 111/188
%1st in 69% 59%
1st pts 73/92 82/111
%1st pts 79% 74%
2nd pts 24/41 42/77
%2nd pts 59% 55%

Shevchenko managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Mensik scored 25 aces (12.5 per match). Shevchenko won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shevchenko Mensik
Won 5 11
Converted 5/11 11/25
% Converted 45% 44%
Conceded 9 16
Saved 7 10
% Saved 78% 63%
Times Broken 2 6

Alexander broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Shevchenko surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Shevchenko
R1
Ramanathan		 R2
Cerundolo		 Total
Score 6-1 7-63 7-67 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 25 45
pts 74-51 85-76 159-127
Total points 125 161 286
Winners 32 41 73
%Winners 43% 48% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 7 10
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 39/60 53/73 92/133
% 1st in 65% 73% 69%
1st pts 32/39 41/53 73/92
% 1st pts 82% 77% 79%
2nd pts 15/21 9/20 24/41
% 2nd pts 71% 45% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/4 3/7 5/11
Converted % 50% 43% 45%
Conceded 4 5 9
Saved 4/4 3/5 7
Saved % 100% 60% 80%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Mensik
R1
Martinez Portero		 R2
Rublev		 Total
Score 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-77 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 29 32 61
pts 91-71 116-107 207-178
Total points 162 223 385
Winners 41 41 82
%Winners 45% 35% 40%
SERVE
Aces 14 11 25
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 53/81 58/107 111/188
% 1st in 65% 54% 59%
1st pts 41/53 41/58 82/111
% 1st pts 77% 71% 74%
2nd pts 16/28 26/49 42/77
% 2nd pts 57% 53% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 7 11
Converted 4/6 7/19 11/25
Converted % 67% 37% 44%
Conceded 4 12 16
Saved 2/4 8/12 10
Saved % 50% 67% 59%
Times Broken 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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