H2H, prediction of Grigor Dimitrov vs Jakub Mensik in Shanghai with odds, preview, pick | 9th October 2024

PREVIEW. Shanghai. Dimitrov and Mensik will play each other in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 9th of October

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik

Grigor Dimitrov and Jakub Mensik will square off in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.49
Jakub Mensik -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Jakub Mensik square off. 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 competed against each other, Mensik won 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in April 2024.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs Grigor Dimitrov – Madrid 27-April-2024

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov

40 - 14win/loss

Hard
21-6
I Hard
7-2
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-2
Rank
10
High
3
LWWLWLWWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-18 21-7 8-4 13-5 4-2 0-0
2023 43-21 16-10 10-5 10-4 7-2 0-0
2022 26-22 10-11 10-5 5-4 1-2 0-0
2021 24-18 18-10 3-5 2-2 1-1 0-0
2020 18-11 8-5 6-2 4-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 10, the Bulgarian got to the 4th round after defeating Zizou Bergs 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Alexei Popyrin 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (7-65 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 72 points vs Popyrin’s 53. Dimitrov was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dimitrov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Grigor Dimitrov was very effective on serve to win 97% (33/34) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Popyrin twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (321-193). 21-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has a composed 163-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Grigor has a compiled 40-14 win-loss record in 2024, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Dimitrov
Shanghai
Dimitrov's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

35 - 21win/loss

Hard
25-11
I Hard
2-1
Clay
6-4
Grass
2-5
Rank
49
High
48
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-24 26-12 6-4 7-3 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 got to the 4th round after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4, Andrey Rublev 6-7(7) 6-4 6-3 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Jakub defeated Shevchenko (6-1 6-75 6-2). During the match Mensik scored 98 points vs Shevchenko’s 71. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Mensik struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jakub Mensik was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (39/47) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jakub broke Shevchenko 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.

The Czech has an overall 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 25-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.

Mensik
Shanghai
Mensik's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Dimitrov
J.Mensik
3h:56
3h:56
Time on court​
!
6h:24
6h:24
1h:28
1h:28
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
47
47
Games Played​
89
89
5
5
Set played​​
9
9
167
167
Total points​
305
305
83.5
83.5
Avg point​
101.7
101.7
75
75
Winners
121
121
37.5
37.5
Avg Winners​
40.3
40.3
45%
45%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
34
34
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
!
11.3
11.3
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
75/92
75/92
1st won total​
121/158
121/158
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
29/58
29/58
2nd won total​
62/111
62/111
50%
50%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
BP won
16/34
16/34
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
Avg BP won
5.3/11.3
5.3/11.3
!
54%
54%
Won
47%
47%
12
12
Conceded
18
18
6
6
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
7
7
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
9
9
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dimitrov Mensik
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 9
Tot Games 47 89
Pts 167-137 305-249
Total Points 304 554
Winners 75 121
%Winners 45% 40%

Dimitrov played 2 matches while Mensik competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Grigor Dimitrov lost 1 set, while Jakub Mensik conceded 3 sets. Dimitrov has played 4 set(s) less than Mensik (5 vs 9). Therefore, Dimitrov played 42 games less than Mensik. Dimitrov scored 75 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub blasted 121 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dimitrov Mensik
Aces 11 34
Avg per match 5.5 11.3
1st in 92/150 158/269
%1st in 61% 59%
1st pts 75/92 121/158
%1st pts 82% 77%
2nd pts 29/58 62/111
%2nd pts 50% 56%

Dimitrov blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mensik struck 34 aces (11.3 per match). Dimitrov won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dimitrov Mensik
Won 7 16
Converted 7/13 16/34
% Converted 54% 47%
Conceded 12 18
Saved 9 11
% Saved 75% 61%
Times Broken 3 7

The Bulgarian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Dimitrov dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
R2
Bergs		 R3
Popyrin		 Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-65 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 21 47
pts 95-84 72-53 167-137
Total points 179 125 304
Winners 42 33 75
%Winners 44% 46% 45%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 11
Double Faults 6 1 7
1st in 58/97 34/53 92/150
% 1st in 60% 64% 61%
1st pts 42/58 33/34 75/92
% 1st pts 72% 97% 82%
2nd pts 16/39 13/19 29/58
% 2nd pts 41% 68% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 2 7
Converted 5/7 2/6 7/13
Converted % 71% 33% 54%
Conceded 12 0 12
Saved 9/12 0/0 9
Saved % 75% – 38%
Times Broken 3 0 3
Mensik
R1
Martinez Portero		 R2
Rublev		 R3
Shevchenko		 Total
Score 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-77 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-75 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 29 32 28 89
pts 91-71 116-107 98-71 305-249
Total points 162 223 169 554
Winners 41 41 39 121
%Winners 45% 35% 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 14 11 9 34
Double Faults 4 2 1 7
1st in 53/81 58/107 47/81 158/269
% 1st in 65% 54% 58% 59%
1st pts 41/53 41/58 39/47 121/158
% 1st pts 77% 71% 83% 77%
2nd pts 16/28 26/49 20/34 62/111
% 2nd pts 57% 53% 59% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 7 5 16
Converted 4/6 7/19 5/9 16/34
Converted % 67% 37% 56% 47%
Conceded 4 12 2 18
Saved 2/4 8/12 1/2 11
Saved % 50% 67% 50% 84%
Times Broken 2 4 1 7

Head 2 Head

Grigor Dimitrov
  • 0Slam
  • 9Main
  • 4Chall
  • 6Minor
Jakub Mensik
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 1Chall
  • 5Minor

Grigor
Dimitrov

0:2

Jakub
Mensik

Rank

10

High

3

0Hard1

0Clay1

Rank

49

High

48

Win Loss
Dimitrov
LWWLWLWWWL
Mensik
LWLWWWWLWW
2024 2023 2022
46 - 18
39 - 23
21-7
Hard
26-12
13-5
I Hard
5-2
8-4
Clay
6-4
4-2
Grass
2-5

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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Upcoming matches in the draw

Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov
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Mensik Jakub Mensik