Novak Djokovic and Jakub Mensik will face off in the quarter of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.11
Jakub Mensik -> 6.55

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Jakub Mensik

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 4, the Serbian got to the quarter after defeating Alex Michelsen 7-6(3) 7-6(9), Flavio Cobolli 6-1 6-2 and Roman Safiullin 6-3 6-2.

In the 4^th round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-3 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 58 points vs Safiullin’s 36. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (518-81). 13-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an aggregate 234-31 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Paris where he overcame Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

Novak has an aggregate 35-8 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 65, the Czech got to the quarter after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4, Andrey Rublev 6-7(7) 6-4 6-3, Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 3-6 6-4.

In the 4^th round, The Czech defeated Dimitrov (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Mensik and Dimitrov scored the same amount of points (90). However, the world no. 4 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Mensik was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik scored 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. Mensik broke Dimitrov 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jakub has conceded 4 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.

Jakub has an overall 36-21 win-loss record in 2024, 26-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Mensik
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	6	12
Tot Games	58	117
Pts	207-144	395-339
Total Points	351	734
Winners	89	163
%Winners	43%	41%

Djokovic played 3 matches while Mensik competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Jakub Mensik conceded 4 sets while Novak Djokovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 6 set(s) less than Mensik (6 vs 12). Therefore, Djokovic played 59 games less than Mensik. The Serbian scored 89 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mensik scored 163 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Mensik
Aces	14	44
Avg per match	4.7	11
1st in	109/167	212/358
%1st in	65%	59%
1st pts	89/109	163/212
%1st pts	82%	77%
2nd pts	37/58	76/146
%2nd pts	64%	52%

Djokovic struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Mensik bagged 44 aces (11 per match). Djokovic won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Djokovic	Mensik
Won	9	19
Converted	9/21	19/49
% Converted	43%	39%
Conceded	8	22
Saved	6	13
% Saved	75%	59%
Times Broken	2	9

Djokovic broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Djokovic surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Jakub broke his opponents 19 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R2 Michelsen	R3 Cobolli	R4 Safiullin	Total
Score	7-63 7-69	6-1 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	26	15	17	58
pts	87-75	62-33	58-36	207-144
Total points	162	95	94	351
Winners	40	20	29	89
%Winners	46%	32%	50%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	3	4	14
Double Faults	3	2	1	6
1st in	52/76	24/40	33/51	109/167
% 1st in	68%	60%	65%	65%
1st pts	40/52	20/24	29/33	89/109
% 1st pts	77%	83%	88%	82%
2nd pts	15/24	13/16	9/18	37/58
% 2nd pts	63%	81%	50%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	4	3	9
Converted	2/7	4/9	3/5	9/21
Converted %	29%	44%	60%	43%
Conceded	5	0	3	8
Saved	3/5	0/0	3/3	6
Saved %	60%	–	100%	53%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Mensik
	R1 Martinez Portero	R2 Rublev	R3 Shevchenko	R4 Dimitrov	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4	6-77 6-4 6-3	6-1 6-75 6-2	6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	29	32	28	28	117
pts	91-71	116-107	98-71	90-90	395-339
Total points	162	223	169	180	734
Winners	41	41	39	42	163
%Winners	45%	35%	40%	47%	41%
SERVE
Aces	14	11	9	10	44
Double Faults	4	2	1	6	13
1st in	53/81	58/107	47/81	54/89	212/358
% 1st in	65%	54%	58%	61%	59%
1st pts	41/53	41/58	39/47	42/54	163/212
% 1st pts	77%	71%	83%	78%	77%
2nd pts	16/28	26/49	20/34	14/35	76/146
% 2nd pts	57%	53%	59%	40%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	7	5	3	19
Converted	4/6	7/19	5/9	3/15	19/49
Converted %	67%	37%	56%	20%	39%
Conceded	4	12	2	4	22
Saved	2/4	8/12	1/2	2/4	13
Saved %	50%	67%	50%	50%	72%
Times Broken	2	4	1	2	9

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Ariel Behar/Robert GallowayBehar/Robert Galloway (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam Pavlasek/Jean-Julien RojerPavlasek/Jean-Julien Rojer – Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers (7-6² 4-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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