Jakub Mensik and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. 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 -> 1.29
Dusan Lajovic -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 3rd time that Jakub Mensik and Dusan Lajovic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mensik won 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2024.
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 7-6 | 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. 48 (career-high), Jakub got to the 2nd round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-63 6-4). During the match, Mensik scored 77 points vs Kukushkin’s 67. Jakub was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mensik scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was very efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Kukushkin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Mensik has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (117-70). 1-0 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mensik has a composed55-22 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Jakub has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, Lajovic got to the 2nd round after beating Casey Hoole 5-7 7-5 2-0 ret. and Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-4 6-4). During the match Lajovic scored 77 points vs Cazaux’s 65. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. Dusan broke Cazaux 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Dusan has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mensik | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 46 |
| Pts | 77-67 | 162-136 |
| Total Points | 144 | 298 |
| Winners | 33 | 68 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Mensik played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. Lajovic started his run from the qualifications while Mensik had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dusan Lajovic surrendered 1 set while Jakub Mensik hasn’t lost a set so far. Mensik has played 4 set(s) less than Lajovic (2 vs 6). Therefore, Mensik played 23 games less than Lajovic. Jakub scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Lajovic made 68 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mensik | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 93/129 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 68/93 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 26/36 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 72% |
Mensik bagged 13 aces . Lajovic struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Mensik won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mensik | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Mensik broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Dusan broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mensik | |||
| R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 77-67 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lajovic | |||||
| Q1 Hoole |
Q3 Agustin |
R1 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 2-0 ret. | 6-1 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 85-71 | – | 77-65 | 162-136 | |
| Total points | 156 | 0 | 142 | 298 | |
| Winners | 41 | 27 | 68 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | 0% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 52/68 | / | 41/61 | 93/129 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 0% | 67% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | / | 27/41 | 68/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 0% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | / | 15/20 | 26/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 0% | 75% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 2/7 | / | 3/10 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 0% | 30% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 8/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 89% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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