H2H, prediction of Casper Ruud vs Jakub Mensik at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Ruud and Mensik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 15th of January

Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik

Casper Ruud and Jakub Mensik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.68
Jakub Mensik -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
6
High
2
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 51-25 21-9 24-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2023 37-23 12-12 22-8 2-2 1-1 0-0
2022 51-22 18-8 25-7 7-5 1-2 0-0
2021 57-17 16-6 28-5 11-4 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 6, Ruud got to the 2nd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-3 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Ruud had a tough win against Munar Clar to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-3 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-1). During the match, Ruud scored 134 points vs Munar Clar’s 127. Ruud was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (57/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Munar Clar 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (394-211). 3-0 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a compiled 109-69 record in the last years on hard.

Casper has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Ruud
Australian Open
Ruud's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
48
High
48
WLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-2 5-2 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), the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Mensik defeated Basilashvili (6-1 6-73 6-3 6-3). During the match Mensik scored 132 points vs Basilashvili’s 109. Mensik was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik buried his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (56/68) of his 1st serve and 51% (29/57) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mensik broke Basilashvili 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Mensik has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Mensik
Australian Open
Mensik's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Ruud
J.Mensik
3h:21
3h:21
Time on court​
2h:33
2h:33
!
3h:21
3h:21
Last match​
!
2h:33
2h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
43
43
Games Played​
38
38
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
134
134
Total points​
132
132
134
134
Avg point​
132
132
57
57
Winners
56
56
57
57
Avg Winners​
56
56
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
31
31
7
7
Avg Aces
!
31
31
2
2
Double Faults
8
8
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
57/83
57/83
1st won total​
56/68
56/68
69%
69%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
23/40
23/40
2nd won total​
29/57
29/57
58%
58%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
6/11
6/11
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
42%
42%
Won
!
55%
55%
8
8
Conceded
12
12
8
8
Avg Conceded
12
12
5
5
Broken
1
1
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Mensik
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 43 38
Pts 134-127 132-109
Total Points 261 241
Winners 57 56
%Winners 43% 42%

Both Ruud and Mensik played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud conceded 2 sets, while Jakub Mensik dropped 1 set. Ruud has played 1 set more than Mensik (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 5 games more than Mensik. The Norwegian scored 57 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 56 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Mensik
Aces 7 31
Avg per match 7 31
1st in 83/123 68/125
%1st in 67% 54%
1st pts 57/83 56/68
%1st pts 69% 82%
2nd pts 23/40 29/57
%2nd pts 58% 51%

Ruud blasted 7 aces . Mensik struck 31 aces . Ruud won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Mensik
Won 5 6
Converted 5/12 6/11
% Converted 42% 55%
Conceded 8 12
Saved 3 11
% Saved 38% 92%
Times Broken 5 1

Ruud broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Jakub conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Munar Clar
Total
Score 6-3 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-1
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 43 43
pts 134-127 134-127
Total points 261 261
Winners 57 57
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 83/123 83/123
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 57/83 57/83
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 23/40 23/40
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 3/8 3
Saved % 38% 38%
Times Broken 5 5
Mensik
R1
Basilashvili
Total
Score 6-1 6-73 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 38
pts 132-109 132-109
Total points 241 241
Winners 56 56
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 31 31
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 68/125 68/125
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 56/68 56/68
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 29/57 29/57
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 11/12 11
Saved % 92% 92%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ruud
WWW
Mensik
WLWWLWW
2025 2024 2023
3 - 0
5 - 2
3-0
Hard
5-2

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