H2H, prediction of Karen Khachanov vs Jakub Mensik in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 8th March 2025

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Khachanov and Mensik will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 8th of March

Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik

Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik will face off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.9
Karen Khachanov -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 7-6(12) 6-4 in the final in Doha back in 2024.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Jakub Mensik – Doha 24-February-2024

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov

4 - 5win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
0-1
Rank
23
High
8
LWLWLLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-6 4-5 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 37-22 14-12 8-4 14-3 1-3 0-0
2023 34-18 18-10 10-5 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 36-25 17-11 9-7 6-5 4-2 0-0
2021 35-24 17-9 5-6 8-6 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 23, Khachanov will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 to Tsitsipas in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.

Khachanov has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Karen has an overall 420-277 record. He has a positive 167-109 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Khachanov
Indian Wells
Khachanov's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

8 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
57
High
45
WWWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-6 10-5 0-0 1-1 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. 57, the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, Mensik had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (6-4 7-66). During the match Mensik scored 77 points vs Etcheverry’s 65. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik recorded 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Etcheverry 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Mensik has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Mensik
Indian Wells
Mensik's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
LWLWLLLWWL
Mensik
WWWLWLLWLW
2025 2024 2023
4 - 6
11 - 6
4-5
Hard
10-5
0-1
I Hard
1-1

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