Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik will face off in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2^nd 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.

As 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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd round on the 26^th 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.

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 57, the Czech got to the 2^nd round after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 1^st 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 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-6⁴ 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• David GoffinGoffin – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-6) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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