H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Jakub Mensik in Madrid with odds, preview, pick | 27th April 2025

PREVIEW. Madrid. Shelton and Mensik will play each other in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Sunday the 27th of April

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik

Ben Shelton and Jakub Mensik will face off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.67
Ben Shelton -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik

This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Jakub Mensik play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shelton and Mensik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Mensik won 7-6(2) 4-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in January 2025.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs Ben Shelton – Auckland 08-January-2025

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

15 - 8win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-2
Rank
13
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-9 9-5 5-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 42-26 22-13 8-4 8-5 4-4 0-0
2023 28-26 21-13 4-8 1-2 2-3 0-0
2022 40-11 16-9 0-0 24-2 0-0 0-0
2021 18-7 7-3 5-2 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 13, Shelton reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Mariano Navone 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Navone, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 102 points vs Navone’s 92. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very effective on serve to win 77% (50/65) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ben broke Navone 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Shelton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (143-78). 5-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall22-16 record in the last 5 years on clay.

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Munich.

The American has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Shelton
Madrid
Shelton's Record

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik
Jakub Mensik

18 - 8win/loss

Hard
16-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-1
Rank
21
High
21
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-9 16-6 3-2 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
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Ranked no. 23 (career-high), the Czech reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Ethan Quinn 7-6(4) 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Mensik had a good straight sets win against Quinn (7-64 6-1). During the match Mensik scored 66 points vs Quinn’s 57. Mensik was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Mensik bagged 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. Mensik broke Quinn 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Miami where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

The Czech has an aggregate 18-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Mensik
Madrid
Mensik's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
J.Mensik
!
2h:19
2h:19
Time on court​
1h:20
1h:20
!
2h:19
2h:19
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
20
20
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
102
102
Total points​
66
66
102
102
Avg point​
66
66
50
50
Winners
33
33
50
50
Avg Winners​
33
33
49%
49%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
14
14
8
8
Avg Aces
!
14
14
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
5
5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
50/65
50/65
1st won total​
33/44
33/44
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
18/32
18/32
2nd won total​
8/22
8/22
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
36%
36%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
4/7
4/7
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
60%
60%
Won
!
57%
57%
11
11
Conceded
3
3
11
11
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Mensik
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 32 20
Pts 102-92 66-57
Total Points 194 123
Winners 50 33
%Winners 49% 50%

Both Shelton and Mensik played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton conceded 1 set while Jakub Mensik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Mensik (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 12 games more than Mensik. The American scored 50 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub scored 33 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Mensik
Aces 8 14
Avg per match 8 14
1st in 65/97 44/66
%1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 50/65 33/44
%1st pts 77% 75%
2nd pts 18/32 8/22
%2nd pts 56% 36%

Shelton bagged 8 aces . Mensik fired 14 aces . Shelton won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Mensik
Won 3 4
Converted 3/5 4/7
% Converted 60% 57%
Conceded 11 3
Saved 9 1
% Saved 82% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Mensik broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Mensik conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R2
Navone		 Total
Score 4-6 7-65 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 102-92 102-92
Total points 194 194
Winners 50 50
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 65/97 65/97
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 50/65 50/65
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 18/32 18/32
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 9/11 9
Saved % 82% 82%
Times Broken 2 2
Mensik
R2
Quinn		 Total
Score 7-64 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 66-57 66-57
Total points 123 123
Winners 33 33
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 44/66 44/66
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 33/44 33/44
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 8/22 8/22
% 2nd pts 36% 36%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Ben Shelton
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 3Chall
  • 1Minor
Jakub Mensik
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 1Chall
  • 5Minor

Ben
Shelton

1:2

Jakub
Mensik

Rank

13

High

12

1Hard1

0Clay1

Rank

21

High

21

Win Loss
Shelton
LWLWWWWLLL
Mensik
LWWWLWWWWW
2025 2024 2023
15 - 9
20 - 9
9-5
Hard
16-6
1-1
I Hard
1-1
5-3
Clay
3-2

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