Jakub Mensik gets the better of Arthur Cazaux 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing on Saturday. Mensik will play against Alex De Minaur in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Czech added to his prize money $ 51,295 after winning this match. He has already won $ 110,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mensik will add $ 105,330 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,360 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Arthur Cazaux China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jakub scored 87 points vs. Arthur’s 82.
Mensik
Mensik blasted 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Mensik won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Cazaux
On the other side, the French player didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Cazaux is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Mensik will fight against De Minaur in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jakub Mensik and Alex De Minaur fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, De Minaur won 6-3 6-4 in the R in San Francisco back in September 2025.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Mensik clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Arthur was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Mensik converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Cazaux wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 60 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Arthur (35-25
). Mensik lost 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, Cazaux conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).The French player in this set played much better tennis than the Czech and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Mensik in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Cazaux failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Arthur was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th
game (5-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jakub was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40).They contested 51 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Mensik (29-22). Arthur lost 11 points on serve (17-11). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Mensik had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Arthur Cazaux in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Czech managed to stage a good comeback to break Cazaux in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Mensik converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the French player converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 2 more points than the French player (30-28). Jakub conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Cazaux conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3)
- Learner TienTien – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-5 3-6 6-3)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-65)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 5-7 6-0)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 3-6 7-62)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 2-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (13-7) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H details and stats