Jakub Mensik and Jesper De Jong will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.35
Jesper De Jong -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Jesper De Jong

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

Jakub Mensik

Ranked no. 16 (career-high), Mensik will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 4-1 ret. to De Minaur in the quarter on the 29^th of September.

The Czech has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2025, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, The Czech has an overall 150-91 record. He has a positive 76-33 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 81, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round against Zhou, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹ 6-2 7-6³). During the match De scored 103 points vs Zhou’s 98. De was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.

About the serving games, De struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, De put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (54/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Zhou 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Jesper’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger and Bastad.

Jesper has an overall 33-27 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Jesper has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-7³ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7¹ 6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell
  – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Quentin HalysHalys – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction