Prediction Of Mensik Vs Djokovic H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024?

What Time Will Jakub Mensik Play Against Novak Djokovic?

Mensik and Djokovic are on the Day 10 Schedule at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 on Friday 11 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Jakub Mensik, a 19-year-old player from the Czech Republic, is currently ranked 65th in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of 64 in August 2024. Mensik made his breakthrough into the Top 100 in February 2024 after reaching the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in Doha.

In the Doha tournament, Mensik achieved his biggest career win by defeating former champions Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, and world No. 5 Andrey Rublev. This victory made him the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist and the first ATP Tour finalist born in 2005 or later.

Mensik made his tour-level debut at the 2023 US Open where he reached the third round as a qualifier. He became the youngest player to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Rafael Nadal at the 2004 Australian Open. Mensik also qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, where he defeated former top 10 player Denis Shapovalov in the first round.

With a record of 30-21 in Challenger events, Mensik won his first Challenger title at the 2023 Prague-2 tournament in May, when he was ranked 333rd in the world.

Currently playing in his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal, Mensik aims to achieve his fifth consecutive win against a top 10 player. After defeating world No. 6 Andrey Rublev in the second round and No. 9 Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round, Mensik hopes to become the fourth player in the history of the ATP Masters 1000 series (since 1990) to reach the semifinals by recording three top 10 wins in the same tournament.

Mensik is currently ranked number 51 on the PIF ATP Live Rankings and could jump to number 44 with a quarterfinal win, securing his debut in the top 50. He is also seeking his third ATP Tour semifinal appearance of the year, having reached the semifinals in Doha and Umag.

In the history of the ATP Masters 1000 series, there have been three instances where a player reached the semifinals by defeating three top 10 players: Holger Rune at the 2022 Paris tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2018 Toronto tournament, and Guillermo Canas at the 2002 Toronto tournament.

On the other hand, Novak Djokovic, a 37-year-old player from Serbia, is currently ranked 4th in the world. Djokovic holds multiple records, including the most weeks at number 1 (428) and the most years ending the season as the world number 1 (8).

Djokovic is the all-time leader in the number of Grand Slam men’s singles titles, having won 24 majors, including a record 10 Australian Open titles. He is also one of three men in history to hold all four Grand Slam championships at the same time.

Furthermore, Djokovic is the only player to have won all nine ATP Masters 1000 events since the start of the series in 1990, achieving this feat multiple times and accumulating a record total of 40 titles.

With the most Grand Slam match wins in history (377), the third-most men’s singles titles in the Open Era (99), and the third-most men’s singles wins in the Open Era (1,122), Djokovic has had an illustrious career.

In 2024, Djokovic won the men’s singles Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics, joining Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal as the only players to complete the Career Golden Slam in men’s singles.

Djokovic has winning records against his rivals Roger Federer (27-23) and Rafael Nadal (31-29). He also holds the record for the longest winning streak on the ATP Tour (43 matches), the ATP Masters 1000 events (31 matches), and the Grand Slam tournaments (30 matches).

In the Shanghai tournament, Djokovic has a great track record. He has a record of 8-1 in quarterfinals and has won the tournament four times. Djokovic aims to advance to his record-extending 78th ATP Masters 1000 semifinal and become the third oldest man to reach an ATP Masters 1000 semifinal (after Federer in 2019 Indian Wells and Miami).

By winning the title in Shanghai, Djokovic would capture his 100th tour-level title and tie Rafael Nadal for the most ATP Masters 1000 wins in the series history. Additionally, reaching the semifinals in Shanghai would move Djokovic past Andrey Rublev to the number 7 spot on the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin.

In the history of the ATP Masters 1000 series, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the win leaders, with Nadal topping the overall win list and Djokovic leading the way on hard courts.

Overall, both Jakub Mensik and Novak Djokovic have impressive records and are looking to make their mark in the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Mensik will win.
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