Prediction Of Mensik Vs Lajovic H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Brisbane International Presented By Evie 2025?

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Mensik and Lajovic are on the Day 5 Schedule at Brisbane International Presented By Evie 2025 on Thursday 2 January 2025. 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, from Czech Republic, leads the head-to-head record against Dusan Lajovic from Serbia with a score of 1-0. Their most recent meeting was in the group stage of the 2023 Davis Cup Finals on hard court in Spain, where Mensik won 6-3, 6-2. They also faced each other in the qualifiers of the ATP Masters 1000 Paris on hard court in France, with Mensik winning 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4.

Mensik, who is currently 19 years old, is ranked 48th in the world, which is his career-high ranking. He has a career win-loss record of 29-21, with his best result being a finalist in the 2024 Doha tournament. He reached the Top 100 in February 2024 after impressive performances in Doha, where he reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, and eventually the final. In October 2024, he achieved his career-high ranking soon after reaching the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (lost to Djokovic). Mensik had notable wins over former champions Murray, Monfils, and Rublev in Doha, making him the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist and the first player born in 2005 or later to play in an ATP Tour final. He made his tour-level debut in the 2023 US Open, where he reached the third round as a qualifier, becoming the youngest player to reach the Grand Slam third round since Nadal in the 2004 Australian Open and the youngest at the US Open since Santoro in 1990. In the 2024 Australian Open, he qualified for his second tour-level event and defeated former top-10 player Shapovalov in the first round. Mensik has also had success in Challenger tournaments with a record of 30-21, winning his first title in the 2023 Prague-2 event in May when he was ranked 333rd. On the ITF Juniors circuit, he had a record of 85-28, highlighted by reaching the boys’ singles final in the 2022 Australian Open.

Mensik is looking to reach his sixth ATP Tour quarterfinal in Brisbane. He has reached all his previous quarterfinals during the 2024 season. If he reaches the quarterfinals in Brisbane, he would become the fourth youngest male quarterfinalist in the history of the event, at just 19 years and 4 months old. He has the chance to join his compatriot Lehecka in the quarterfinal lineup, which would be the first time since Stepanek in 2012 that two Czech males reached the quarterfinals in Brisbane (Stepanek lost to Dolgopolov).

Dusan Lajovic is 34 years old and is currently ranked 81st in the world. His career-high ranking was 23rd. Lajovic achieved this ranking after reaching his first ATP Tour singles final at the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. He entered the tournament as the world number 48 and became the lowest-ranked finalist at that event since Arazi in 2001, who was ranked 53rd at the time. Lajovic has two ATP Tour titles to his name. He won his first title at the 2019 Umag tournament and his second at the 2023 Banja Luka tournament. His victory over Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the Banja Luka tournament is his biggest win of his career. He has also won titles in doubles at the 2015 Istanbul tournament with Albot and in team competitions at the 2020 ATP Cup as a member of Team Serbia. Lajovic has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam on two occasions, at the 2014 Roland Garros and the 2021 Australian Open. He has also qualified for ATP Masters 1000 events 13 times, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2018 Madrid tournament.

In Brisbane, Lajovic is aiming to reach his 39th ATP Tour quarterfinal. He has a record of 8-30 in his previous quarterfinal matches. He has reached the quarterfinals on hard courts six times, but has not done so since the 2019 Moscow tournament (lost to Mannarino). If Lajovic reaches the quarterfinals in Brisbane, he would be the first male lucky loser to achieve this feat in the tournament’s history. Additionally, he would become the third male player to reach the Brisbane quarterfinals after turning 34 years old, joining Djokovic and Monfils in this accomplishment.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Mensik will win.
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