

What Time Will Jakub Mensik Play Against Pedro Martinez?
Mensik and Martinez are on the Day 2 Schedule at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 on Thursday 3 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 from the Czech Republic, at the age of 19, is currently ranked as the world number 65 in tennis. He reached his career-high ranking of 64 in August 2024. Mensik had a successful start to his career, breaking into the top 100 in February 2024 after reaching the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in Doha. He achieved the biggest win of his career in Doha by defeating former champions Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, and Andrey Rublev. This victory made him the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist and the first ATP Tour finalist born in 2005 or later. In his tour-level debut, Mensik reached the third round of the 2023 US Open as a qualifier, becoming the youngest player to reach that stage of a Grand Slam since Rafael Nadal at the 2004 Australian Open. He qualified for his second tour-level event at the 2024 Australian Open, where he defeated former top-10 player Denis Shapovalov in the first round. Mensik has a record of 30 wins and 21 losses in Challengers, with his first title coming at the 2023 Prague-2 in May. On the ITF Juniors circuit, he had a record of 85 wins and 28 losses, reaching the boys’ singles final at the 2022 Australian Open. Mensik aims to become the fifth youngest match winner in Shanghai tournament history, with the youngest being Wu Yibing at the age of 18 in 2018. He is currently ranked fourth on the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah and hopes to make his debut in the Next Gen ATP Finals this year.
Pedro Martinez from Spain is 27 years old and currently ranked as the world number 45. His career-high ranking was 40, achieved after winning his first ATP Tour title in Santiago in 2022 and reaching the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami in the same year. Martinez had notable wins against Roberto Bautista Agut and Casper Ruud on his way to his first semifinal and final appearances. In 2020, he qualified for six tour-level events, including the Australian Open, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Roland Garros. He earned his first tour-level win at the Australian Open in 2020 and his first ATP Masters 1000 win at Rome, advancing to the third round at Roland Garros. Martinez has had success on home clay in Spain, reaching seven of his 12 career Challenger finals and winning titles in Marbella, Seville, Maspalomas, and Girona. In ATP Masters 1000 events, Martinez looks for his first win since defeating No. 51 Huesler in 2023 Indian Wells. He started the Chinese ATP Tour swing with a quarterfinal appearance in Chengdu before losing to Czech player Lehecka in the first round of Beijing. This tournament in Shanghai marks his debut in ATP Masters 1000 events.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Mensik will win.
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