Who Will Win: Mensik Vs Tseng? Prediction For ATP Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2024

What Time Will Jakub Mensik Play Against Chun-Hsin Tseng?

Mensik and Tseng are on the Day 5 Schedule at Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2024 on Thursday 25 July 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, who is currently 18 years old and ranked 81st in the world, will be facing Chun-Hsin Tseng from Chinese Taipei in their first meeting.

Mensik broke into the top 100 rankings in February 2024 after reaching the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in Doha. He achieved his career-high ranking of 65 in May. In Doha, he defeated former champions such as Murray, Monfils, and Andrey Rublev to earn the biggest win of his career and become the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist born in 2005 or later. He also made his tour-level debut at the 2023 US Open as a qualifier and reached the third round, becoming the youngest player to do so since Nadal in 2004.

Mensik qualified for his second tour-level event at the 2024 Australian Open and defeated former top 10 player Shapovalov in the first round. He has a 30-21 record in Challenger events and won his first title at the Prague-2 tournament in May 2023. He has also had success on the ITF Juniors circuit, with a record of 85-28, highlighted by reaching the 2022 Australian Open boys’ singles final.

Mensik is now looking for his second ATP Tour semifinal after his final appearance in Doha in February. He aims to become the first Czech player to reach the semifinals in Umag since J. Novak in 2005 and the fifth semifinalist aged 18 or younger in the tournament’s history. If he achieves this, he will be the fourth youngest semifinalist in Umag

tournament history.

On the other hand, Chun-Hsin Tseng, 22 years old and ranked 159th in the world, has had a significant journey. He earned his first ranking point at the age of 15 in November 2016, broke into the top 100 in June 2022, achieved a career-high ranking of 83 in August 2022, and qualified for the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open as a wildcard and also qualified for the 2022 Roland Garros.

Tseng recorded his first ATP Tour win at the 2022 Los Cabos tournament after earning five tour-level wins in Davis Cup play for Chinese Taipei. He has also won several Challenger titles, including the 2021 Maia-2, 2022 Bengaluru, 2022 Murcia, 2024 Szekesfehervar, and 2024 Vicenza. Notably, he ended the 2018 season as the world’s number one junior after an impressive record of 21-2 in Grand Slam boys’ singles matches, which included reaching the Australian Open final, winning the Roland Garros title and Wimbledon title, and reaching the US Open semifinals.

In Umag, Tseng is playing in his first ATP Tour quarterfinal after entering the draw as a lucky loser due to Rune’s withdrawal. He defeated former champion Fognini in the second round with a score of 6-1 6-0. If he wins, he will become the first player representing Chinese Taipei to reach an ATP Tour semifinal on clay and the first ATP Tour semifinalist from his country since Jung at the 2020 New York tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Mensik will win.
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