

What Time Will Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Play Against Jakub Mensik?
Perricard and Mensik are on the Day 6 Schedule at Brisbane International Presented By Evie 2025 on Friday 3 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?
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard from France and Jakub Mensik from the Czech Republic will face each other for the first time at the tour-level. However, they have met before at the Poznan CH in Poland on clay, where Mpetshi Perricard emerged victorious in a thrilling match that went to three sets, with the final set being decided in a closely contested tiebreak.
Mpetshi Perricard, who is 21 years old, currently holds the 31st position in the world rankings. He reached a career-high ranking of 30 after an impressive performance in the 2024 season. He started the year ranked 205th but made significant progress, entering the top 100 in May, followed by the top 50 in July. In November, he achieved his best ranking by winning his biggest career title in Basel. During the tournament, he did not drop a single serve, displaying exceptional quality in his game. Mpetshi Perricard’s journey to success includes capturing his first ATP Tour title in his hometown of Lyon in 2024, where he saved a championship point to clinch victory. He defeated two players ranked in the top 30, Bublik and Etcheverry, in the semifinals and finals, respectively. Additionally, Mpetshi Perricard had an impressive run at Wimbledon in 2024, becoming the first lucky loser since 1995 to reach the fourth round.
Aside from his achievements at the ATP Tour level, Mpetshi Perricard has also had success in Challenger tournaments, with a record of 50 wins and 33 losses. He has won four titles at Leon in 2023, Nottingham in 2024, Cuernavaca in 2024, and Acapulco in 2024. Mpetshi Perricard’s junior career highlights include reaching a career-high ranking of 4 in 2021 and reaching the semifinals of the 2021 Roland Garros boys’ singles, as well as winning the boys’ doubles title with Fils.
Mpetshi Perricard is aiming to reach his third ATP Tour semifinal, having already won titles in Lyon and Basel. His previous encounter with Mensik at the Poznan CH in 2023 was a close match where Mpetshi Perricard saved two match points against his opponent.
Jakub Mensik, aged 19, holds the 48th position in the world rankings, which marks his career-high ranking. He made his breakthrough into the top 100 in February 2024 after reaching the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in Doha. Notably, Mensik achieved his highest ranking of 48 after reaching the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, where he lost to Djokovic. In Doha, Mensik secured the biggest win of his career by defeating former champions Murray, Monfils, and the fifth-ranked Rublev, becoming the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist and the first player born in 2005 or later to reach an ATP Tour final.
Mensik made an impressive tour-level debut at the 2023 US Open, reaching the third round as a qualifier. This accomplishment made him the youngest player to achieve this feat since Nadal at the 2004 Australian Open, and the youngest at the US Open since Santoro in 1990. In the 2024 Australian Open, Mensik once again qualified for the main draw and defeated former top-10 player Shapovalov in the first round.
In addition to his achievements at the tour-level, Mensik has a record of 30 wins and 21 losses in Challenger tournaments. He won his first Challenger title in Prague-2 in May 2023 as a wildcard entry. During his junior career, Mensik had notable success, including reaching the final of the Australian Open boys’ singles in 2022.
Mensik is seeking his third ATP Tour semifinal, with his previous appearances coming at Doha in 2024, where he lost to Khachanov in the final, and Umag in 2024, where he was defeated by Musetti. If Mensik reaches the semifinals in Brisbane at the age of 19 and 4 months, he will become the third-youngest player to achieve this feat, following Australians de Minaur in 2018 (18 years and 11 months) and Tomic in 2012 (19 years and 2 months).
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Perricard will win.
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