In the Round of 32 at the Erste Bank Open on Monday, Alexei Popyrin (ranked No. 24) meets Jakub Mensik (No. 51).
Popyrin most recently competed on September 25, 2024 at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, where he fell to Tomas Machac (3-6, 7-6, 5-7) in the Round of 32. Mensik was beaten in two sets the last time he competed, falling 6-7, 1-6 to Francisco Cerundolo at the Round of 32 of the China Open on September 26, 2024.
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Alexei Popyrin vs. Jakub Mensik matchup stats
- Popyrin is 15-6 on hard courts, with one tournament win.
- Popyrin has 235 wins in 277 service games while playing on hard courts (winning percentage of 84.8%), and 71 wins in 287 return games (24.7%).
- On hard courts this year, Popyrin ranks 41st in break point winning percentage (38.1%) after going 64-for-168.
- In his last tournament (the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships), Popyrin lost to Machac 3-6, 7-6, 5-7 on September 25, in the Round of 32.
- The 19-year-old Mensik, who is looking for his first tournament win on a hard court in 2024, is 16-9 so far this year on that surface.
- In terms of serve/return winning percentages on hard courts, Mensik has won 76.6% of his games on serve, and 27.1% on return.
- Mensik has converted 84 of 184 break points on hard courts (45.7%), and is 15th in break points won.
- In his most recent tournament (the China Open) on September 26, Mensik played Cerundolo in the Round of 32 and was taken down 6-7, 1-6.
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