Australian Open, Qatar, Djokovic: Everything you ever wanted to know about Jakub Mensik (but never had time to find out) – updated as of February 2025
Jakub Mensik is making a name for himself as he rises up the rankings and impresses on the ATP Tour. Find out more about the Czech player
Jakub Mensik, Rotterdam 2025
Who is Jakub Mensik?
Jakub Mensik is a professional tennis player from Czechia.
What is Jakub Mensik’s age?
Jakub Mensik was born on 1st September 2005. That makes him 19 years old as of February 2025.
what did jakub mensik do at the 2024 shanghai masters?
Mensik reached a career-first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final at the 2024 Shanghai Masters. En route to the last eight, he defeated both Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov, while also beating Alexander Shevchenko and Pedro Martinez.
Mensik met Novak Djokovic for the first time in his career in the last eight, pushing the 24-time Grand Slam champion in a 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 loss to exit the tournament.
Does Mensik play the UTS League?
Mensik, goes by the nickname ‘Menimal’ on the UTS circuit, will make his UTS debut in Guadalajara in February 2025.
What DID Jakub Mensik achieve at the 2024 Qatar Open?
Jakub Mensik beat fifth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round of the 2024 Qatar Open, 7-6 (3), 6-4 and followed that by beating former world No 1 Andy Murray in the second round, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4).
He then stunned top seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6 (6) to reach his first-ever ATP Tour semi-final, where he beat Gael Monfils 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. However, he lost to Karen Khachanov 7-6 (12), 6-4 in the final.
What did Jakub Mensik do at the 2024 Australian Open?
Mensik came through qualifying to reach the second round of the 2024 Australian Open, beating former Top 10 player Denis Shapovalov in the first round. He went down to ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz, of Poland, in five tough sets.
What did Jakub Mensik do at the 2023 US Open?
In his Grand Slam main-draw debut, Mensik reached the third round of the 2023 US Open, where he lost in straight sets to Taylor Fritz.
What is Mensik’s best performance at a Grand Slam?
The Czech’s best performance at the Majors has been a third round finish at the 2022 and 2023 US Open, and the 2025 Australian Open.
Was Jakub Mensik a good junior?
Jakub Mensik was a good junior, reaching the final of the boys’ singles at the Australian Open in 2022 and peaking at No 2 in the ITF world junior rankings.
How tall is Jakub Mensik?
According to his official ATP profile, Jakub Mensik is 193cm tall (6 feet and 4 inches).
Who is Jakub Mensik’s coach?
Jakub Mensik’s coach is Tomas Josefus, a former player from Czechia.
Who is Jakub Mensik’s idol?
Mensik says Novak Djokovic is his biggest inspiration and the reason he took up the sport.
“It was after 2022, Australian Open finals. He knew that he was my biggest idol, so he invited me to Belgrade and then after to Montenegro to spend some days with him practicing, you know, doing all the stuff off the court also. It’s really nice that one of the best players in history invited me and I had that opportunity to play against him, to practice with him. So all of these experiences and advice for the future and for matches are just really good.
“It was not that one advice. You know, it was the complex of the little things, what he’s doing different off the court, on the court. So for me, I was just watching him and, you know, trying to analyse his routines and everything.
“It’s not just because he gave me some advice like ‘you have to do like this, you have to do like this.’ It’s just trying to put all these little things in my game and in my career. Because of him, I started to play tennis. He’s my biggest idol. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here,” Mensik told the ATP Tour website.
Is Mensik on social media?
Yes. Mensik is on Instagram, where he is followed by 40,700 followers, and on X (formerly Twitter), where he has a little over 2,900 followers.
How many singles titles has Jakub Mensik won in his career?
Mensik, who has reached one ATP singles final in his career so far (Doha 2024), is still chasing his first title on the main tour.
What is Jakub Mensik’s career-high ranking?
Jakub Mensik’s career-high ranking is world No 45, which he achieved on February 10, 2025.
How much prize mony has Jakub Mensik won?
As of February 101, 2025, Mensik has won $1.82 million in prize money. You can find his updated prize money stats on his ATP Tour profile page.
Who are Jakub Mensik’s family?
Jakub Mensik’s parents are Michal and Katerina, and he has a brother, Lukas.
