ATP Masters 1000 · Round of 64 · Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popyrin
🤖 Servebot
Mensik
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Alexei Popyrin and Jakub Mensik are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit. Across 12,532 matches in our dataset, the historical split is about even.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popyrin | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–6 | 8–5 |
| Avg odds | 3.77 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -5.3% | +27.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.58u | +3.56u |
Prior meetings and scores · 4 career meetings
1
Popyrin
3
Mensik
May 9, 2026
Internazionali BNL d'Italia
C Clay · Round of 64
Feb 25, 2026
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
H Hard · Round of 16
Oct 21, 2024
Vienna
H Hard · Round of 32
Jul 22, 2024
Umag
C Clay · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mensik has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Popyrin's 0%).
| Opponent | Popyrin | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Zverev | L 76 46 36 | L 57 26 63 36 |
| Andrey Rublev | L 76 67 57 | W 63 76 46 26 63 |
| Jannik Sinner | L 26 06 | W 76 26 63 |
| Martin Damm | L 67 46 | W 63 64 |
| Frances Tiafoe | L 63 46 67 | L 67 64 67 |
| Ugo Blanchet | L 36 67 | L 76 67 63 46 67 |
| Reilly Opelka | L 36 67 | W 75 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Popyrin | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.5% | 60.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 74.5% | 75% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 53.4% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 61.1% | 58.1% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 24.9% | 27.1% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 42.7% | 47.5% |
| BP Converted % | 35.4% | 27.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 23.5 | 21.4 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 23.3 | 23 |
| Net Pts Won % | 73.1% | 83.8% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.6% | 49.1% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 45% | 67% |
Last five matches per player
Match summary
Alexei Popyrin meets Jakub Mensik in the Round of 64 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on May 8, with both players competing on outdoor clay. Popyrin is ranked 60th; Mensik sits at 28th. The Australian last played 16 days ago, while the Czech teenager comes in off three matches in two weeks.
Mensik leads their head-to-head 3-0 without loss. On recent clay, Popyrin holds a 55% win rate over a sample of 20 matches, while Mensik has posted 60% across the same stretch. Their recent common opponents tell a stark tale: Mensik has beaten Alexander Bublik, Jack Draper, Jannik Sinner, Marcos Giron, and Martin Damm in that period, while Popyrin lost to all five.
Both players build their games around heavy serving. Popyrin comes in cold after three losses in a row; Mensik is moving through opponents at a steady clip, having won 6 of his last 10. On clay, the serving game becomes sharper and the margin for error smaller. Mensik's current momentum and tournament activity against Popyrin's layoff and skid will define how each player's serve holds up over the course of the match.
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