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Jakub Mensik vs Gijs Brouwer: ATP S-Hertogenbosch – first round
Jakub Mensik is the best young player on the tour and will make his debut on grass court against Gijs Brouwer in the opening round at the ATP S-Hertogenbosch.
Jakub Mensik Profile
Jakub Mensik is 76th in the ATP rankings, while his career high was No. 65 in the world. The 18-year-old is 20-9 for the season and will play his first match ever on grass.
Mensik is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Yannick Hanfmann in the opening round in Rome, which came after he retired in the third round in Rome.
Mesnik’s best results this season were the finals in Canberra and Doha, but he lost on both occasions.
Gijs Brouwer Profile
Gijs Brouwer is 241st in the ATP rankings, and he has never been higher than No. 114. The Dutch are 18-6 for the season and 4-1 on grass.
He defeated Cristian Garin and Nicolas Moreno de Alboran in the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw in S-Hertogenbosch. He did the same last week in Surbiton, where he lost in the first round of the main draw to Zachary Svajda.
Brouwer’s best result this season was the semifinal at the Noumea Challenger, where he lost to Enzo Couacoud. He also reached the quarterfinals in Lugano and Savannah.
This will be Bouwer’s third appearance in S-Hertogenbosch, and he has never made it past the first round of the main draw.
Head-to-Head
This will be the first match between Jakub Mensik and Gijs Brouwer.
Prediction and Conclusion
It will be interesting to see Jakub Mensik play his first match on grass in his young career. He has already made a lot of noise on the ATP tour, even though he is still 18 years old. On the other side of the net will be Gijs Brouwer, who is ten years older and has never been among the top 100 players in the world. Despite that, Brouwer has a 16-11 career record on grass, which gives him a big advantage in this match. Taking into consideration that Mensik is returning from injury while Brouwer will play in front of home fans and has already played here, we are going with Brouwer covering the +2.5-game spread.
