# Jakub Menšík

Jakub Menšík (Czech pronunciation:; born 1 September 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 10 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. He is currently the No. 3 player from Czech Republic.
On the junior tour, Menšík had an ITF combined ranking of world No. 3, achieved on 31 January 2022. He reached the final of the 2022 Australian Open Junior singles event.

## Career
### Juniors

He lost in the final of the Junior 2022 Australian Open to Bruno Kuzuhara after suffering from thigh muscle cramps.

### 2023: Maiden Challenger, Grand Slam debut and third round

In May 2023 he won his first Challenger, the 2023 Sparta Prague Open defeating Dominik Koepfer in just his sixth Challenger main-draw appearance, becoming the youngest Czech Challenger champion in history at 17 years old. The only previous 17-year-old Czech champion was former World No. 4 Tomáš Berdych, who captured two Challenger titles in 2003.
He competed in the first qualifying round of the US Open, beating Fabio Fognini 1–6, 6–1, 6–1. He then defeated Leandro Riedi in the second round, and then qualified on his debut for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time with a two-set victory against compatriot Zdeněk Kolář. He then won his first Major match defeating Grégoire Barrère, becoming the youngest man since Borna Ćorić in 2014 to win a main draw match at the US Open. He then defeated fellow first-time Major qualifier Titouan Droguet a day before his 18th birthday, before losing to Taylor Fritz in straight sets in the third round.

### 2024: ATP final & top-10 win, Masters debut & quarterfinal, top 50

He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, making his debut at this Major, and defeated former top 10 player Denis Shapovalov in straight sets. He moved to a new career-high of No. 127 on 29 January 2024.
He was selected under the new #NextGen programme to compete at an ATP 250 event, the 2024 Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Ranked No. 116, he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets to advance to the second round. Next, he defeated Andy Murray in three sets with three tiebreaks to advance to his first ATP quarterfinal. It was the longest match in the history of the tournament lasting 3 hours and 23 minutes. He defeated top seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets, his first ATP top-10 and top-5 win, to advance to his first ATP semifinal. He was the youngest player to defeat a top-5 player since Carlos Alcaraz overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas at the US Open in 2021. He defeated Gaël Monfils in three sets to advance to his first ATP final. As a result he moved close to 30 positions up in the rankings, becoming the youngest player in the top 100. He lost to second seed Karen Khachanov in the final. He entered the next Middle East swing tournament, the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships with a special exempt (SE) status where he defeated Borna Ćorić.
He also received a wildcard for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open for his Masters debut and recorded his first main draw Masters win over qualifier Hong Seong-chan at this level. At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, he reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time defeating top 10 player Grigor Dimitrov but lost to eventual finalist Félix Auger-Aliassime by retirement.
At the 2024 US Open, he reached the third round for a consecutive year, with upsets over 19th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, for his third top 20 win, and wildcard Tristan Schoolkate in five sets with a super tiebreak in the fifth set. He reached his first Masters quarterfinal at the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters defeating two top 10 players en route Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov and moved into the top 55 in the rankings. He became the youngest quarterfinalist in the tournament history.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2025 Mexican Open.
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| French Open | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | 3R | 3R | | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | 58% |
| National representation |||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| ATP Masters 1000 |||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Miami Open | A | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | 3R | | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Italian Open | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | A | QF | | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Paris Masters | A | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 7–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 7–4 | 64% |
| Career statistics |||||||
| | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hard win–loss | 3–1 | 17–12 | 7–5 | 0 / 14 | 27–18 | 60% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 6–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Overall win–loss | 3–1 | 25–20 | 7–5 | 0 / 22 | 35–26 | 57% |
| Win % | 75% | 56% | 58% | 57.38% | 57.38% | 57.38% |
| Year-end ranking | 167 | 48 | | $1,821,741 | $1,821,741 | $1,821,741 |

## ATP Tour finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–0)
* ATP 250 (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2024 | Qatar Open, Qatar | ATP 250 | Hard | Karen Khachanov | 6–7$^{(12–14)}$, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–0)
* ATP 250 (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2025 | Brisbane International, Australia | ATP 250 | Hard | Jiří Lehečka | Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [6–10] |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Dominik Koepfer | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2024 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Dominik Koepfer | 3–6, 2–6 |

## ITF World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 5 (5 titles)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (5–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–0)
* Clay (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2022 | M15 Allershausen, Germany | WTT | Clay | Peter Heller | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2022 | M25 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Oleksandr Ovcharenko | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 2022 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Saba Purtseladze | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Dec 2022 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Robert Strombachs | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–0 | Apr 2023 | M25 Trnava, Slovakia | WTT | Hard (i) | Karl Friberg | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | M15 Bytom, Poland | WTT | Clay | Olaf Pieczkowski | Matthew Romios Brandon Walkin | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Bruno Kuzuhara | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 5–7 |

## Head-to-head records
### Wins against top 10 players

* Menšík has a 5–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Wins | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk |
| 2024 |||||||||
| 1. | Andrey Rublev | 5 | Qatar Open, Qatar | Hard | QF | 6–4, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ | 116 |
| 2. | Grigor Dimitrov | 10 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 2R | 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3 | 74 |
| 3. | Andrey Rublev | 6 | Shanghai Masters, China | Hard | 2R | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–4, 6–3 | 65 |
| 4. | Grigor Dimitrov | 10 | Shanghai Masters, China | Hard | 4R | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | 65 |
| 2025 |||||||||
| 5. | Casper Ruud | 6 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 | 48 |
* Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage