Jakub Menšík

Jakub Menšík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjakup ˈmɛnʃiːk]; born 1 September 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. Menšík is currently the No. 2 player from Czechia. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, a Masters 1000 event at the 2025 Miami Open.
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.
He lost in the final of the Junior 2022 Australian Open to Bruno Kuzuhara after suffering from thigh muscle cramps.
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.
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.
Mensik upset sixth seeded Casper Ruud in the second round of the Australian Open in four sets. He lost in the next round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five sets after leading by two sets and a match point.
Following his second round loss in Indian Wells, Mensik competed at the newly established 175 Challenger 2025 Copa Cap Cana where he reached the semifinals.
At the 2025 Miami Open, Mensik reached his first Masters semifinal after wins over Indian Wells champion and sixth seed Jack Draper, Roman Safiullin, and his compatriot Tomáš Macháč after his the retirement, and then another win over 17th seed Arthur Fils. Mensik reached his first Masters final defeating third seed and world No. 4 Taylor Fritz, recording the biggest win of his career by ranking. In the final, he defeated his idol and mentor Novak Djokovic in straight sets with two tiebreaks. The match was delayed by five hours, due to heavy rain and as a result, both players were exhausted from the humidity after the match. During the trophy presentation speech, Jakub mentioned that if it was not for one of the ATP physios, he would have pulled out of the tournament an hour before his first match due to knee pain. Following lifting his first tour-level trophy, he reached the top 25 in the singles rankings on 31 March 2025.
Current through the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters.