Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux Beijing Prediction 9/27/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Number 7 seed Jakub Mensik will face French qualifier Arthur Cazaux in the second round of the 2025 China Open in Beijing. The match is scheduled for Saturday, September 27. Here’s our Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux prediction. This preview will also include a Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux pick.

Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux Preview

Jakub Mensik is the seventh seed in Beijing and started the tournament with a tight straight-sets win over Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia. The match took 22 games to decide and lasted an hour and 53 minutes. Mensik prevailed 7-5, 6-4. 

Mensik raced to a 5-2 lead in the first set, but lost three games on the trot to allow Kecmanovic into the set. Thankfully for the young Czech, he broke in the 12th game to seal the set 7-5. The Serb rallied in the second set from a break down, but under scoreboard pressure towards the end, he was broken again.

Mensik finished the match with 10 aces to 7 double faults. He landed 47% of first serves in play and won 76% of first serve points (31/41). Mensik won 43% of second serve points (20/47) and saved 14 of 17 break points in the match.

Arthur Cazaux is coming off a three-set win over home player Juncheng Shang. The match took 31 games to decide. Shang won the first set 6-0 in half an hour. But despite going a break up in the second set and coming within two points of victory, it was Cazaux who pinched the second set in a tiebreak after an hour and 15 minutes.

The French lefty was the only player to break serve in the third set, doing so in the 11th game and fending off three break back points while serving for the match. Cazaux hit 8 aces and 2 double faults in the victory. He won 66% of first serve points (41/62) and saved eight of 12 break points. Cazaux entered this tournament through qualifying and will seek to reach his first hard-court quarterfinal of the season on the ATP Tour.

Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux Head-To-Head

Cazaux recorded an emphatic 6-3, 6-0 win over Mensik in their only meeting at the 2023 Nonthaburi Challenger.

Jakub Mensik vs Arthur Cazaux Prediction

Mensik should have the edge here, but Cazaux can cause him problems with his varied skillset. In fact, Cazaux thumped Mensik in their only meeting at the Challenger level two seasons ago. The Frenchman’s lefty serve can help him to open up the court and limit Mensik’s return game. This could easily go to three.