Jakub Menšík

Jakub Menšík (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}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. 12, achieved on 2 March 2026, and a doubles ranking of No. 271, achieved on 18 August 2025. He is currently the No. 2 Czech player in men's singles.

Menšík has won two ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2025 Miami Open. He represents Czechia at the Davis Cup.

Menšík had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 85–28 singles win-loss record. He was a runner-up in the boys' singles category at the 2022 Australian Open, losing in the final to top-seed Bruno Kuzuhara after suffering from thigh muscle cramps.

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 2 on 4 April 2022.

In May 2023, Menšík won his first Challenger title at the 2023 Sparta Prague Open, defeating Dominik Koepfer in the final. It was Menšík's sixth ATP Challenger main-draw appearance, and with that title he became 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.

Menšík 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.

Menšík 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.

The young Czech 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. Menšík 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.

Menšík 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, Menšík 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. The Czech 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.

Menšík 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, Menšík competed at the newly established 175 Challenger 2025 Copa Cap Cana where he reached the semifinals.

Jakub Menšík, Swiss Indoors Basel 2025

At the 2025 Miami Open, Menšík 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 retirement, and then another win over 17th seed Arthur Fils. The Czech 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, Menšík 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 2026 Hamburg Open.

• Menšík has a 10–10 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

*As of 29 May 2026

• Jakub Menšík at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jakub Menšík at the International Tennis Federation
• Jakub Menšík at the Davis Cup (archived former page)
• Jakub Menšík at Olympics.com
• Jakub Menšík at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
• Official website