Jakub Mensik is a man on a mission. The Czechia player took on Karen Khachanov in the Doha Open 2024 final on Saturday, February 24, 2024 not before 10 AM ET (7 PM local time). The total Jakub Mensik career prize money earnings until the final stood at $407,776 USD, but that number shot up drastically in Doha, making the ATP 250 event clearly a breakthrough one for the 18-year-old.
Despite losing to Karen Khachanov in the final, Jakub Mensik still took home a cool $123,840 USD in prize money surely. If converted into Czech Koruna, that figure comes up to an impressive 2.9 million approximately. That in itself will be a huge boost for the youngster. Prior to the Doha Open 2024, Mensik made it to the semifinals of the Manama ATP Challenger 2024 tournament and before that, the second round of the Australian Open 2024.
Jakub Mensik qualified for the Grand Slam and beat Denis Shapovalov in the first round. At the Doha Open 2024, he has beaten the likes of A Fokina, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Gael Monfils, extending his giant-killing spree this season. Had Jakub Mensik added Karen Khachanov to his list of scalps in the Doha Open 2024 final on Saturday, the Czechia player would have won a whopping $212,350 (4.9 million Czech Koruna) from just one competition.
Regardless of the result in the Doha Open 2024 final, Jakub Mensik would be one confident player heading into the Dubai Tennis Championships 2024 even though that would be an ATP 500 event. The competition is more intense and Mensik will take on another Croatian giant-killer, Borna Coric in the first round on Monday (12 AM ET estimated). Should Mensik lose to Coric, he would still bag $22,945 USD, which could cap off a financially productive tour of the Middle East.
So it is likely that Jakub Mensik will earn a minimum of $145,000 USD approximately from both the tournaments in Doha and Dubai, while qualifying for more rounds in Dubai would easily double that amount. Should that happen, his earnings from these two tournaments could even cross his overall career prize money tally and take it perhaps beyond the $850,000 USD mark. Sky is the limit for Jakub Mensik, who would then be a clear favorite to cross the $1 million USD mark in career earnings in the spring season tournaments he plays in after the Dubai Tennis Championships 2024.
Jakub Mensik could be one more NextGen player to watch out for, who could make it big on the ATP Tour at an early age and he could take inspiration from the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune.
