{"id":284446,"date":"2025-11-26T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284446\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:56:09","slug":"jakub-mensik-becomes-first-player-to-qualify-for-next-gen-atp-finals-presented-by-pif-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284446\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakub Mensik becomes first player to qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        ATP Tour<br \/>\n    Mensik becomes first player to qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF, Fonseca withdraws<\/p>\n<p>Czech won Masters 1000 title in Miami<\/p>\n<p>November 26, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mensik-ng-2025-qualification.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jakub-mensik\/m0ni\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jakub Mensik<\/a> has qualified for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/next-gen-atp-finals\/7696\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am super happy and super excited to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals for the second time,&#8221; Mensik said. &#8220;The whole year was really good for me, winning my first ATP title with the Masters 1000 in Miami. It was a really great run and makes it even more special finishing the year as a Top 20 player. I am really excited to see you guys in December in Jeddah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old made history earlier this season in Miami, where he stunned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/novak-djokovic\/d643\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> in the final to become the second-youngest titlist in tournament history behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/carlos-alcaraz\/a0e2\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>. Mensik, 19 at the time, was just the fifth teen to defeat Djokovic on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In a standout year, the Czech jumped to a career-high No. 16 in the PIF ATP Rankings in August, while he earned four Top 10 wins in 2025, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. Mensik defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jack-draper\/d0co\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Draper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/taylor-fritz\/fb98\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Fritz<\/a> and Djokovic in Miami and eliminated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/casper-ruud\/rh16\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casper Ruud<\/a> en route to the third round at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/australian-open\/580\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/mensik-madrid-2025-feature\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From history maker to full-time contender: How Mensik is building on Miami success<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mensik enjoyed a quarter-final run in Madrid and advanced to the fourth round in Rome. He also reached the quarter-finals in Brisbane, Auckland, Eastbourne and Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/joao-fonseca\/f0fv\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Fonseca<\/a> has withdrawn from the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/next-gen-atp-finals\/7696\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> as he continues to recover from an injury sustained at the end of the 2025 ATP Tour season. We wish Joao the best in his recovery and in his preparations for the 2026 ATP Tour season.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/next-gen-atp-finals\/7696\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> will take place from 17-21 December. Former champions include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jannik-sinner\/s0ag\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/carlos-alcaraz\/a0e2\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATP Tour Mensik becomes first player to qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF, Fonseca withdraws&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-284446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}