Jakub Mensik def. Toby Samuel 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7(10)-6(7) — Wimbledon 2026 R128

Match recap

Jakub Mensik defeated Toby Samuel 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7(10)-6(7) in the R128 of the Wimbledon 2026.

Down a set after dropping serve in game 12 of the opener, Jakub Mensik flipped the match by tightening his ball-striking: 60 winners to Toby Samuel's 33, the 27-winner gap the cleanest line of separation in a contest split 158-156 on total points. The No. 17 broke twice in the second set and twice more in the third to seize control, then withstood a fourth-set wobble from Samuel — the No. 142 broke twice to force a decider. Mensik fired 13 aces to five and converted the only breaks that mattered in the fifth before closing the 7-6(7) tiebreak at Wimbledon.

Profiles: Jakub Mensik · Toby Samuel — Wimbledon 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Jakub Mensik and Toby Samuel.