In a sport where margins are razor-thin, technology is becoming a defining edge. In the second part of our two-part series examining how innovation is transforming tennis, we look at how players are using data to prepare for matches before ever stepping on court.
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When Jakub Mensik was still a junior, his father Michalâan IT professionalâbuilt a custom analytics platform to track his sonâs match data.
They monitored serve and return numbers, plus-one shots, and court zones, creating a homemade scouting system that Mensik says helped carry him from the junior ranks into his early professional career.
âYou would be surprised!â Mensik joked in Miami.
Now ranked No. 25 in the world, the Czech star has access to far more sophisticated tools than he and his father could have imagined. But in many ways, the rest of the ATP Tour is only just catching up.
âIâm not saying my father did it better,â Mensik smiled. âBut yeah, when I was a junior and basically starting to play pros, that was one of the most basic and necessary things that I needed.â
When people think of preparing for matches, they often picture coaches watching film for hours or scouting opponents from the stands. But the modern game has evolved far beyond that. Today, preparation increasingly means data dashboards, pattern recognition, and shot-by-shot analysis.
Helping to lead that shift is ATP Tennis IQ, the ATP Tourâs advanced performance analytics platform that delivers detailed match data to players competing in ATP Tour events. Originally launched in 2023, the platform has undergone a major overhaul following investment from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and was showcased to media during the 2026 Miami Open.
