H2H. Elise Mertens vs Yulia Putintseva | Doha prediction, odds, preview, pick

Doha. Mertens and Putintseva will face off in 2nd round of the Qatar Total Open. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Yulia Putintseva

Elise Mertens and Yulia Putintseva will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar Total Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.28
Yulia Putintseva -> 3.50

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Yulia Putintseva

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Yulia Putintseva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Mertens won 6-1 7-61 in the Rubber 3 in 1 back in February 2020.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 23, the Belgian reached the Rubber 3 after defeating Qiang Wang 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-1 6-2). During the match Mertens scored 62 points vs Wang’s 35. Mertens was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Mertens blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elise Mertens was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elise broke Wang 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Mertens has a negative win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 36% of her matches (594-335). 9-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a 163-103 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Mertens has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Doha

Elise won the title last year in Doha after ousting Simona Halep 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Yulia Putintseva

Ranked no. 32, the Kazakhstani reached the Rubber 3 after defeating Timea Babos 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Putintseva had a good straight sets win against Babos (6-3 6-4). During the match Putintseva and Babos scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 23 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.

Talking about serving, Putintseva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yulia Putintseva conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Putintseva has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of her matches (702-682). 9-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Putintseva has a 207-183 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Yulia has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Doha

Putintseva didn’t play in Doha in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mertens Putintseva
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 19
Pts 62-35 0-0
Total Points 97 0
Winners 24 0
%Winners 39% NAN%

Both Mertens and Putintseva played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Putintseva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 4 games less than Putintseva. Mertens scored 24 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 0 winners (NAN%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mertens Putintseva
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 3 0
1st in 32/51 0/0
%1st in 63% NAN%
1st pts 24/32 0/0
%1st pts 75% NAN%
2nd pts 13/19 0/0
%2nd pts 68% NAN%

Mertens blasted 3 aces . Putintseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mertens won 75% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Putintseva won NAN% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win NAN% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mertens Putintseva
Won 4 0
Converted 4/6 0/0
% Converted 67% NAN%
Conceded 3 0
Saved 3 0
% Saved 100% NAN%
Times Broken 0 0

The Belgian broke her opponent 4 times with 67% conversion rate. The Belgian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. On the other side, The Kazakhstani hasn’t manged yet to break her opponent. She didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point.

Mertens
R1
Wang
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 62-35 62-35
Total points 97 97
Winners 24 24
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 32/51 32/51
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 24/32 24/32
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 13/19 13/19
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 -100
Putintseva
R1
Babos
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 0-0
Total points 0 0
Winners 0
%Winners NAN% NAN%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0
1st in / 0/0
% 1st in NAN% NAN%
1st pts / 0/0
% 1st pts NAN% NAN%
2nd pts / 0/0
% 2nd pts NAN% NAN%
Breaks
Won 0
Converted / 0/0
Converted % NAN% NAN%
Conceded 0
Saved 0/ 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken -100

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mertens
LLWWLLWLWL
Putintseva
LWWWWLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
10 - 8
14 - 9
9-7
Hard
14-9
1-1
I Hard
0-0

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