Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia will square off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.38
Caroline Garcia -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Garcia
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Garcia won 7-64 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2017.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 20, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after defeating Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-3 and Kaia Kanepi 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Kanepi (6-4 7-5). During the match Mertens scored 75 points vs Kanepi’s 65. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 58% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Kanepi 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mertens hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (333-174). 9-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a 81-44 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Elise’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Prague.
Elise has a 28-10 win-loss record in 2020, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Belgian lost in the 3rd round to Anastasija Sevastova.
Caroline Garcia
Ranked no. 45, Garcia reached the 2nd round after defeating Anett Kontaveit 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Caroline had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (7-65 6-2). During the match Garcia scored 79 points vs Sasnovich’s 67. Caroline was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Garcia couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Caroline Garcia lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Garcia put 60% of her first serves in, winning 58% (28/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. the French player broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Caroline has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
the French player has a 10-10 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Garcia lost in the 2nd round to Anna Blinkova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 50 |
| Pts | 147-121 | 167-155 |
| Total Points | 268 | 322 |
| Winners | 47 | 66 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Both Mertens and Garcia played 2 matches. At the moment, Caroline Garcia conceded 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Garcia (4 vs 5). Therefore, Mertens played 11 games less than Garcia. Elise scored 47 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Garcia recorded 66 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 72/129 | 104/172 |
| %1st in | 56% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 47/72 | 66/104 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 28/57 | 36/68 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Mertens recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Garcia scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mertens won 65% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Garcia won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 64% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
Mertens broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Elise lost her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Caroline broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Caroline conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Gasparyan |
R2 Kanepi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 75-65 | 147-121 | |
| Total points | 128 | 140 | 268 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 36% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 36/62 | 72/129 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/36 | 27/36 | 47/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 75% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 13/26 | 28/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/10 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Garcia | ||||
| R1 Kontaveit |
R2 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| pts | 88-88 | 79-67 | 167-155 | |
| Total points | 176 | 146 | 322 | |
| Winners | 38 | 28 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 48/80 | 104/172 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 28/48 | 66/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 58% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/32 | 36/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/7 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 71% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 8/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 73% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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