Elise Mertens and Valentini Grammatikopoulou will play each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.171
Valentini Grammatikopoulou -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Valentini Grammatikopoulou
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Valentini Grammatikopoulou since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, Mertens got to the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Peterson 3-6 7-65 7-65.
In the 1st round against Peterson, Mertens recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 7-65).-121) than Peterson. In fact, the world no. 16 won 121 points vs Peterson’s. That means that Mertens was more focused during the important points. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens bagged 10 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 8 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 54% of her first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (16/53) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Peterson 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (355-185). 17-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate199-88 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
The Belgian has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2021, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. See her history.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Ranked no. 234, Valentini got to the 2nd round after beating Lucia Bronzetti 3-6 6-1 6-4, Anna Kalinskaya 2-6 6-4 6-2, En Shuo Liang 6-2 5-7 7-5 and Anna Blinkova 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-3 6-2). During the match Grammatikopoulou scored 67 points vs Blinkova’s 47. Valentini was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Grammatikopoulou scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Valentini Grammatikopoulou lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Grammatikopoulou put 68% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Valentini broke Blinkova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in the W25 Telavi where she beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in the final 7-5 6-4.
Valentini has an overall 30-21 win-loss record in 2021, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017, 2018 and 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Mertens | Grammatikopoulou |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 4 |
Tot Set | 3 | 11 |
Tot Games | 35 | 101 |
Pts | 121-128 | 356-307 |
Total Points | 249 | 663 |
Winners | 41 | 145 |
%Winners | 34% | 41% |
Mertens played 1 match while Grammatikopoulou competed in 4 matches. Grammatikopoulou started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens lost 1 set, while Valentini Grammatikopoulou conceded 3 sets. Mertens has played 8 set(s) less than Grammatikopoulou (3 vs 11). Therefore, Mertens played 66 games less than Grammatikopoulou. Elise scored 41 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek scored 145 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Mertens | Grammatikopoulou |
---|---|---|
Aces | 10 | 10 |
Avg per match | 10 | 2.5 |
1st in | 61/114 | 217/333 |
%1st in | 54% | 65% |
1st pts | 41/61 | 145/217 |
%1st pts | 67% | 67% |
2nd pts | 16/53 | 63/116 |
%2nd pts | 30% | 54% |
Mertens managed to score 10 aces . Grammatikopoulou recorded 10 aces (2.5 per match). Mertens won 67% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 30% of the points. On the other side, Grammatikopoulou won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Mertens | Grammatikopoulou |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 20 |
Converted | 7/16 | 20/45 |
% Converted | 44% | 44% |
Conceded | 18 | 30 |
Saved | 10 | 19 |
% Saved | 56% | 63% |
Times Broken | 8 | 11 |
The Belgian broke her opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mertens dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 20 times with a 44% conversion rate. Valentini conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
Mertens | |||
R1 Peterson |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 7-65 7-65 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
pts | 121-128 | 121-128 | |
Total points | 249 | 249 | |
Winners | 41 | 41 | |
%Winners | 34% | 34% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 10 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 13 | 13 | |
1st in | 61/114 | 61/114 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 16/53 | 16/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 7 | 7 | |
Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
Saved | 10/18 | 10 | |
Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 8 | 8 |
Grammatikopoulou | ||||||
Q1 Bronzetti |
Q2 Kalinskaya |
Q3 Shuo |
R1 Blinkova |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 101 | |
pts | 94-81 | 87-82 | 108-97 | 67-47 | 356-307 | |
Total points | 175 | 169 | 205 | 114 | 663 | |
Winners | 44 | 29 | 45 | 27 | 145 | |
%Winners | 47% | 33% | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 60/88 | 49/82 | 70/107 | 38/56 | 217/333 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 60% | 65% | 68% | 65% | |
1st pts | 44/60 | 29/49 | 45/70 | 27/38 | 145/217 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 59% | 64% | 71% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 15/28 | 20/33 | 21/37 | 7/18 | 63/116 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 61% | 57% | 39% | 54% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 5/15 | 6/11 | 6/10 | 20/45 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | 55% | 60% | 44% | |
Conceded | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 4/8 | 5/9 | 5/7 | 19 | |
Saved % | 83% | 50% | 56% | 71% | 260% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
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