Elise Mertens and Ons Jabeur will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ons Jabeur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ons Jabeur is the pick to win this match.
Ons Jabeur -> 1.62
Elise Mertens -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ons Jabeur
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Ons Jabeur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, Elise reached the 3rd round after beating Rebecca Peterson 3-6 7-65 7-65 and Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Grammatikopoulou (6-2 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 65 points vs Grammatikopoulou’s 41. Elise was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Grammatikopoulou 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (356-185). 18-7 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a composed200-88 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
The Belgian has a composed 29-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-7 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.
Ons Jabeur
Ranked no. 21, Ons got to the 3rd round after defeating Alize Cornet 7-5 7-5 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-0 6-1). During the match Jabeur scored 56 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 29. Jabeur was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Jabeur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Ons Jabeur was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (16/21) of her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Tunisian broke Camila Osorio Serrano 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ons started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Birmingham where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 7-5 6-4.
The Tunisian has an aggregate 40-15 win-loss record in 2021, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Mertens | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
Tot Games | 51 | 37 |
Pts | 186-169 | 135-99 |
Total Points | 355 | 234 |
Winners | 62 | 39 |
%Winners | 33% | 29% |
Both Mertens and Jabeur played 2 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens lost 1 set while Ons Jabeur hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set more than Jabeur (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mertens played 14 games more than Jabeur. Mertens scored 62 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Ons scored 39 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Mertens | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Aces | 10 | 6 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
1st in | 95/172 | 55/108 |
%1st in | 55% | 51% |
1st pts | 62/95 | 39/55 |
%1st pts | 65% | 71% |
2nd pts | 27/77 | 25/53 |
%2nd pts | 35% | 47% |
Mertens made 10 aces (5 per match). Jabeur managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Mertens won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Mertens | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Won | 14 | 13 |
Converted | 14/26 | 13/16 |
% Converted | 54% | 81% |
Conceded | 24 | 10 |
Saved | 13 | 5 |
% Saved | 54% | 50% |
Times Broken | 11 | 5 |
Mertens broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Elise surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. The Tunisian broke her opponents 13 times with a 81% conversion rate. Jabeur conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
Mertens | ||||
R1 Peterson |
R2 Grammatikopoulou |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 7-65 7-65 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 35 | 16 | 51 | |
pts | 121-128 | 65-41 | 186-169 | |
Total points | 249 | 106 | 355 | |
Winners | 41 | 21 | 62 | |
%Winners | 34% | 32% | 33% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
1st in | 61/114 | 34/58 | 95/172 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 59% | 55% | |
1st pts | 41/61 | 21/34 | 62/95 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 62% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 16/53 | 11/24 | 27/77 | |
% 2nd pts | 30% | 46% | 35% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
Converted | 7/16 | 7/10 | 14/26 | |
Converted % | 44% | 70% | 54% | |
Conceded | 18 | 6 | 24 | |
Saved | 10/18 | 3/6 | 13 | |
Saved % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
Times Broken | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Jabeur | ||||
R1 Cornet |
R2 Camila Osorio Serrano |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 13 | 37 | |
pts | 79-70 | 56-29 | 135-99 | |
Total points | 149 | 85 | 234 | |
Winners | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
%Winners | 29% | 29% | 29% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 34/66 | 21/42 | 55/108 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 50% | 51% | |
1st pts | 23/34 | 16/21 | 39/55 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 76% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 13/32 | 12/21 | 25/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 57% | 47% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
Converted | 7/9 | 6/7 | 13/16 | |
Converted % | 78% | 86% | 81% | |
Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Saved | 1/6 | 4/4 | 5 | |
Saved % | 17% | 100% | 59% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores – U.S. Open
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Misaki DoiDoi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (w/o) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Pavel TsoyTsoy (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Misaki DoiDoi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 7-6(3) 6-0) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Petra MarticMartic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Simona HalepHalep (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Sloane StephensStephens (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction