Elise Mertens and Caty McNally will square off in the 1st round of the Viking Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.26
Caty McNally -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caty McNally
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Caty McNally play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 7-5 6-1 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Caty McNally – U.S. Open 05-September-2020
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-23 | 16-13 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the Belgian will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in Hertogenbosch where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Van Uytvanck in the 2nd round on the 9th of June.
Elise has an overall 14-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 374-201 record. She has a positive 27-22 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2021. See her history.
Caty McNally
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-13 | 5-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 7-9 | 1-6 | 17-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-20 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-14 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, the American reached the 1st round after beating Astra Sharma 6-2 6-2 and Maddison Inglis 6-3 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, McNally defeated Inglis (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match McNally scored 100 points vs Inglis’s 84. Caty was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, McNally scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Caty McNally lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 77% of her first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. McNally broke Inglis 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Caty started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The American has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLL Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Lucie Hradecka/Sania MirzaHradecka/Sania Mirza – Alicia Barnett/Olivia NichollsBarnett/Olivia Nicholls (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-75 6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Qiang WangWang (7-66 7-612) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lauren DavisDavis – Kaja JuvanJuvan (7-62 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donna VekicVekic – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simona HalepHalep – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Harriet DartDart – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas LackoLacko – Marcel GranollersGranollers (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marius CopilCopil – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Akira SantillanSantillan (3-6 6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donald YoungYoung – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steve DarcisDarcis – Ze ZhangZhang (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dudi SelaSela – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-0 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Rebecca MarinoMarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Magda LinetteLinette (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jana FettFett – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Caty McNallyMcNally (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Petra MarticMartic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H and prediction
