Elise Mertens and Petra Martic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm 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 -> 1.4
Petra Martic -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic
This will be the 5th time that Elise Mertens and Petra Martic square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2023.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Petra Martic – Miami 25-March-2023
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 16-14 | 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. 27, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Maria Lourdes Carle 6-3 7-68.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Lourdes Carle (6-3 7-68). During the match, Mertens scored 90 points vs Lourdes Carle’s 82. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens was unable to score even 1 ace and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 59% of her first serves in, winning 57% (30/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Lourdes Carle 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (350-216). 5-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has an aggregate 95-53 match record in the last years on clay.
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hobart.
The Belgian has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Petra Martic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 7-8 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 8-13 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 11-10 | 18-6 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-21 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after beating Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Petra had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-4 6-4). During the match Martic scored 65 points vs Mladenovic’s 51. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Martic managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Martic broke Mladenovic 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
The Croatian has an overall 6-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 |
| Pts | 90-82 | 65-51 |
| Total Points | 172 | 116 |
| Winners | 30 | 27 |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% |
Both Mertens and Martic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Martic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 2 games more than Martic. Elise scored 30 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 30/53 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 8/23 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 35% |
Mertens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Martic struck 5 aces . Mertens won 57% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Martic won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 70% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 55% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Belgian broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. The Croatian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Lourdes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 90-82 | 90-82 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 53/90 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Martic | |||
| R1 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 8/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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