Elise Mertens and Danka Kovinic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1 pm (est) on 1:00 am. 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 -> 1.083
Danka Kovinic -> 8.00

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Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 17, the Belgian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 to Watson in the quarter the 16th of January.

The Belgian has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 156-101 record. She has positive 82-48 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Mertens had to bow in the 3rd round 6-3 6-2 to Madison Keys.

Danka Kovinic

Ranked no. 86, Danka will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Taipei where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Diatchenko in the semifinal the 16th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of her career, Danka has an overall 115-130 record. She has negative 59-73 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Danka lost in the qualifications 7-5 6-3 to Natalia Vikhlyantseva.

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