Elise Mertens and Catherine Cartan Bellis will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4 pm (est) on the Melbourne Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.44
Catherine Cartan Bellis -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Catherine Cartan Bellis
This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Catherine Cartan Bellis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cartan Bellis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cartan Bellis won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Dubai back in 2018.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 17, the Belgian reached the 1st round after defeating Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-0 and Heather Watson 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-3 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 53 points vs Watson’s 28. Elise was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens blasted 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 67% of her first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Watson 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 65% of the points she played.
Mertens has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 36% of her matches (567-317). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has a 158-101 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Mertens has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Belgian lost in the 3rd round 6-3 6-2 to Madison Keys.
Catherine Cartan Bellis
Ranked no. 600, Cartan Bellis got to the 1st round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-2 and Karolina Muchova 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Catherine had a good straight sets win against Muchova (6-4 6-4). During the match Cartan Bellis scored 66 points vs Muchova’s 58. Catherine was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Cartan Bellis scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Catherine Cartan Bellis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cartan Bellis put 70% of her first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Cartan Bellis broke Muchova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Cartan Bellis has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (217-141). 3-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Cartan Bellis has a 66-42 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Catherine didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Cartan Bellis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 34 |
| Pts | 108-58 | 119-89 |
| Total Points | 166 | 208 |
| Winners | 36 | 51 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Mertens and Cartan Bellis played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Cartan Bellis have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mertens played 5 games less than Cartan Bellis. The Belgian scored 36 winners (33% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 51 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Cartan Bellis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 49/80 | 73/102 |
| %1st in | 61% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 51/73 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Mertens blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Cartan Bellis blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Mertens won 73% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Cartan Bellis won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Cartan Bellis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/14 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 79% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Mertens broke her opponents 11 times with 79% conversion rate. Mertens conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cartan Bellis broke her opponents 8 times with 67% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Kovinic |
R2 Watson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 53-28 | 108-58 | |
| Total points | 85 | 81 | 166 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 26/39 | 49/80 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 18/26 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 8/13 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 62% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/8 | 11/14 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 79% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cartan Bellis | ||||
| R1 Maria |
R2 Muchova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 20 | 34 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 66-58 | 119-89 | |
| Total points | 84 | 124 | 208 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/45 | 40/57 | 73/102 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 70% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 28/40 | 51/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 10/17 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/7 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 43% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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