Simona Halep and Elise Mertens are going to clash in the 4th round of the Australian Open with some changes in their live rankings.
Halep’s results and live rankings
Now ranked no.3, Halep has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2020. Simona is competing at the Australian Open where she defeated Jennifer Brady 7-65 6-1, Harriet Dart 6-2 6-4 and Yulia Putintseva 6-1 6-4.
With the premature exit of Karolina Pliskova, Simona has a world no.2 live rank and she will stay no.2 at the end of the Australian Open regardless of the overall outcome.
The Romanian won 19 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles).
Mertens’s results and live rankings
Currently ranked no.17, the Belgian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020. Elise is playing at the Australian Open where she beat Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-0, Heather Watson 6-3 6-0 and Catherine Cartan Bellis 6-1 6-75 6-0.
Elise is currently no.18 in the live rankings. However, if she wins the next match, she will be no.16 and if she wins the all thing she is projected to be no.7.
The Belgian won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 2 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
H2H, PREDICTION
Forecast: Halep in 3 sets
Simona Halep and Elise Mertens played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep. The last time that they fought against each other, Elise Mertens won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the final in Doha (Qatar Total Open) in February 2019.
