Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.80
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sabalenka and Mertens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2019.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 13, Sabalenka got to the R after beating Maria Sakkari 6-2 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian defeated Sakkari (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match Sabalenka scored 98 points vs Sakkari’s 78. Aryna was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Sabalenka blasted 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Sakkari 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Sabalenka has a weak win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 31% of her matches (274-121). 5-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sabalenka has a 118-68 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Sabalenka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.
The Belarussian has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Belarussian surrendered in the 3rd round 6-4 2-6 7-67 to Belinda Bencic.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 22, the Belgian reached the R after defeating Qiang Wang 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 57 points vs Wang’s 36. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Elise broke Wang 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (585-326). 8-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 162-102 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Belgian has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Mertens lost in the 1st round 5-7 6-4 7-5 to Lin Zhu.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 |
| Pts | 98-78 | 57-36 |
| Total Points | 176 | 93 |
| Winners | 32 | 18 |
| %Winners | 33% | 32% |
Both Sabalenka and Mertens played 1 matche. At the moment, Aryna Sabalenka dropped 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sabalenka has played 1 sets more than Mertens (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sabalenka played 10 games more than Mertens. The Belarussian scored 32 winners (33% on total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 18 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 24/43 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 18/24 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Sabalenka blasted 6 aces . Mertens blasted 2 aces . Sabalenka won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 75% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 46% | 86% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Sabalenka broke her opponent 6 times with 46% conversion rate. Sabalenka conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent 6 times with 86% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R1 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 98-78 | 98-78 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 46/84 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-72 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (5-7 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-63 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Alison RiskeRiske (7-63 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details
- Elise MertensMertens – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-2) – See H2H details
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (3-1) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (3-2) – See H2H details
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-2) – See H2H details
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-3) – See H2H details
