Simona Halep and Elise Mertens will play each other in the final of the Prague Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1.30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
Simona Halep -> 1.40
Elise Mertens -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 5th time that Simona Halep and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in at the Australian Open back in January 2020.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Simona Halep – Australian Open 27-January-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, the Romanian got to the 4th round after defeating Polona Hercog 6-1 1-6 7-63, Barbora Krejcikova 3-6 7-5 6-2
, Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-0 and Irina-Camelia Begu 7-62 6-3.In the semifinal, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Begu (7-62 6-3). During the match Halep scored 71 points vs Begu’s 56. Halep was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep fired 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 69% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Begu 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Halep has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 80% of her matches (681-169). 4-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 403-167 win-loss record in the last 10 years on clay.
Her best result of the year was managing to win the title in Dubai where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 3-6 6-3 7-6(5).
Halep has a 14-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Prague
The Romanian didn’t play in Prague in 2019.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 23, the Belgian reached the 4th round after beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5 4-6 6-3, Camila Giorgi 6-4 6-2, Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 1-6 6-4 and Kristyna Pliskova 7-5 7-64.
In the semifinal, Elise had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-5 7-64
). During the match Mertens scored 92 points vs Pliskova’s 80. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.Talking about serving, Mertens struck 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (42/55) of her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Pliskova twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (407-209). 4-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 320-170 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Mertens’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Prague.
Mertens has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Prague
Mertens didn’t play in Prague in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 101 |
| Pts | 334-286 | 365-323 |
| Total Points | 620 | 688 |
| Winners | 125 | 149 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Halep and Mertens played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep conceded 2 sets, while Elise Mertens dropper 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Halep and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Halep played 9 games less than Mertens. Simona scored 125 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 149 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 205/306 | 213/337 |
| %1st in | 67% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 125/205 | 149/213 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 38/101 | 64/124 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 52% |
Halep bagged 9 aces (2.3 per match). Mertens made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Halep won 61% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 27 | 15 |
| Converted | 27/51 | 15/36 |
| % Converted | 53% | 42% |
| Conceded | 37 | 36 |
| Saved | 19 | 26 |
| % Saved | 51% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 18 | 10 |
Simona broke her opponents 27 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 18 times and she saved 51% of the break points that she conceded. Mertens broke her opponents 15 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||||
| R1 Hercog | R2 Krejcikova | 1/4 Frech | 1/2 Begu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 7-63 | 3-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-0 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 92 | |
| pts | 109-105 | 94-91 | 60-34 | 71-56 | 334-286 | |
| Total points | 214 | 185 | 94 | 127 | 620 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 33% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 66/106 | 29/41 | 42/61 | 205/306 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 71% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/68 | 39/66 | 20/29 | 29/42 | 125/205 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 59% | 69% | 69% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/40 | 6/12 | 6/19 | 38/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 33% | 50% | 32% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 9/14 | 6/12 | 6/6 | 27/51 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 64% | 50% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 37 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 6/13 | 2/3 | 6/10 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 46% | 67% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 350 | |
| Mertens | ||||||
| R1 Paolini | R2 Giorgi | 1/4 Bouchard | 1/2 Pliskova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 | 27 | 25 | 101 | |
| pts | 108-100 | 79-59 | 86-84 | 92-80 | 365-323 | |
| Total points | 208 | 138 | 170 | 172 | 688 | |
| Winners | 42 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 149 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 43% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 70/116 | 33/55 | 55/85 | 55/81 | 213/337 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 65% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/70 | 28/33 | 37/55 | 42/55 | 149/213 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 85% | 67% | 76% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 10/22 | 15/30 | 14/26 | 64/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 45% | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/9 | 3/9 | 2/9 | 15/36 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 33% | 22% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 36 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 4/5 | 5/9 | 7/8 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 80% | 56% | 88% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 150 | |
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – See H2H details