H2H. Simona Halep vs Elise Mertens | Prague prediction, odds, preview, pick

Prague. Halep and Mertens will fight against each other in the final of the Prague Open. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

16 August 2020

Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Elise Mertens

Simona Halep and Elise Mertens will play each other in the final of the Prague Open for the 5^th 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.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
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 5^th 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 4^th 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 4^th 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 4^th 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.

	R1 Hercog	R2 Krejcikova	1/4 Frech	1/2 Begu	Total
Halep
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

	R1 Paolini	R2 Giorgi	1/4 Bouchard	1/2 Pliskova	Total
Mertens
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