H2H, PREDICTION Elise Mertens vs Caty McNally | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caty McNally

Elise Mertens and Caty McNally will square off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1 pm on Court 11. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.16
Caty McNally -> 5.00

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caty McNally

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Caty McNally face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 18, the Belgian reached the 3rd round after beating Laura Siegemund 6-2 6-2 and Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Sorribes Tormo (6-3 7-5). During the match Mertens and Sorribes Tormo scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 18 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.

Talking about the service games, Mertens was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Elise Mertens conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elise hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (326-172). 15-6 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has a 187-84 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Mertens’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Prague.

Mertens has a 21-8 win-loss record in 2020, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The Belgian lost in the Pre-q to .

Caty McNally

Ranked no. 124, McNally got to the 3rd round after beating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-4 6-1 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6 6-3 7-62.

In the 2nd round against Alexandrova, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-62). During the match McNally and Alexandrova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 18 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.

Talking about serving, McNally couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Caty McNally conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

McNally has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.

The American has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2020, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The American surrendered in the Pre-q to .

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mertens McNally
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 37 49
Pts 65-49 54-35
Total Points 114 89
Winners 30 24
%Winners 46% 44%

Both Mertens and McNally played 2 matches. At the moment, Caty McNally surrendered 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than McNally (4 vs 5). Therefore, Mertens played 12 games less than McNally. The Belgian scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Caty fired 24 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mertens McNally
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 1.5 0
1st in 43/71 31/41
%1st in 61% 76%
1st pts 30/43 24/31
%1st pts 70% 77%
2nd pts 14/28 6/10
%2nd pts 50% 60%

Mertens fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). McNally didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mertens won 70% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, McNally won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mertens McNally
Won 4 5
Converted 4/4 5/7
% Converted 100% 71%
Conceded 9 3
Saved 9 2
% Saved 100% 67%
Times Broken 0 1

Mertens broke her opponents 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Mertens very solid her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Caty broke her opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Caty conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
R1
Siegemund
R2
Sorribes Tormo
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 21 37
pts 65-49 65-49
Total points 114 0 114
Winners 30 30
%Winners 46% NAN% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 43/71 / 43/71
% 1st in 61% NAN% 61%
1st pts 30/43 / 30/43
% 1st pts 70% NAN% 70%
2nd pts 14/28 / 14/28
% 2nd pts 50% NAN% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 / 4/4
Converted % 100% NAN% 100%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 9/9 0/ 9
Saved % 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 0
McNally
R1
Kuzmova
R2
Alexandrova
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 32 49
pts 54-35 54-35
Total points 89 0 89
Winners 24 24
%Winners 44% NAN% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 31/41 / 31/41
% 1st in 76% NAN% 76%
1st pts 24/31 / 24/31
% 1st pts 77% NAN% 77%
2nd pts 6/10 / 6/10
% 2nd pts 60% NAN% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 / 5/7
Converted % 71% NAN% 71%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 0/ 2
Saved % 67% 34%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mertens
LLWLWLWLLW
McNally
LWLL
2024 2023 2022
19 - 18
1 - 3
9-8
Hard
1-1
1-1
I Hard
0-2
6-5
Clay
0-0
3-4
Grass
0-0

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