H2H, PREDICTION Elise Mertens vs Kaia Kanepi | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Kaia Kanepi

Elise Mertens and Kaia Kanepi will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4 pm on Court 7. 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.25
Kaia Kanepi -> 4.15

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Kaia Kanepi

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Kaia Kanepi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 20, Mertens reached the 2nd round after beating Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Gasparyan (6-2 6-3). During the match Mertens scored 72 points vs Gasparyan’s 56. Elise was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mertens couldn’t to score even 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 54% of her first serves in, winning 56% (20/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Gasparyan 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (332-174). 8-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 80-44 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Prague.

Elise has a 27-10 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Elise lost in the 3rd round to Anastasija Sevastova.

Kaia Kanepi

Ranked no. 106, Kanepi reached the 2nd round after defeating Marie Bouzkova 4-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round against Bouzkova, Kanepi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Kanepi scored 99 points vs Bouzkova’s 88. The Estonian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Kanepi recorded 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 65% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Bouzkova 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Kaia has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Kanepi lost in the 4th round to Petra Martic.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mertens Kanepi
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 28
Pts 72-56 99-88
Total Points 128 187
Winners 20 39
%Winners 28% 39%

Both Mertens and Kanepi played 1 match. At the moment, Kaia Kanepi conceded 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Kanepi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 11 games less than Kanepi. Mertens scored 20 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Kaia made 39 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mertens Kanepi
Aces 0 3
Avg per match 0 3
1st in 36/67 59/91
%1st in 54% 65%
1st pts 20/36 39/59
%1st pts 56% 66%
2nd pts 15/31 15/32
%2nd pts 48% 47%

Mertens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kanepi bagged 3 aces . Mertens won 56% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kanepi won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mertens Kanepi
Won 7 6
Converted 7/10 6/14
% Converted 70% 43%
Conceded 10 13
Saved 6 9
% Saved 60% 69%
Times Broken 4 4

Elise broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Estonian broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
R1
Gasparyan
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 72-56 72-56
Total points 128 128
Winners 20 20
%Winners 28% 28%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 36/67 36/67
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 20/36 20/36
% 1st pts 56% 56%
2nd pts 15/31 15/31
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/10 7/10
Converted % 70% 70%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4
Kanepi
R1
Bouzkova
Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 99-88 99-88
Total points 187 187
Winners 39 39
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 59/91 59/91
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 39/59 39/59
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 15/32 15/32
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/14
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 9/13 9
Saved % 69% 69%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mertens
LWWLLLWWLW
Kanepi
2025 2024 2023
36 - 20
0 - 0
17-13
Hard
0-0
5-0
I Hard
0-0
6-5
Clay
0-0
8-2
Grass
0-0

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