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.
As 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
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