Elise Mertens and Karolina Muchova will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.6
Karolina Muchova -> 2.4

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There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 21, the Belgian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (6-2 6-3). During the match Mertens scored 65 points vs Anisimova’s 49. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mertens scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Elise Mertens conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 70% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Anisimova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (334-175). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has a 33-22 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Belgian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Prague.

The Belgian has a 29-11 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Ostrava

Mertens didn’t compete in Ostrava in 2019.

Karolina Muchova

Ranked no. 28, the Czech reached the 2^nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-1 6-1). During the match Muchova scored 59 points vs Zhang’s 28. Muchova was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Muchova bagged 2 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Karolina Muchova was quite efficent on serve to win 85% (17/20) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Muchova broke Zhang 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Muchova has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Ostrava

Muchova didn’t play in Ostrava in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Mertens and Muchova played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Muchova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 3 games more than Muchova. The Belgian scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Muchova fired 17 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Mertens fired 1 ace . Muchova also managed to score 2 aces . Mertens won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Muchova won 85% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Mertens broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Belgian pretty effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Karolina broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Muchova was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Elise
Mertens

1:1

Karolina
Muchova

Rank

29

High

12

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Rank

12

High

8

Win Loss

Mertens

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Muchova

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13 - 11

0 - 0

9-7

Hard

0-0

1-1

I Hard

0-0

3-3

Clay

0-0

Tennis Scores in Ostrava

• Maria SakkariSakkari – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-7⁶ 6-4 7-6⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo DonatiDonati – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (3-6 7-6¹⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Laslo DjereDjere – Filippo VolandriVolandri (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction

Mertens

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