Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova will play each other in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.64
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 21, Elise got to the semifinal after beating Anhelina Kalinina 2-6 6-1 6-2, Vera Zvonareva 6-4 5-7 6-2 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-4 6-1). During the match Mertens scored 67 points vs Kudermetova’s 47. Elise was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Mertens broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (338-176). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 37-23 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Elise’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Prague.
The Belgian has a 33-12 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Linz
Mertens didn’t play in Linz in 2019.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-4, Varvara Gracheva 7-5 6-1 and Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-2 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 58 points vs Podoroska’s 32. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova was quite efficent on serve to win 81% (25/31) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandrova broke Podoroska 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ekaterina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Shenzhen where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Ekaterina has a 20-11 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Linz
Alexandrova lost in the semifinal to Jelena Ostapenko.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 53 |
| Pts | 270-229 | 199-141 |
| Total Points | 499 | 340 |
| Winners | 92 | 83 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Both Mertens and Alexandrova played 3 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens conceded 2 sets while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 2 sets more than Alexandrova (8 vs 6). Therefore, Mertens played 17 games more than Alexandrova. Elise scored 92 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandrova blasted 83 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 128/233 | 107/166 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 92/128 | 83/107 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 47/105 | 27/59 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 46% |
Mertens struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Alexandrova fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Mertens won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 14 |
| Converted | 17/40 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 43% | 52% |
| Conceded | 26 | 12 |
| Saved | 17 | 9 |
| % Saved | 65% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 3 |
Elise broke her opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mertens surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Alexandrova broke her opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||||
| R1 Kalinina |
R2 Zvonareva |
1/4 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 30 | 17 | 70 | |
| pts | 98-84 | 105-98 | 67-47 | 270-229 | |
| Total points | 182 | 203 | 114 | 499 | |
| Winners | 35 | 36 | 21 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 54/91 | 26/55 | 128/233 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 59% | 47% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 36/54 | 21/26 | 92/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 81% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 15/37 | 15/29 | 47/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 41% | 52% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/19 | 5/10 | 17/40 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 37% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7/12 | 3/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 58% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Alexandrova | |||||
| R1 Siniakova |
R2 Gracheva |
1/4 Podoroska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 15 | 53 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 68-47 | 58-32 | 199-141 | |
| Total points | 135 | 115 | 90 | 340 | |
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 25 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 31/50 | 31/51 | 107/166 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 25/31 | 25/31 | 83/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/19 | 11/20 | 27/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 42% | 55% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/12 | 4/6 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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