Elise Mertens and Mayo Hibi will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10.30 am on Court 8. 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.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.066
Mayo Hibi -> 9.6
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Mayo Hibi
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Mayo Hibi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 20, Mertens will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 7-5 6-2 to Sabalenka in the final on the 15th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 339-177 record. She has a positive 189-85 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
The Belgian lost in the 4th round to Simona Halep.
Mayo Hibi
Ranked no. 182, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 6-73 6-1.
In the 1st round, Hibi defeated Lepchenko (6-4 6-73 6-1). During the match Hibi scored 103 points vs Lepchenko’s 88. Mayo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibi recorded 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mayo Hibi lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibi put 75% of her first serves in, winning 56% (40/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Hibi broke Lepchenko 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
The Japanese has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Mayo lost in the qualifications to Leylah Annie Fernandez.
Head 2 Head
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