Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10.30 am on Court 7. 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 -> 1.42
Caroline Garcia -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Garcia
This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Garcia won 6-2 6-3 in the Rubber 3 in 3 back in 2019.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 20, Elise got to the Rubber 3 after defeating Mayo Hibi 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Hibi (6-2 6-2). During the match Mertens scored 56 points vs Hibi’s 35. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens bagged 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 70% of her first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Hibi 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (340-177). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 190-85 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Mertens has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Mertens lost in the 4th round to Simona Halep.
Caroline Garcia
Ranked no. 44, Garcia got to the Rubber 3 after defeating Arina Rodionova 6-3 6-4 and Timea Babos 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Garcia had a good straight sets win against Babos (6-4 6-4). During the match Garcia scored 71 points vs Babos’s 65. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Garcia made 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Caroline Garcia lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Garcia put 62% of her first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Babos 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
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Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The French player has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The French player capitulated in the 2nd round to Ons Jabeur.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 39 |
| Pts | 56-35 | 139-112 |
| Total Points | 91 | 251 |
| Winners | 22 | 55 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Mertens played 1 match while Garcia competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Garcia (2 vs 4). Therefore, Mertens played 23 games less than Garcia. The Belgian scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Caroline made 55 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 79/123 |
| %1st in | 70% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 55/79 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Mertens blasted 6 aces . Garcia managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Mertens won 69% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Garcia won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 75% | 62% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Elise broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mertens surrendered her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R2 Hibi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-35 | 56-35 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Garcia | ||||
| R1 Rodionova |
R2 Babos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 71-65 | 139-112 | |
| Total points | 115 | 136 | 251 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 38/61 | 79/123 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 28/38 | 55/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 9/23 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 39% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Mayo HibiHibi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Timea BabosBabos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Bernarda PeraPera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qiang WangWang (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
