Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11 am on 1573 Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.101
Lin Zhu -> 7.5

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This will be the 3^rd time that Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Zhu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zhu won 5-7 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in Dubai back in 2019.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 16, the Belgian reached the 1^st round after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-1 6-3). During the match Mertens scored 67 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 44. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mertens scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 58% of her first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (344-177). 5-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a 194-85 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.

Mertens has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Elise had to surrender in the 4^th round to Simona Halep.

Lin Zhu

Ranked no. 94, the Chinese got to the 1^st round after defeating Whitney Osuigwe 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Osuigwe (6-1 6-1). During the match Zhu scored 61 points vs Osuigwe’s 34. Zhu was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhu recorded 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 66% of her first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 25% (4/16) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Osuigwe 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Lin has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Chinese lost in the 2^nd round to Alison Riske.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Mertens and Zhu played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 2 games more than Zhu. Elise scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu bagged 24 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Mertens fired 1 ace . Zhu also bagged 2 aces . Mertens won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 25% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Belgian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Lin broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Elise
Mertens

3:1

Lin
Zhu

Rank

29

High

12

2Hard1

1Grass0

Rank

100

High

31

Win Loss

Mertens

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Zhu

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2024 2023 2022

26 - 23

15 - 19

16-13

Hard

12-10

1-1

I Hard

0-0

6-5

Clay

0-5

3-4

Grass

3-4

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