Garbine Muguruza and Elise Mertens will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Garbine Muguruza who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Garbine Muguruza is the pick to win this match.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.47
Elise Mertens -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 2nd time that Garbine Muguruza and Elise Mertens clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muguruza (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Muguruza won 2-6 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in New York back in 2016.

Garbine Muguruza

Ranked no. 16, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 7-5, Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-2, Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-4 and Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Sabalenka, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Muguruza scored 89 points vs Sabalenka’s 73. Muguruza was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Muguruza struck 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 59% of her first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Garbine broke Sabalenka 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Muguruza has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (321-169). 16-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muguruza has a 190-95 record in the last years on hard.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Melbourne and Doha.

Garbine has a 16-4 win-loss record in 2021, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2018. See her history.

Dubai
Muguruza's Record

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 18, Elise got to the semifinal after beating Viktoriya Tomova 4-6 6-2 6-4, Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-3, Caroline Garcia 6-4 6-2 and Jessica Pegula 5-7 7-5 6-0.

In the quarter against Pegula, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 120 points vs Pegula’s 110. Elise was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Mertens managed to score 3 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 62% of her first serves in, winning 70% (45/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (14/40) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Pegula 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

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

Elise has a 11-1 win-loss record in 2021, 11-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2020. See her history.

Dubai
Mertens's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Muguruza Mertens
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 10
Tot Games 81 94
Pts 293-232 351-300
Total Points 525 651
Winners 118 139
%Winners 40% 40%

Both Muguruza and Mertens played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Garbine Muguruza surrendered 1 set, while Elise Mertens lost 2 sets. Muguruza has played 1 set(s) less than Mertens (9 vs 10). Therefore, Muguruza played 13 games less than Mertens. Muguruza scored 118 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 139 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Muguruza Mertens
Aces 13 16
Avg per match 3.3 4
1st in 163/264 200/347
%1st in 62% 58%
1st pts 118/163 139/200
%1st pts 72% 70%
2nd pts 50/101 55/147
%2nd pts 50% 37%

Muguruza recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Mertens recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Muguruza won 72% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Muguruza Mertens
Won 19 25
Converted 19/43 25/39
% Converted 44% 64%
Conceded 20 39
Saved 12 25
% Saved 60% 64%
Times Broken 8 14

Muguruza broke her opponents 19 times with a 44% conversion rate. Muguruza conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Mertens broke her opponents 25 times with a 64% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Muguruza
R1
Begu		 R2
Anisimova		 R3
Swiatek		 1/4
Sabalenka		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 21 18 16 26 81
pts 73-60 75-64 56-35 89-73 293-232
Total points 133 139 91 162 525
Winners 25 33 25 35 118
%Winners 34% 44% 45% 39% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3 7 13
Double Faults 4 4 0 4 12
1st in 37/64 48/77 34/49 44/74 163/264
% 1st in 58% 62% 69% 59% 62%
1st pts 25/37 33/48 25/34 35/44 118/163
% 1st pts 68% 69% 74% 80% 72%
2nd pts 14/27 13/29 9/15 14/30 50/101
% 2nd pts 52% 45% 60% 47% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 5 19
Converted 5/13 4/12 5/7 5/11 19/43
Converted % 38% 33% 71% 45% 44%
Conceded 5 5 3 7 20
Saved 2/5 4/5 2/3 4/7 12
Saved % 40% 80% 67% 57% 61%
Times Broken 3 1 1 3 8
Mertens
R1
Tomova		 R2
Rogers		 R3
Garcia		 1/4
Pegula		 Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-0
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 10
Tot Games 28 18 18 30 94
pts 105-93 64-47 62-50 120-110 351-300
Total points 198 111 112 230 651
Winners 47 24 23 45 139
%Winners 45% 38% 37% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 7 3 16
Double Faults 8 5 6 10 29
1st in 75/124 31/57 30/62 64/104 200/347
% 1st in 60% 54% 48% 62% 58%
1st pts 47/75 24/31 23/30 45/64 139/200
% 1st pts 63% 77% 77% 70% 70%
2nd pts 17/49 11/26 13/32 14/40 55/147
% 2nd pts 35% 42% 41% 35% 37%
Breaks
Won 8 5 5 7 25
Converted 8/9 5/7 5/8 7/15 25/39
Converted % 89% 71% 63% 47% 64%
Conceded 17 2 7 13 39
Saved 11/17 0/2 5/7 9/13 25
Saved % 65% 0% 71% 69% 51%
Times Broken 6 2 2 4 14

Tennis Scores in Dubai

Upcoming matches in the draw

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