Elise Mertens and Anett Kontaveit will face off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on Butch Buchholz. 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.55
Anett Kontaveit -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Anett Kontaveit clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Sydney back in 2019.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 17, Elise got to the 3rd round after defeating Katie Boulter 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Boulter (6-4 6-1). During the match Mertens scored 63 points vs Boulter’s 42. Mertens was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens bagged 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 68% of her first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Boulter 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (349-178). 12-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a 199-86 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Mertens has a 12-2 win-loss record in 2021, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 24, Kontaveit got to the 3rd round after beating Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kontaveit defeated Cirstea (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Kontaveit scored 85 points vs Cirstea’s 71. Anett was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 66% of her first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Kontaveit broke Cirstea 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Kontaveit’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Estonian has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 |
| Pts | 63-42 | 85-71 |
| Total Points | 105 | 156 |
| Winners | 29 | 36 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Mertens and Kontaveit played 1 match. At the moment, Anett Kontaveit surrendered 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Kontaveit (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 11 games less than Kontaveit. Elise scored 29 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Anett scored 36 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 48/73 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 36/48 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 44% |
Mertens managed to score 5 aces . Kontaveit blasted 1 ace . Mertens won 81% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Belgian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Elise lost her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Anett broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Anett conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R2 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kontaveit | |||
| R2 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 85-71 | 85-71 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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