Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the semifinal of the Istanbul Open for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.58
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.51

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This will be the 4^th time that Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Linz back in 2020.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Veronika Kudermetova – Linz 13-November-2020

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 17, Elise reached the semifinal after defeating Lara Arruabarrena 6-2 6-0, Viktorija Golubic 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Elise had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-4 6-4). During the match Mertens scored 70 points vs Siniakova’s 58. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Mertens put 68% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (353-180). 3-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has a 84-46 record in the last 9 years on clay.

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 16-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Istanbul

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2017. See her history.

Istanbul

Mertens's Record

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 29 (career high), Kudermetova got to the semifinal after beating Bernarda Pera 6-4 3-6 7-6⁴, Kaia Kanepi 6-4 6-3 and Ana Bogdan 2-6 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter against Bogdan, Veronika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3).-82) than Bogdan. In fact, the world no. 17 won 82 points vs Bogdan’s. That means that Kudermetova was more focused during the important points. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova struck 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 51% (27/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bogdan 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Charleston where she beat Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Veronika has a 20-8 win-loss record in 2021, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Istanbul

Kudermetova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Mertens and Kudermetova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens conceded 1 set, while Veronika Kudermetova conceded 2 sets. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Kudermetova (7 vs 8). Therefore, Mertens played 16 games less than Kudermetova. The Belgian scored 79 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika blasted 77 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Mertens blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Kudermetova bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Mertens won 71% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Mertens broke her opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Elise surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 10Main
• 4ITF
• 7Minor

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 4ITF
• 1Minor

Elise
Mertens

6:2

Veronika
Kudermetova

Rank

20

High

12

3Hard1

1Clay1

2I.hard0

Rank

30

High

9

Win Loss

Mertens

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Kudermetova

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2025 2024 2023

36 - 20

35 - 25

17-13

Hard

22-16

5-0

I Hard

0-0

6-5

Clay

9-5

8-2

Grass

4-4

Tennis Scores in Istanbul

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• Elise MertensMertens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Mertens

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Kudermetova