Elise Mertens and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Stadium 3. 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 -> 1.22
Shuai Zhang -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Shuai Zhang square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zhang won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2018.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, Elise will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Istanbul where she lost 6-1 7-6(3) to Cirstea in the final on the 25th of April.
Elise has a 17-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 354-181 record. She has a positive 85-47 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 44, Zhang will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Sabalenka in the 1st round on the 20th of April.
Shuai has a 0-4 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 437-316 record. She has a flat 74-74 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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