Simona Halep and Elise Mertens will face off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.32
Elise Mertens -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 6th time that Simona Halep and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Halep won 6-2 7-5 in the final in Prague back in 2020.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Elise Mertens – Prague 16-August-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 3, Halep got to the 3rd round after beating Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 7-5 and Saisai Zheng 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-0 6-4). During the match Halep scored 68 points vs Zheng’s 47. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 62% of her first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Zheng 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Halep started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 61% of the points she played.
Halep has an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (395-145). 4-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 130-34 record in the last years on clay.
Halep’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
Simona has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017. See her history.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, Elise got to the 3rd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3 and Elena Rybakina 7-64 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Rybakina (7-64 7-5). During the match Mertens scored 101 points vs Rybakina ‘s 91. Mertens was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens scored 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 62% of her first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Rybakina 6 times after converting 30% of her break points (6/20).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mertens started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Mertens has a 19-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 43 |
| Pts | 134-87 | 166-139 |
| Total Points | 221 | 305 |
| Winners | 44 | 65 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Both Halep and Mertens played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halep and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Halep played 9 games less than Mertens. Halep scored 44 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 65 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 70/104 | 96/148 |
| %1st in | 67% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/70 | 65/96 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 22/52 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 42% |
Halep didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mertens struck 10 aces (5 per match). Halep won 63% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 54% | 42% |
| Conceded | 13 | 19 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 62% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Simona broke her opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Simona lost her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Mertens broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||
| R1 Sorribes Tormo |
R2 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 66-40 | 68-47 | 134-87 | |
| Total points | 106 | 115 | 221 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/46 | 36/58 | 70/104 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 62% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/36 | 44/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 61% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 12/22 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 6/11 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 75% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Rybakina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 | 43 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 101-91 | 166-139 | |
| Total points | 113 | 192 | 305 | |
| Winners | 30 | 35 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 56/90 | 96/148 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 35/56 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 15/34 | 22/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 44% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/20 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 30% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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