Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court Simonne MATHIEU. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.72
Elise Mertens -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 8th time that Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but Sakkari has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2019.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 15, Mertens reached the 3rd round after defeating Storm Sanders 6-4 6-1 and Zarina Diyas 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Diyas, Mertens recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Mertens scored 99 points vs Diyas’s 84. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (37/50) of her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. The Belgian broke Diyas 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (359-183). 9-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an aggregate90-49 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Elise has an aggregate 22-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018. See her history.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Maria got to the 3rd round after beating Katarina Zavatska 6-4 6-1 and Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-2 6-3). During the match Sakkari scored 69 points vs Paolini’s 49. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari bagged 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Sakkari lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 70% of her first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Paolini 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Maria’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.
Sakkari has an overall 18-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 34 |
| Pts | 171-133 | 136-100 |
| Total Points | 304 | 236 |
| Winners | 55 | 49 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Mertens and Sakkari played 2 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens dropped 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set more than Sakkari (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mertens played 11 games more than Sakkari. The Belgian scored 55 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Maria managed to score 49 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 75/132 | 59/101 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 49/59 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 30/57 | 16/42 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 38% |
Mertens bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Sakkari made 8 aces (4 per match). Mertens won 73% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 83% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/27 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 41% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Elise broke her opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Sanders |
R2 Diyas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| pts | 72-49 | 99-84 | 171-133 | |
| Total points | 121 | 183 | 304 | |
| Winners | 18 | 37 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 37% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 50/85 | 75/132 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 37/50 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 18/35 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 51% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 5/13 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Zavatska |
R2 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 69-49 | 136-100 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | 236 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 32/46 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 70% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 26/32 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 6/14 | 16/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 43% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/14 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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