Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu will face off in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 17. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.045
Lin Zhu -> 11.75
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 7-6(8) 6-1 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Lin Zhu – Australian Open 11-February-2021
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Harriet Dart 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-1 6-3). During the match, Mertens scored 64 points vs Dart’s 48. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was very effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Elise broke Dart 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (360-186). 1-2 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a compiled29-22 win-loss record in the last 9 years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Mertens has a composed 23-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See her history.
Lin Zhu
Ranked no. 99, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Mona Barthel 6-72 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Barthel, Zhu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-3). During the match Zhu scored 115 points vs Barthel’s 98. Zhu was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 69% of her first serves in, winning 74% (49/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Barthel 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
The Chinese has an aggregate 9-13 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 |
| Pts | 64-48 | 115-98 |
| Total Points | 112 | 213 |
| Winners | 21 | 49 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Mertens and Zhu played 1 match. At the moment, Lin Zhu lost 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Zhu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 15 games less than Zhu. Elise scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Lin recorded 49 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 66/96 |
| %1st in | 56% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 49/66 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Mertens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zhu also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mertens won 72% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 46% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Mertens broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mertens surrendered her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Lin broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Dart |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 64-48 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Barthel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 115-98 | 115-98 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/96 | 66/96 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 49/66 | 49/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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