Elise Mertens and Yulia Putintseva will play each other in the quarter of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on Stadium. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.41
Yulia Putintseva -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Yulia Putintseva
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Yulia Putintseva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Doha back in 2020.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 17, Mertens got to the quarter after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Elise defeated Mladenovic (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Mertens scored 109 points vs Mladenovic’s 95. Mertens was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens made 8 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 59% of her first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Mladenovic 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (352-182). 14-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate196-85 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Elise has an overall 25-12 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Jose
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See her history.
Yulia Putintseva
Ranked no. 35, Putintseva reached the quarter after defeating Donna Vekic 7-5 6-3 and Ajla Tomljanovic 3-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Tomljanovic, Putintseva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Putintseva scored 100 points vs Tomljanovic’s 97. Putintseva was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Putintseva made 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve twice and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 67% of her first serves in, winning 65% (45/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Yulia broke Tomljanovic 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Putintseva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Budapest where she beat Anhelina Kalinina in the final 6-4 6-0.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 21-16 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 51 |
| Pts | 109-95 | 173-160 |
| Total Points | 204 | 333 |
| Winners | 42 | 78 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Mertens played 1 match while Putintseva competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens dropped 1 set, while Yulia Putintseva dropped 1 set. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Putintseva (3 vs 5). Therefore, Mertens played 23 games less than Putintseva. Mertens scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Yulia struck 78 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 120/167 |
| %1st in | 59% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 78/120 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 28/47 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 60% |
Mertens struck 8 aces . Putintseva fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mertens won 70% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Putintseva won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 55% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 20 |
| Saved | 5 | 17 |
| % Saved | 56% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Elise broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Elise dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Yulia broke her opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R2 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 109-95 | 109-95 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 60/101 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 16/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Putintseva | ||||
| R1 Vekic |
R2 Tomljanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 100-97 | 173-160 | |
| Total points | 136 | 197 | 333 | |
| Winners | 33 | 45 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/64 | 69/103 | 120/167 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 67% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 45/69 | 78/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 19/34 | 28/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 16 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 14/16 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 88% | 163% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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