Elise Mertens and Irina-Camelia Begu will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.43
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Irina-Camelia Begu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Mertens won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in Istanbul back in 2017.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Elise reached the 2nd round after beating Vera Zvonareva 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Zvonareva (6-4 7-5). During the match, Mertens scored 80 points vs Zvonareva’s 68. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens scored 11 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Zvonareva 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (359-190). 2-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a composed 201-91 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Belgian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 16-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-14 | 5-7 | 11-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-17 | 7-9 | 20-5 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-17 | 16-10 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 15-5 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 64, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after beating Oceane Dodin 2-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Dodin, Irina-Camelia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Begu scored 114 points vs Dodin’s 105. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu managed to score 13 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 7 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 56% of her first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. Begu broke Dodin 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
The Romanian has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2015. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 |
| Pts | 80-68 | 114-105 |
| Total Points | 148 | 219 |
| Winners | 29 | 37 |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% |
Both Mertens and Begu played 1 match. At the moment, Irina-Camelia Begu surrendered 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Begu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 7 games less than Begu. The Belgian scored 29 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian scored 37 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 13 |
| 1st in | 43/73 | 59/105 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 37/59 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 19/46 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 41% |
Mertens blasted 11 aces . Begu scored 13 aces . Mertens won 67% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 41% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Elise broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elise surrendered her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Begu conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Zvonareva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-68 | 80-68 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/73 | 43/73 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Begu | |||
| R1 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 114-105 | 114-105 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/105 | 59/105 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/15 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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