Elise Mertens and Jasmine Paolini will square off in the 1st round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 am on Grandstand 3. 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 -> 1.29
Jasmine Paolini -> 3.74

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Jasmine Paolini

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Jasmine Paolini fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but Paolini leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Paolini won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

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Rank
20
High
12
LWWLLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-20 17-13 6-5 5-0 8-2 0-0
2024 28-25 18-15 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

Ranked no. 26, Mertens will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Belen Teichmann in the 1st round on the 15th of February.

The Belgian has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 366-194 record. She has a positive 206-94 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.

Doha
Mertens's Record

Jasmine Paolini

Jasmine Paolini

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Rank
8
High
4
LLLLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-21 27-12 13-3 3-3 3-3 0-0
2024 42-21 19-10 12-5 3-4 8-2 0-0
2023 43-30 20-16 16-8 5-3 2-3 0-0
2022 30-25 14-11 10-10 6-3 0-1 0-0
2021 34-24 17-13 12-7 5-3 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 44 (career-high), Jasmine will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Gabriela Ruse in the qualifications on the 13th of February.

Paolini has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Italian has an overall 280-198 record. She has a positive 81-66 record on hard.

Doha
Paolini's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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