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.
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
| 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.
Jasmine Paolini
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuko Aoyama/Aleksandra KrunicAoyama/Aleksandra Krunic – Mubaraka Al-Naimi/Ipek OzAl-Naimi/Ipek Oz (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Ipek OzOz (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-75 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (5-7 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alize CornetCornet – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Mayar SherifSherif (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Victor EstrellaEstrella (7-5 6-78 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-2 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marsel IlhanIlhan – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-6 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Cem IlkelIlkel (4-6 6-3 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Joao SousaSousa (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos BerlocqBerlocq – Viktor TroickiTroicki (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steve DarcisDarcis – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Angelique KerberKerber (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Simona HalepHalep – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Oceane DodinDodin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Magda LinetteLinette (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Alize CornetCornet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction