Petra Kvitova and Elise Mertens will face off in the 2nd round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Grandstand 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.57
Elise Mertens -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 2nd time that Petra Kvitova and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kvitova won 7-5 5-7 6-3 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Petra Kvitova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30-13 | 22-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-17 | 16-10 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-6 | 14-5 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 37-16 | 25-9 | 8-2 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Petra reached the 2nd round after beating Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Begu (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kvitova scored 51 points vs Begu’s 29. Petra was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kvitova blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kvitova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 83% (19/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Begu 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Kvitova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (334-150). 4-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has an aggregate 192-89 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Kvitova has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-25 | 17-15 | 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 |
| 2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Elise reached the 2nd round after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-3 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mertens defeated Paolini (6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match Mertens scored 89 points vs Paolini’s 82. Elise was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens made 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Paolini 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
The Belgian has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 |
| Pts | 51-29 | 89-82 |
| Total Points | 80 | 171 |
| Winners | 19 | 29 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Both Kvitova and Mertens played 1 match. At the moment, Elise Mertens lost 1 set while Petra Kvitova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kvitova has played 1 set(s) less than Mertens (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kvitova played 13 games less than Mertens. Kvitova scored 19 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mertens scored 29 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 47/79 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 29/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 15/32 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Kvitova managed to score 3 aces . Mertens struck 2 aces . Kvitova won 83% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 62% 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 | Kvitova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 83% | 70% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Czech broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Kvitova dropped her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | |||
| R1 Begu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 51-29 | 51-29 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-82 | 89-82 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 47/79 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marsel IlhanIlhan (6-3 3-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
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