Anett Kontaveit and Elise Mertens will face off in the 3rd round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Grandstand 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.39
Elise Mertens -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 5th time that Anett Kontaveit and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-2 0-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2021.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Anett Kontaveit – Miami 28-March-2021

Anett Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit

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Rank
81
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 4-8 2-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 29-16 13-9 6-4 9-2 1-1 0-0
2021 48-17 24-12 5-3 15-0 4-2 0-0
2020 24-11 14-7 5-3 5-1 0-0 0-0
2019 27-16 17-9 4-4 3-0 3-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 7, the Estonian got to the 3rd round after defeating Ana Konjuh 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Kontaveit had a good straight sets win against Konjuh (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kontaveit scored 76 points vs Konjuh’s 62. Anett was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kontaveit blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve twice and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Konjuh 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Kontaveit has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (336-165). 5-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kontaveit has a compiled 147-88 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in St. Petersburg where she overcame Maria Sakkari in the final 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5.

The Estonian has a composed 10-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Doha
Kontaveit's Record

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

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Rank
20
High
12
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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
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Ranked no. 26, the Belgian reached the 3rd round after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-3 2-6 7-5

and Petra Kvitova 7-5 1-2 ret..

In the 2nd round, Elise defeated Kvitova (7-5 1-2 ret.). During the match Mertens scored 50 points vs Kvitova’s 46. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about serving, Mertens recorded 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Mertens put 52% of her first serves in, winning 73% (16/22) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Kvitova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

The Belgian has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

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

Doha
Mertens's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Kontaveit
E.Mertens
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
!
3h:17
3h:17
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
17
17
Games Played​
44
44
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
76
76
Total points​
139
139
76
76
Avg point​
69.5
69.5
33
33
Winners
45
45
33
33
Avg Winners​
22.5
22.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
33/48
33/48
1st won total​
45/69
45/69
69%
69%
1st won %
65%
65%
16/37
16/37
2nd won total​
22/52
22/52
43%
43%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
11/18
11/18
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
5.5/9
5.5/9
45%
45%
Won
!
61%
61%
12
12
Conceded
14
14
12
12
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
9
9
2
2
Avg Broken
!
4.5
4.5
10
10
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kontaveit Mertens
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 17 44
Pts 76-62 139-128
Total Points 138 267
Winners 33 45
%Winners 43% 32%

Kontaveit played 1 match while Mertens competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens lost 2 sets while Anett Kontaveit hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kontaveit has played 4 set(s) less than Mertens (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kontaveit played 27 games less than Mertens. The Estonian scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mertens managed to score 45 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kontaveit Mertens
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 3
1st in 48/85 69/121
%1st in 56% 57%
1st pts 33/48 45/69
%1st pts 69% 65%
2nd pts 16/37 22/52
%2nd pts 43% 42%

Kontaveit struck 2 aces . Mertens struck 6 aces (3 per match). Kontaveit won 69% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kontaveit Mertens
Won 5 11
Converted 5/11 11/18
% Converted 45% 61%
Conceded 12 14
Saved 10 5
% Saved 83% 36%
Times Broken 2 9

Anett broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Anett conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Mertens broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Mertens conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded.

Kontaveit
R2
Konjuh		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 76-62 76-62
Total points 138 138
Winners 33 33
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 48/85 48/85
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 33/48 33/48
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 16/37 16/37
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 10/12 10
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 2 2
Mertens
R1
Paolini		 R2
Kvitova		 Total
Score 6-3 2-6 7-5 7-5 1-2 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 15 44
pts 89-82 50-46 139-128
Total points 171 96 267
Winners 29 16 45
%Winners 33% 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 6
Double Faults 4 5 9
1st in 47/79 22/42 69/121
% 1st in 59% 52% 57%
1st pts 29/47 16/22 45/69
% 1st pts 62% 73% 65%
2nd pts 15/32 7/20 22/52
% 2nd pts 47% 35% 42%
Breaks
Won 7 4 11
Converted 7/10 4/8 11/18
Converted % 70% 50% 61%
Conceded 11 3 14
Saved 5/11 0/3 5
Saved % 45% 0% 45%
Times Broken 6 3 9

Tennis Scores in Doha

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