Elise Mertens and Linda Fruhvirtova will square off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.23
Linda Fruhvirtova -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Linda Fruhvirtova

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Linda Fruhvirtova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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

Ranked no. 24, Mertens will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-3 4-6 6-3 to Gavrilova in the 3rd round on the 14th of March.

Elise has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 369-196 record. She has a positive 209-96 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See her history.

Miami
Mertens's Record

Linda Fruhvirtova

Linda Fruhvirtova

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Rank
137
High
49
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-24 22-15 2-5 2-1 7-3 0-0
2024 21-31 11-21 5-5 1-1 4-4 0-0
2023 21-28 15-19 3-6 0-0 3-3 0-0
2022 29-18 20-7 7-7 1-1 1-3 0-0
2021 25-8 16-4 3-2 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 279, the Czech got to the 2nd round after defeating Danka Kovinic 6-0 6-4.

In the 1st round, Linda had a good straight sets win against Kovinic (6-0 6-4). During the match Fruhvirtova scored 59 points vs Kovinic’s 37. Linda was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Fruhvirtova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Linda Fruhvirtova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fruhvirtova put 75% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kovinic 5 times.

The Czech has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See her history.

Miami
Fruhvirtova's Record

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