Elise Mertens and Anna-Lena Friedsam will face off in the 2nd round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. 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 -> 1.24
Anna-Lena Friedsam -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Anna-Lena Friedsam since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 9-7 | 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. 33, Mertens got to the 2nd round after beating Carole Monnet 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Monnet (7-5 6-4). During the match, Mertens scored 74 points vs Monnet’s 65. Elise was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens blasted 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 60% of her first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Monnet 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (367-197). 1-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a composed 90-50 record in the last years on clay.
Mertens has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Anna-Lena Friedsam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-27 | 8-9 | 10-8 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 7-9 | 10-9 | 12-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 18-23 | 3-6 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-14 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, the German got to the 2nd round after beating Daria Saville 4-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Gavrilova, Friedsam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Friedsam scored 105 points vs Gavrilova’s 102. Friedsam was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Friedsam made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna-Lena Friedsam lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Friedsam put 67% of her first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Gavrilova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Anna-Lena’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Karlsruhe.
Friedsam has a composed 7-12 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 |
| Pts | 74-65 | 105-102 |
| Total Points | 139 | 207 |
| Winners | 31 | 48 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Mertens and Friedsam played 1 match. At the moment, Anna-Lena Friedsam conceded 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Friedsam (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 10 games less than Friedsam. Elise scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The German struck 48 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 72/107 |
| %1st in | 60% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 48/72 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 54% |
Mertens struck 3 aces . Friedsam bagged 5 aces . Mertens won 78% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Friedsam won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Mertens broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elise surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Friedsam broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Anna-Lena conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Monnet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 74-65 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 40/67 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Friedsam | |||
| R1 Gavrilova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-102 | 105-102 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 72/107 | 72/107 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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