Elise Mertens and Kaja Juvan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
Elise Mertens -> 1.5
Kaja Juvan -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Kaja Juvan
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Kaja Juvan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 33, Elise reached the quarter after beating Carole Monnet 7-5 6-4 and Anna-Lena Friedsam 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Friedsam (7-5 7-5). During the match, Mertens scored 89 points vs Friedsam’s 80. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 56% of her first serves in, winning 58% (25/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Friedsam 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (368-197). 2-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an overall 91-50 record in the last years on clay.
The Belgian has a compiled 11-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Mertens has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaja Juvan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-20 | 12-7 | 25-7 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 10-8 | 17-10 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 9-10 | 14-4 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-20 | 16-9 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, the Slovenian got to the quarter after beating Lina Glushko 6-3 6-1 and Nefisa Berberovic 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Juvan had a good straight sets win against Berberovic (6-2 6-3). During the match Juvan scored 62 points vs Berberovic’s 51. Kaja was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Juvan recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kaja Juvan lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Juvan put 59% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Kaja broke Berberovic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovenian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Kaja has an overall 21-9 win-loss record in 2022, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Juvan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 33 |
| Pts | 163-145 | 128-101 |
| Total Points | 308 | 229 |
| Winners | 56 | 48 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Mertens and Juvan played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Juvan have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mertens played 13 games more than Juvan. Elise scored 56 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Juvan managed to score 48 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Juvan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 83/144 | 72/121 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 56/83 | 48/72 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 34/61 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Mertens recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Juvan recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Mertens won 67% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Juvan won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Juvan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 41% | 63% |
| Conceded | 13 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 62% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Elise broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Kaja broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Juvan conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Monnet | R2 Friedsam | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 | 46 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 89-80 | 163-145 | |
| Total points | 139 | 169 | 308 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 43/77 | 83/144 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 25/43 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 58% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 22/34 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/16 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 31% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Juvan | ||||
| R1 Glushko | R2 Berberovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 62-51 | 128-101 | |
| Total points | 116 | 113 | 229 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 37/63 | 72/121 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 26/37 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 13/26 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/8 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Kaitlyn Christian/Lidziya MarozavaChristian/Lidziya Marozava – Katarzyna Piter/Kimberley ZimmermannPiter/Kimberley Zimmermann (2-6 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John IsnerIsner – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David FerrerFerrer – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Rafael NadalNadal (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia TecauRojer/Horia Tecau (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Oceane DodinDodin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – H2H and prediction