H2H, PREDICTION Cori Gauff vs Elise Mertens | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Elise Mertens

Cori Gauff and Elise Mertens will square off in the 4th round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.47
Elise Mertens -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Gauff won 0-6 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2021.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Elise Mertens – Eastbourne 22-June-2021

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff
Cori Gauff

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
3
High
2
LLWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-2 9-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 54-18 31-10 14-5 4-1 5-2 0-0
2023 51-16 40-9 7-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-23 23-16 10-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 36-16 16-10 16-4 0-0 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 23, Cori got to the 4th round after defeating Rebecca Marino 7-5 6-0, Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 7-64 and Kaia Kanepi 6-3 6-4.

In the 3rd round, Cori had a good straight sets win against Kanepi (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gauff scored 69 points vs Kanepi’s 57. Cori was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gauff recorded 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 63% of her first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kanepi 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cori hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Gauff has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (103-53). 7-3 on clay in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has an overall37-16 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

Cori’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

The American has an overall 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Gauff
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Gauff's Record

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
32
High
12
LWWWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-3 7-3 0-0 5-0 0-0 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. 32, the Belgian reached the 4th round after beating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-1, Marie Bouzkova w/o and Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-3.

In the 3rd round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-2 6-3). During the match Mertens scored 71 points vs Gracheva’s 50. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Mertens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 80% of her first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mertens hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.

Mertens has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018. See her history.

Mertens
French Open
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
E.Mertens
4h:10
4h:10
Time on court​
2h:53
2h:53
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
!
3
3
Match played
2
2
57
57
Games Played​
33
33
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
213
213
Total points​
129
129
71
71
Avg point​
64.5
64.5
84
84
Winners
43
43
28
28
Avg Winners​
21.5
21.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
6
6
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
3
3
22
22
Double Faults
6
6
!
7.3
7.3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
84/124
84/124
1st won total​
43/63
43/63
68%
68%
1st won %
68%
68%
36/82
36/82
2nd won total​
17/35
17/35
44%
44%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
17/34
17/34
BP won
12/23
12/23
5.7/11.3
5.7/11.3
Avg BP won
6/11.5
6/11.5
50%
50%
Won
!
52%
52%
30
30
Conceded
6
6
10
10
Avg Conceded
3
3
9
9
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
21
21
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Mertens
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 57 33
Pts 213-168 129-86
Total Points 381 215
Winners 84 43
%Winners 39% 33%

Gauff played 3 matches while Mertens competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Gauff has played 2 sets more than Mertens (6 vs 4). Therefore, Gauff played 24 games more than Mertens. The American scored 84 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mertens struck 43 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Mertens
Aces 11 6
Avg per match 3.7 3
1st in 124/206 63/98
%1st in 60% 64%
1st pts 84/124 43/63
%1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 36/82 17/35
%2nd pts 44% 49%

Gauff struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Mertens struck 6 aces (3 per match). Gauff won 68% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gauff Mertens
Won 17 12
Converted 17/34 12/23
% Converted 50% 52%
Conceded 30 6
Saved 21 2
% Saved 70% 33%
Times Broken 9 4

Cori broke her opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gauff conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Elise broke her opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
R1
Marino
R2
Van Uytvanck
R3
Kanepi
Total
Score 7-5 6-0 6-1 7-64 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 20 19 57
pts 72-55 72-56 69-57 213-168
Total points 127 128 126 381
Winners 26 27 31 84
%Winners 36% 38% 45% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 4 6 11
Double Faults 10 7 5 22
1st in 39/70 40/64 45/72 124/206
% 1st in 56% 63% 63% 60%
1st pts 26/39 27/40 31/45 84/124
% 1st pts 67% 68% 69% 68%
2nd pts 15/31 9/24 12/27 36/82
% 2nd pts 48% 38% 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 6 6 5 17
Converted 6/12 6/12 5/10 17/34
Converted % 50% 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 12 9 9 30
Saved 10/12 5/9 6/9 21
Saved % 83% 56% 67% 69%
Times Broken 2 4 3 9
Mertens
R1
Gabriela Ruse
R2
Bouzkova
R3
Gracheva
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 w/o 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 17 33
pts 58-36 71-50 129-86
Total points 94 121 215
Winners 18 25 43
%Winners 31% 35% 33%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 6
Double Faults 6 0 6
1st in 23/48 40/50 63/98
% 1st in 48% 80% 64%
1st pts 18/23 25/40 43/63
% 1st pts 78% 63% 68%
2nd pts 11/25 6/10 17/35
% 2nd pts 44% 60% 49%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/9 6/14 12/23
Converted % 67% 43% 52%
Conceded 3 3 6
Saved 1/3 1/3 2
Saved % 33% 33% 22%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Gauff
LLWWWWWWWW
Mertens
LWWWWWWWLW
2025 2024 2023
9 - 2
12 - 3
9-2
Hard
7-3
0-0
I Hard
5-0

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