Elise Mertens and Alison Van Uytvanck will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alison Van Uytvanck who should win in 3 sets.
Alison Van Uytvanck -> 1.909
Elise Mertens -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Alison Van Uytvanck fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Van Uytvanck (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2018.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 9-8 | 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. 29, Elise got to the 2nd round after defeating Storm Sanders 6-75 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sanders, Elise recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-1 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 107 points vs Sanders’s 76. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens managed to score 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 63% of her first serves in, winning 77% (44/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Sanders 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (371-199). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a compiled 27-21 match record in the last years on grass.
The Belgian has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Alison Van Uytvanck
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 4-1 |
| 2023 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-18 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 4-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-18 | 7-8 | 0-5 | 13-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, Van Uytvanck got to the 2nd round after defeating Tamara Korpatsch 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alison had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-4 7-5). During the match Van Uytvanck scored 91 points vs Korpatsch’s 79. Van Uytvanck was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Van Uytvanck struck 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Alison Van Uytvanck lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Van Uytvanck put 64% of her first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Alison broke Korpatsch 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
The Belgian has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Van Uytvanck |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 |
| Pts | 107-76 | 91-79 |
| Total Points | 183 | 170 |
| Winners | 44 | 40 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Mertens and Van Uytvanck played 1 match. At the moment, Elise Mertens conceded 1 set while Alison Van Uytvanck hasn’t lost a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set more than Van Uytvanck (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mertens played 6 games more than Van Uytvanck. Mertens scored 44 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Van Uytvanck made 40 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Van Uytvanck |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 63/98 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 40/63 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 54% |
Mertens bagged 8 aces . Van Uytvanck fired 4 aces . Mertens won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Van Uytvanck won 63% of the points behind 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 | Van Uytvanck |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 54% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Elise broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Mertens dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Van Uytvanck broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Van Uytvanck conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Sanders | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 107-76 | 107-76 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 57/90 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 44/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Van Uytvanck | |||
| R1 Korpatsch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 91-79 | 91-79 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/98 | 63/98 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 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 | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
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- David GoffinGoffin – Nicolas AlmagroAlmagro (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Nicolas MahutMahut (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marius CopilCopil – Lucas PouillePouille (7-64 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis IstominIstomin – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-76 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benoit PairePaire – Marcel GranollersGranollers (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Gilles MullerMuller (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction