Elise Mertens and Despina Papamichail will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. 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 -> 1.127
Despina Papamichail -> 6.05
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Despina Papamichail
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Despina Papamichail 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. 42, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-1 6-1). During the match, Mertens scored 51 points vs Cristian’s 24. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mertens put 49% of her first serves in, winning 83% (15/18) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Cristian 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (379-209). 12-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate 211-102 match record in the last years on hard.
Elise has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2022, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Despina Papamichail
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 1-5 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-37 | 21-17 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-36 | 12-13 | 18-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-30 | 10-9 | 29-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, the Greek got to the 2nd round after defeating Ines Ibbou 6-3 6-2, Kristina Mladenovic 2-6 6-2 6-4 and Lin Zhu 1-6 7-62 6-0.
In the 1st round against Zhu, The Greek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 6-0). During the match Papamichail scored 90 points vs Zhu’s 75. Papamichail was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Papamichail scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 61% of her first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Papamichail broke Zhu 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
The Greek’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W60 Brescia.
Papamichail has a composed 27-29 win-loss record in 2022, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 69 |
| Pts | 51-24 | 247-199 |
| Total Points | 75 | 446 |
| Winners | 15 | 84 |
| %Winners | 29% | 34% |
Mertens played 1 match while Papamichail competed in 3 matches. Papamichail started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Despina Papamichail surrendered 2 sets while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 6 set(s) less than Papamichail (2 vs 8). Therefore, Mertens played 55 games less than Papamichail. The Belgian scored 15 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Papamichail blasted 84 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 18/37 | 135/201 |
| %1st in | 49% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 84/135 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 26/66 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 39% |
Mertens managed to score 3 aces . Papamichail managed to score 1 ace (0.3 per match). Mertens won 83% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Papamichail won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 20 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 20/39 |
| % Converted | 75% | 51% |
| Conceded | 1 | 24 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 14 |
Mertens broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mertens lost her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 20 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 51-24 | 51-24 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Papamichail | |||||
| Q1 Ibbou |
Q3 Mladenovic |
R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 6-2 6-4 | 1-6 7-62 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 26 | 69 | |
| pts | 70-48 | 87-76 | 90-75 | 247-199 | |
| Total points | 118 | 163 | 165 | 446 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 29 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 41/52 | 50/77 | 44/72 | 135/201 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 65% | 61% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 29/50 | 29/44 | 84/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 58% | 66% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 9/27 | 12/28 | 26/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 33% | 43% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 8/11 | 6/15 | 20/39 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 73% | 40% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 | 7 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/12 | 2/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 42% | 29% | 131% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
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