Alize Cornet and Elise Mertens will square off in the final of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.68
Alize Cornet -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Alize Cornet vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 5th time that Alize Cornet and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in February 2022.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Alize Cornet – St. Petersburg 07-February-2022
Alize Cornet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 0-5 | 5-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 5-11 | 10-9 | 9-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-25 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-27 | 13-12 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Cornet got to the final after beating Laura Pigossi 7-63 6-0, Harriet Dart 6-3 6-4, Tamara Zidansek 7-5 7-67 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-4 6-3). During the match, Cornet scored 71 points vs Kudermetova’s 60. Cornet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cornet scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Alize Cornet lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cornet put 60% of her first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kudermetova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cornet hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Cornet has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (274-235). 16-13 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cornet has an overall 147-118 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Bad Homburg, Cleveland and Monastir.
Alize has an aggregate 26-22 win-loss record in 2022, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Alize has never competed in this tournament before.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 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 final after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-1, Despina Papamichail 5-7 6-1 6-2, Moyuka Uchijima 6-0 3-6 6-4 and Claire Liu 6-4 6-0.
In the semifinal, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-4 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 58 points vs Liu’s 30. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Mertens managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mertens put 57% of her first serves in, winning 85% (22/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Elise was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Liu 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elise has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Mertens’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Monastir.
Mertens has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2022, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cornet | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 82 |
| Pts | 300-251 | 290-200 |
| Total Points | 551 | 490 |
| Winners | 115 | 93 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Cornet and Mertens played 4 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens surrendered 2 sets while Alize Cornet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cornet has played 2 set(s) less than Mertens (8 vs 10). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (82). Alize scored 115 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian fired 93 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cornet | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 169/298 | 125/245 |
| %1st in | 57% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 115/169 | 93/125 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 67/129 | 56/120 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Cornet made 3 aces (0.8 per match). Mertens recorded 14 aces (3.5 per match). Cornet won 68% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cornet | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 26 |
| Converted | 18/33 | 26/44 |
| % Converted | 55% | 59% |
| Conceded | 38 | 23 |
| Saved | 28 | 12 |
| % Saved | 74% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 11 |
Alize broke her opponents 18 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player surrendered her serve 10 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. Elise broke her opponents 26 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cornet | ||||||
| R1 Pigossi |
R2 Dart |
1/4 Zidansek |
1/2 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 7-67 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 82 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 69-54 | 90-87 | 71-60 | 300-251 | |
| Total points | 120 | 123 | 177 | 131 | 551 | |
| Winners | 16 | 30 | 42 | 27 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 43% | 47% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 38/66 | 58/99 | 45/75 | 169/298 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 58% | 59% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 16/28 | 30/38 | 42/58 | 27/45 | 115/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 79% | 72% | 60% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 10/28 | 20/41 | 18/30 | 67/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 36% | 49% | 60% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 5/6 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 18/33 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 83% | 75% | 44% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 7/10 | 11/13 | 9/11 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 70% | 85% | 82% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mertens | ||||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Papamichail |
1/4 Uchijima |
1/2 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 3-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 82 | |
| pts | 51-24 | 100-83 | 81-63 | 58-30 | 290-200 | |
| Total points | 75 | 183 | 144 | 88 | 490 | |
| Winners | 15 | 36 | 20 | 22 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% | 25% | 38% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 33 | |
| 1st in | 18/37 | 51/94 | 30/68 | 26/46 | 125/245 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 54% | 44% | 57% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 36/51 | 20/30 | 22/26 | 93/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 71% | 67% | 85% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 19/43 | 19/38 | 9/20 | 56/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 44% | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 7/13 | 8/18 | 5/5 | 26/44 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 54% | 44% | 100% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/11 | 4/10 | 0/1 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 73% | 40% | 0% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
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