Elise Mertens and Elena Gabriela Ruse will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.39
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Doha back in February 2023.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-23 | 16-13 | 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, Elise got to the 2nd round after beating Diana Shnaider 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Shnaider (6-0 6-4). During the match, Mertens scored 60 points vs Shnaider’s 36. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens made 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elise Mertens was quite effective on serve to win 91% (20/22) of her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elise broke Shnaider 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (365-212). 8-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an aggregate 202-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Mertens has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monterrey
Elise has never competed in this tournament before.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-18 | 12-5 | 17-8 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-20 | 18-10 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-23 | 13-10 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-16 | 9-5 | 20-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 9-3 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Simona Waltert 6-74 6-0 6-2, Jesika Maleckova 5-7 6-3 6-1 and Camila Giorgi 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Giorgi (6-4 7-5). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 79 points vs Giorgi’s 65. Gabriela Ruse was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 65% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Giorgi 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Gabriela Ruse has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 77 |
| Pts | 60-36 | 303-253 |
| Total Points | 96 | 556 |
| Winners | 20 | 106 |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% |
Mertens played 1 match while Gabriela Ruse competed in 3 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elena Gabriela Ruse dropped 2 sets while Elise Mertens hasn’t lost a set so far. Mertens has played 6 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (2 vs 8). Therefore, Mertens played 61 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Mertens scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Elena scored 106 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 153/254 |
| %1st in | 50% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 106/153 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 46/101 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Mertens blasted 7 aces . Gabriela Ruse fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Mertens won 91% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 20 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 20/43 |
| % Converted | 80% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 24 |
| Saved | 2 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 10 |
Mertens broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Elise pretty effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Elena broke her opponents 20 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Shnaider |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 60-36 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||||
| Q1 Waltert |
Q3 Maleckova |
R1 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-0 6-2 | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 | 22 | 77 | |
| pts | 111-87 | 113-101 | 79-65 | 303-253 | |
| Total points | 198 | 214 | 144 | 556 | |
| Winners | 34 | 40 | 32 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% | 41% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 48/84 | 57/96 | 48/74 | 153/254 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 40/57 | 32/48 | 106/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 15/39 | 10/26 | 46/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 38% | 38% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/18 | 6/12 | 20/43 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 39% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/9 | 6/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 56% | 60% | 176% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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