H2H, prediction of Elise Mertens vs Jule Niemeier in Madrid with odds, preview, pick | 29th April 2023

PREVIEW. Madrid. Mertens and Niemeier will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 29th of April

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Jule Niemeier

Elise Mertens and Jule Niemeier will square off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.68
Jule Niemeier -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Jule Niemeier

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Jule Niemeier since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
20
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-20 17-13 6-5 5-0 8-2 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
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Ranked no. 29, Elise reached the 3rd round after beating Rebecca Marino 6-3 6-1.

In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-3 6-1). During the match, Mertens scored 65 points vs Marino’s 41. Elise was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mertens made 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Marino 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (371-216). 1-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has an overall 94-51 record in the last years on clay.

The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Monterrey.

Mertens has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Mertens
Madrid
Mertens's Record

Jule Niemeier

Jule Niemeier
Jule Niemeier

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
249
High
61
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-24 5-9 5-13 0-0 1-2 0-0
2024 34-28 15-12 12-8 3-2 4-6 0-0
2023 16-29 3-14 5-7 4-5 4-3 0-0
2022 40-22 7-7 22-8 6-3 5-3 0-1
2021 37-18 4-4 22-7 5-4 4-2 2-1
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Ranked no. 67, Jule got to the 3rd round after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-4 6-2 and Petra Kvitova 7-69 6-1.

In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Kvitova (7-69 6-1). During the match Niemeier scored 83 points vs Kvitova’s 65. Niemeier was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Niemeier made 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jule Niemeier lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Niemeier put 57% of her first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Niemeier broke Kvitova 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jule hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Jule has an overall 5-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Niemeier
Madrid
Niemeier's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Mertens
J.Niemeier
1h:16
1h:16
Time on court​
!
3h:19
3h:19
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
16
16
Games Played​
38
38
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
65
65
Total points​
150
150
65
65
Avg point​
75
75
21
21
Winners
55
55
21
21
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
32%
32%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
9
9
3
3
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
5
5
Double Faults
10
10
5
5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
21/30
21/30
1st won total​
55/77
55/77
70%
70%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
10/19
10/19
2nd won total​
23/49
23/49
53%
53%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
11/21
11/21
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
5.5/10.5
5.5/10.5
!
55%
55%
Won
!
52%
52%
5
5
Conceded
11
11
5
5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
2
2
Broken
5
5
2
2
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
3
3
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mertens Niemeier
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 16 38
Pts 65-41 150-114
Total Points 106 264
Winners 21 55
%Winners 32% 37%

Mertens played 1 match while Niemeier competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Niemeier (2 vs 4). Therefore, Mertens played 22 games less than Niemeier. Elise scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Jule fired 55 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mertens Niemeier
Aces 3 9
Avg per match 3 4.5
1st in 30/49 77/126
%1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 21/30 55/77
%1st pts 70% 71%
2nd pts 10/19 23/49
%2nd pts 53% 47%

Mertens made 3 aces . Niemeier managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Mertens won 70% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Niemeier won 71% 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 Mertens Niemeier
Won 6 11
Converted 6/11 11/21
% Converted 55% 52%
Conceded 5 11
Saved 3 6
% Saved 60% 55%
Times Broken 2 5

Elise broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Mertens dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Niemeier broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Niemeier conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
R2
Marino		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 65-41 65-41
Total points 106 106
Winners 21 21
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 30/49 30/49
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 21/30 21/30
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 10/19 10/19
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Niemeier
R1
Wang		 R2
Kvitova		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 7-69 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 20 38
pts 67-49 83-65 150-114
Total points 116 148 264
Winners 29 26 55
%Winners 43% 31% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 5 5 10
1st in 42/65 35/61 77/126
% 1st in 65% 57% 61%
1st pts 29/42 26/35 55/77
% 1st pts 69% 74% 71%
2nd pts 11/23 12/26 23/49
% 2nd pts 48% 46% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/9 6/12 11/21
Converted % 56% 50% 52%
Conceded 6 5 11
Saved 4/6 2/5 6
Saved % 67% 40% 107%
Times Broken 2 3 5

Head 2 Head

Elise Mertens
  • 0Slam
  • 10Main
  • 4ITF
  • 7Minor
Jule Niemeier
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4ITF
  • 1Minor

Elise
Mertens

1:0

Jule
Niemeier

Rank

20

High

12

1Clay0

Rank

249

High

61

Win Loss
Mertens
LWWLLLWWLW
Niemeier
LLWLLWLLLW
2025 2024 2023
36 - 20
11 - 24
17-13
Hard
5-9
5-0
I Hard
0-0
6-5
Clay
5-13
8-2
Grass
1-2

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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Mertens
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Niemeier
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