Karolina Pliskova and Elise Mertens will square off in the 1st round of the Rothesay International for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 1. 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 Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.64
Elise Mertens -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 4th time that Karolina Pliskova and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.

Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova

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Rank
600
High
1
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 20-16 10-10 1-3 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 22-19 19-13 2-3 0-0 1-3 0-0
2022 21-21 12-9 6-6 0-3 3-3 0-0
2021 37-19 23-12 8-4 0-0 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 18, Karolina will start her run in Eastbourne after she played her last match in Berlin where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Kvitova in the 1st round on the 19th of June.

Pliskova has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Pliskova has an overall 599-324 record. She has a positive 61-31 record on grass.

Previously in Eastbourne

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2019. See her history.

Eastbourne
Pliskova's Record

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

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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

Ranked no. 28, Elise will start her run in Eastbourne after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 to Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th round on the 4th of June.

The Belgian has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

Elise’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Monterrey.

In terms of her career, The Belgian has an overall 407-225 record. She has a positive 30-25 record on grass.

Previously in Eastbourne

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history

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Eastbourne
Mertens's Record

Tennis Scores in Eastbourne

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