Elise Mertens and Sloane Stephens will square off in the 1st round of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on Barnes Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.615
Elise Mertens -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Sloane Stephens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Stephens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Stephens won 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in New York back in 2018.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-13 | 10-6 | 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. 29, Mertens will start her run in San Diego after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-0 to Gauff in the 3rd round on the 1st of September.
The Belgian has an aggregate 22-18 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Mertens’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Monterrey.
Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 411-231 record. She has a positive 237-117 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 8-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 36, Stephens will start her run in San Diego after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-2 5-7 6-4 to Haddad Maia in the 1st round on the 28th of August.
The American has an aggregate 23-18 win-loss record in 2023, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Malo where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 6-3 6-4.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 361-259 record. She has a positive 191-155 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLL Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Clervie NgounoueNgounoue (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Alycia ParksParks (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova – Caroline Garcia/Demi SchuursGarcia/Demi Schuurs (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pietro RondoniRondoni – Pietro LicciardiLicciardi (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Yunseong ChungChung (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Nico MertensMertens (7-63 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pascal MeisMeis – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David Vega HernandezVega Hernandez – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jurgen BriandBriand – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Jakob Johansson-HolmJohansson-Holm (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander IgoshinIgoshin – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Cristian CarliCarli (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (6-74 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pol Toledo BagueToledo Bague – Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Billy HarrisHarris (6-4 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Louisa ChiricoChirico – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction
