Elise Mertens and Mai Hontama will fight against each other in the quarter of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 -> 1.31
Mai Hontama -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Mai Hontama since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 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. 36, Elise got to the quarter after defeating Alexandra Eala 7-5 6-0 and Iryna Shymanovich 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Shymanovich (6-3 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 58 points vs Shymanovich’s 43. Mertens was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (17/20) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Mertens broke Shymanovich 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mertens hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (384-229). 21-16 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a composed 215-117 record in the last years on hard.
Mertens’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Monterrey.
The Belgian has an aggregate 27-22 win-loss record in 2023, 21-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 16-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 38-18 | 6-5 | 9-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 25-15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 32-12 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 124, Mai got to the quarter after beating Aliona Bolsova 4-6 6-4 6-0 and Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-2 6-1). During the match Hontama scored 60 points vs Podoroska’s 35. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Hontama was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mai Hontama was quite effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Podoroska 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W40 Maribor where she overcame Clara Tauson in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Mai has an overall 44-22 win-loss record in 2023, 31-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Hontama has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 41 |
| Pts | 142-104 | 143-98 |
| Total Points | 246 | 241 |
| Winners | 48 | 49 |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% |
Both Mertens and Hontama played 2 matches. At the moment, Mai Hontama surrendered 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Hontama (4 vs 5). Therefore, Mertens played 6 games less than Hontama. Mertens scored 48 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Hontama managed to score 49 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 56/105 | 68/108 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 48/56 | 49/68 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/49 | 22/40 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 55% |
Mertens fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mertens won 86% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Hontama won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 12/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 17% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Belgian broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mertens conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Mai broke her opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Eala |
R2 Shymanovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 84-61 | 58-43 | 142-104 | |
| Total points | 145 | 101 | 246 | |
| Winners | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 20/40 | 56/105 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 17/20 | 48/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 85% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/29 | 11/20 | 18/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 55% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/9 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hontama | ||||
| R1 Bolsova |
R2 Podoroska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-0 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| pts | 83-63 | 60-35 | 143-98 | |
| Total points | 146 | 95 | 241 | |
| Winners | 32 | 17 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 22/42 | 68/108 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 52% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 17/22 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 12/20 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/9 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 56% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 0% | 10% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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