Elise Mertens and Clara Burel will square off in the semifinal of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.63
Clara Burel -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Clara Burel
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Clara Burel 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 | 26-22 | 16-12 | 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. 36, the Belgian got to the semifinal after defeating Alexandra Eala 7-5 6-0, Iryna Shymanovich 6-3 6-2 and Mai Hontama 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hontama (6-3 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 62 points vs Hontama’s 41. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens fired 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Mertens broke Hontama 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mertens hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (385-229). 22-16 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a compiled 216-117 record in the last years on hard.
Elise’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Monterrey.
Elise has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2023, 22-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Clara Burel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 12-11 | 6-8 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-18 | 11-5 | 17-9 | 9-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-29 | 7-7 | 11-17 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 7-7 | 18-8 | 15-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-2, Erika Andreeva 6-0 5-7 7-62 and Lucrezia Stefanini 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Clara had a good straight sets win against Stefanini (6-3 6-1). During the match Burel scored 56 points vs Stefanini’s 32. Burel was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Burel scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Clara Burel lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Burel put 64% of her first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Stefanini 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Burel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W60 Montpellier where she beat Astra Sharma in the final 6-3 7-5.
The French player has an overall 32-17 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Clara has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Burel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 63 |
| Pts | 204-145 | 225-167 |
| Total Points | 349 | 392 |
| Winners | 65 | 68 |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% |
Both Mertens and Burel played 3 matches. At the moment, Clara Burel conceded 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Burel (6 vs 7). Therefore, Mertens played 11 games less than Burel. Mertens scored 65 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Clara made 68 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Burel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 77/146 | 97/181 |
| %1st in | 53% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 65/77 | 68/97 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 31/69 | 42/84 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Mertens recorded 18 aces (6 per match). Burel struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Mertens won 84% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Burel won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Burel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 19 |
| Converted | 17/35 | 19/39 |
| % Converted | 49% | 49% |
| Conceded | 9 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 44% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Mertens broke her opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Mertens dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 19 times with a 49% conversion rate. Burel conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||||
| R1 Eala |
R2 Shymanovich |
1/4 Hontama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 17 | 52 | |
| pts | 84-61 | 58-43 | 62-41 | 204-145 | |
| Total points | 145 | 101 | 103 | 349 | |
| Winners | 31 | 17 | 17 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 27% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 20/40 | 21/41 | 77/146 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 51% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 17/20 | 17/21 | 65/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 85% | 81% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/29 | 11/20 | 13/20 | 31/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 55% | 65% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/9 | 5/11 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 56% | 45% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 0% | 0% | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Burel | |||||
| R1 Bucsa |
R2 Andreeva |
1/4 Stefanini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-0 5-7 7-62 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 16 | 63 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 111-99 | 56-32 | 225-167 | |
| Total points | 94 | 210 | 88 | 392 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 18 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 27% | 32% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 47/93 | 27/42 | 97/181 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 51% | 64% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 30/47 | 18/27 | 68/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 64% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 21/46 | 9/15 | 42/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 60% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 8/24 | 6/10 | 19/39 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 60% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/11 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 45% | 33% | 26% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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