Iga Swiatek and Elise Mertens will square off in the 2nd round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on Centre 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.055
Elise Mertens -> 9.6
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Elise Mertens
There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Elise Mertens since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-4 | 22-3 | 6-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 68-11 | 42-8 | 19-2 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-9 | 42-6 | 18-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-15 | 18-10 | 12-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1she will start her run in Stuttgart after she played her last match in 4 where she defeated 6-4 6-3 to Naef in the Rubber 3 on the 13th of April.
The Pole has a compiled 24-3 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where she beat Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Doha where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2 and in Indian Wells where she defeated Maria Sakkari in the final 6-4 6-0.
Talking about her overall career, Swiatek has an overall 309-70 record. She has a positive 111-16 record on clay.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2022 and 2023. See her history.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 9-7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 30, Mertens got to the 2nd round after defeating Tatjana Maria 6-1 4-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Maria (6-1 4-6 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 74 points vs Maria’s 50. Elise was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 56% of her first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Maria 8 times after converting 80% of her break points (8/10).
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Hobart.
The Belgian has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Cori GauffGauff – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-3 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-5 1-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro SousaSousa – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 1-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos BerlocqBerlocq – Tim PuetzPuetz (7-63 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin KrawietzKrawietz – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 7-64 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikael YmerYmer – Jurgen ZoppZopp (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alen AvidzbaAvidzba (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-3) – H2H and prediction
