Elise Mertens and Sloane Stephens will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.66
Elise Mertens -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 5th time that Elise Mertens and Sloane Stephens fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Mertens and Stephens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 2-6 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Brisbane back in January 2024.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 9-7 | 4-4 | 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. 29, Elise will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Swiatek in the 2nd round on the 18th of April.
Mertens has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hobart.
Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 432-245 record. She has a positive 101-58 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 8-8 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Stephens got to the 2nd round after beating Martina Trevisan 6-3 5-7 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sloane defeated Trevisan (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Stephens scored 129 points vs Trevisan’s 112. Sloane was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephens managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sloane Stephens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 75% of her first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Trevisan 6 times after converting 29% of her break points (6/21).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Rouen where she overcame Magda Linette in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.
Sloane has an overall 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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