Elise Mertens and Naomi Osaka will face off in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.53
Elise Mertens -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Naomi Osaka
This will be the 6th time that Elise Mertens and Naomi Osaka fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2024.
Elise Mertens
16 - 14win/loss
35
12
LWLWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 9-7 | 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. 32, the Belgian will start her run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Rybakina in the 3rd round on the 1st of June.
The Belgian has an aggregate 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Mertens’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Hobart.
Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 435-248 record. She has a positive 31-27 record on grass.
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.
Naomi Osaka
14 - 10win/loss
102
1
LWLLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-9 | 13-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-6 | 16-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-3 | 16-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Osaka will start her run in Hertogenbosch after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 7-6(1) 1-6 7-5 to Swiatek in the 2nd round on the 29th of May.
Naomi has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
In terms of her career, Naomi has an overall 251-137 record. She has a positive 18-14 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
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