Elise Mertens and Caroline Dolehide will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Ann Jones 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.29
Caroline Dolehide -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Dolehide
This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Caroline Dolehide face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the semifinal in Hilton Head Island.
Elise Mertens
17 - 14win/loss
33
12
LWLWLLWWLW | 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. 32, Elise got to the 2nd round after defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Wozniacki (6-4 6-1). During the match, Mertens scored 69 points vs Wozniacki’s 51. Mertens was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens bagged 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mertens put 60% of her first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Wozniacki 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (352-218). 1-1 on grass in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a composed 32-28 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Mertens’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hobart.
The Belgian has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Caroline Dolehide
9 - 15win/loss
52
41
LLWWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-17 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-13 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 20-15 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-23 | 9-14 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-14 | 11-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Dolehide got to the 2nd round after beating Eden Silva 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Karolina Pliskova 2-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Pliskova, Dolehide recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-65).During the match Dolehide scored less points (5) than Pliskova. In fact, the world no. 32 won 92 points vs Pliskova’s. That means that Dolehide was more focused during the important points. Dolehide was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Dolehide scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Caroline Dolehide lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dolehide put 78% of her first serves in, winning 63% (50/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Caroline broke Pliskova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Dolehide has a compiled 9-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Dolehide |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 57 |
| Pts | 69-51 | 186-173 |
| Total Points | 120 | 359 |
| Winners | 23 | 92 |
| %Winners | 33% | 49% |
Mertens played 1 match while Dolehide competed in 2 matches. Dolehide started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Caroline Dolehide surrendered 2 sets while Elise Mertens hasn’t lost a set so far. Mertens has played 4 set(s) less than Dolehide (2 vs 6). Therefore, Mertens played 40 games less than Dolehide. The Belgian scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Caroline made 92 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Dolehide |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 143/188 |
| %1st in | 60% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 92/143 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 21/45 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Mertens struck 7 aces . Dolehide bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Mertens won 79% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Dolehide won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Dolehide |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 1 | 19 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Elise broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mertens surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Caroline broke her opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Dolehide conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Wozniacki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Dolehide | |||||
| Q1 Silva |
Q3 Avanesyan |
R1 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 2-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 30 | 74 | |
| pts | 94-76 | – | 92-97 | 186-173 | |
| Total points | 170 | 0 | 189 | 359 | |
| Winners | 42 | 50 | 92 | ||
| %Winners | 45% | 0% | 54% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 63/85 | / | 80/103 | 143/188 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 0% | 78% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | / | 50/80 | 92/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 0% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | / | 9/23 | 21/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 0% | 39% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 4/7 | / | 4/8 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 0% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/ | 6/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 55% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Harriet DartDart – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
