Jasmine Paolini and Elise Mertens will face off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay International for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jasmine Paolini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jasmine Paolini is the pick to win this match.
Jasmine Paolini -> 1.7
Elise Mertens -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Jasmine Paolini vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 6th time that Jasmine Paolini and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-3 6-0 in the final in Monastir back in 2023.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Jasmine Paolini – Monastir 22-October-2023
Jasmine Paolini
22 - 11win/loss
7
7
LWWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 20-16 | 16-8 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-11 | 10-10 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-24 | 17-13 | 12-7 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 1-8 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Italian will start her run in Eastbourne after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Swiatek in the final on the 8th of June.
Jasmine has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Dubai where she overcame Anna Kalinskaya in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, The Italian has an overall 368-258 record. She has a negative 6-13 record on grass.
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
Elise Mertens
18 - 15win/loss
33
12
WLWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-15 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 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. 33, Elise reached the 2nd round after defeating Yuriko Miyazaki 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Miyazaki (6-1 6-2). During the match Mertens scored 60 points vs Miyazaki’s 34. Mertens was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Miyazaki 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Elise’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hobart.
Mertens has a composed 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WLWLLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Nick HardtHardt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Yannik ReuterReuter (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Boris FassbenderFassbender (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jonathan KanarKanar (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Raphael BaltenspergerBaltensperger (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Agustin VelottiVelotti – Constant De La BassetiereDe La Bassetiere (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison KeysKeys – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Yue YuanYuan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H and prediction
