Marta Kostyuk and Elise Mertens will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.62
Elise Mertens -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 3^rd time that Marta Kostyuk and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kostyuk and Mertens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kostyuk won 5-7 6-1 7-6(6) in the 2^nd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs Elise Mertens – Australian Open 17-January-2024

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 20, the Ukrainian will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 7-5 7-5 to Navarro in the 3^rd round on the 9^th of August.

Kostyuk has an aggregate 27-15 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in San Diego and Stuttgart.

Talking about her overall career, Kostyuk has an overall 211-123 record. She has a positive 108-61 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See her history.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 35, Mertens will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Samsonova in the 3^rd round on the 9^th of August.

The Belgian has an aggregate 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Elise’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Hobart.

In terms of her career, The Belgian has an overall 440-254 record. She has a positive 256-130 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See her history

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Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Ryan NijboerNijboer – Paul BarrettoBarretto (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin DhoeDhoe – Sidane PontjodikromoPontjodikromo (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Franco Emanuel EgeaEmanuel Egea – Petr HajekHajek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Bobbie De GoeijenDe Goeijen (7-5 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bart StevensStevens – Amadatus AdmiraalAdmiraal (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-3 0-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clement GeensGeens – Michiel De KromDe Krom (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc GinerGiner – Kenneth RaismaRaisma (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stephan FransenFransen – Dax DondersDonders (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – George BotezanBotezan (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer – Maxime PauwelsPauwels (7-5 4-6 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marvin MoellerMoeller – Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Clara BurelBurel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction