Elise Mertens and Ajla Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.41
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 4^th time that Elise Mertens and Ajla Tomljanovic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tomljanovic won 4-6 6-4 3-0 ret. in the Rubber 2 in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals back in 2022.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 35, the Belgian reached the 2^nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Kudermetova, Mertens recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Mertens scored 89 points vs Kudermetova’s 82. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens struck 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 43% of her first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (26/48) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (357-224). 12-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate 191-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

The Belgian has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 118, Ajla reached the 2^nd round after beating Ann Li 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Li (6-4 6-4). During the match Tomljanovic scored 82 points vs Li’s 74. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Tomljanovic bagged 2 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve twice and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Ajla broke Li 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Birmingham.

Ajla has a compiled 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mertens	Tomljanovic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	20
Pts	89-82	82-74
Total Points	171	156
Winners	23	40
%Winners	26%	49%

Both Mertens and Tomljanovic played 1 match. At the moment, Elise Mertens surrendered 1 set while Ajla Tomljanovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set more than Tomljanovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mertens played 8 games more than Tomljanovic. Mertens scored 23 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 40 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mertens	Tomljanovic
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	36/84	63/98
%1st in	43%	64%
1st pts	23/36	40/63
%1st pts	64%	63%
2nd pts	26/48	16/35
%2nd pts	54%	46%

Mertens bagged 5 aces . Tomljanovic struck 2 aces . Mertens won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mertens	Tomljanovic
Won	5	4
Converted	5/10	4/9
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	3	11
% Saved	43%	85%
Times Broken	4	2

Mertens broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Ajla broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ajla conceded her serve twice and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
	R1 Kudermetova	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	89-82	89-82
Total points	171	171
Winners	23	23
%Winners	26%	26%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	36/84	36/84
% 1st in	43%	43%
1st pts	23/36	23/36
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	26/48	26/48
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Tomljanovic
	R1 Li	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	82-74	82-74
Total points	156	156
Winners	40	40
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	11	11
1st in	63/98	63/98
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	40/63	40/63
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	16/35	16/35
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	11/13	11
Saved %	85%	85%
Times Broken	2	2

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