Elise Mertens and Eva Lys will face off in the 2nd round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.36
Eva Lys -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Eva Lys
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Eva Lys since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-12 | 10-6 | 6-5 | 5-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-25 | 18-15 | 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 |
Ranked no. 32, Mertens got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Zakharova 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-2 6-0). During the match, Mertens scored 59 points vs Zakharova’s 26. Elise was very aggressive to blast 9 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 33% of her first serves in, winning 69% (9/13) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Zakharova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (360-225). 15-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a composed 194-113 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Belgian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.
Elise has an overall 25-21 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Eva Lys
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-16 | 10-7 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-17 | 12-7 | 13-8 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-20 | 17-9 | 4-6 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 6-4 | 14-8 | 19-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 21-17 | 6-3 | 10-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 126, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Eva had a good straight sets win against Tsurenko (6-3 7-5). During the match Lys scored 77 points vs Tsurenko’s 68. Eva was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Lys scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Eva Lys lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lys put 76% of her first serves in, winning 58% (31/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Tsurenko 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Lys’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Budapest.
The German has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monastir
Lys has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Lys |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-26 | 77-68 |
| Total Points | 85 | 145 |
| Winners | 9 | 31 |
| %Winners | 15% | 40% |
Both Mertens and Lys played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Lys have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 7 games less than Lys. Mertens scored 9 winners (15% of the total points). On the other side, Eva fired 31 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Lys |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 13/39 | 53/70 |
| %1st in | 33% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 9/13 | 31/53 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 53% |
Mertens bagged 1 ace . Lys also recorded 1 ace . Mertens won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Lys won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Lys |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 70% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Mertens broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Elise lost her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Eva broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Zakharova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-26 | 59-26 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 15% | 15% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 13/39 | 13/39 | |
| % 1st in | 33% | 33% | |
| 1st pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lys | |||
| R1 Tsurenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 77-68 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/70 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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