Elise Mertens and Elisabetta Cocciaretto will play each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on BRAD DREWETT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.37
Elisabetta Cocciaretto -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto

This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Elisabetta Cocciaretto clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Cocciaretto (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Cocciaretto won 1-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2024.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

25 - 22win/loss

Hard
15-12
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-5
Grass
3-4
Rank
29
High
12
LWLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-22 15-12 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
2020 34-13 17-7 9-4 8-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 29, Elise will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Monastir where she lost 1-6 6-2 7-6(4) to Lys in the 2nd round on the 12th of September.

Elise has a compiled 25-22 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 444-257 record. She has a positive 260-133 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Mertens's Record

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

26 - 21win/loss

Hard
11-10
I Hard
2-2
Clay
10-8
Grass
3-1
Rank
55
High
29
WLWLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-21 11-10 10-8 2-2 3-1 0-0
2023 28-19 8-10 14-4 4-3 2-2 0-0
2022 45-23 12-5 32-14 0-3 1-1 0-0
2021 16-11 11-6 3-5 2-0 0-0 0-0
2020 20-11 7-6 10-5 3-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 55, Cocciaretto got to the 2nd round after defeating Arina Rodionova 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Rodionova, Elisabetta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Cocciaretto scored 94 points vs Rodionova’s 84. Cocciaretto was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Cocciaretto wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Elisabetta Cocciaretto lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cocciaretto put 74% of her first serves in, winning 61% (43/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Elisabetta broke Rodionova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the Charleston where she overcame Diana Shnaider in the final 6-3 6-2.

Elisabetta has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Beijing
Cocciaretto's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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