Elise Mertens and Cristina Bucsa will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the China Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on BRAD DREWETT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.24
Cristina Bucsa -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Cristina Bucsa

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

26 - 22win/loss

Hard

16-12

I Hard

1-1

Clay

6-5

Grass

3-4

Rank
29

High
12

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	26-22	16-12	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

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Ranked no. 29, Mertens got to the 3^rd round after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Mertens defeated Cocciaretto (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3). During the match, Mertens scored 104 points vs Cocciaretto’s 98. Mertens was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens bagged 10 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (14/44) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Cocciaretto 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (361-226). 16-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Mertens has a compiled 195-114 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Belgian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.

Mertens has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Beijing

Mertens's Record

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa

20 - 25win/loss

Hard

10-14

I Hard

0-0

Clay

8-7

Grass

2-4

Rank
79

High
56

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	20-25	10-14	8-7	0-0	2-4	0-0
2023	35-30	17-15	7-8	8-3	3-4	0-0
2022	49-31	17-8	15-12	10-6	5-4	2-1
2021	31-27	9-7	9-11	6-6	5-2	2-1
2020	14-13	4-3	8-5	2-5	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 79, Bucsa reached the 3^rd round after defeating Xinxin Yao 6-3 6-2 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 4-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Cristina defeated Samsonova (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Bucsa scored 97 points vs Samsonova’s 85. Cristina was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa blasted 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 65% of her first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Samsonova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cristina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Cristina has an aggregate 20-25 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Beijing

Bucsa's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Mertens played 1 match while Bucsa competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens surrendered 1 set, while Cristina Bucsa dropped 1 set. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Bucsa (3 vs 5). Therefore, Mertens played 12 games less than Bucsa. Elise scored 37 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 60 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Mertens blasted 10 aces . Bucsa blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Mertens won 70% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Mertens broke her opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Cristina broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Elise
Mertens

0:0

Cristina
Bucsa

Rank

29

High

12

2h:42Played

Rank

79

High

56

4h:00Played

Win Loss

Mertens

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Bucsa

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2024 2023 2022

26 - 22

20 - 25

16-12

Hard

10-14

1-1

I Hard

0-0

6-5

Clay

8-7

3-4

Grass

2-4

1st

Mertens

Bucsa

6-4

6

4

5

4

5

3

4

3

4

2

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

0

1st

Mertens 6-4

Mertens

Bucsa

6

4

5

4

5

3

4

3

4

2

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

0

Serves

MertensBucsa

6

4

15

0

30

0

30

15

30

30

40

30

MertensBucsa

5

4

0

15

0

30

0

40

MertensBucsa

5

3

15

0

30

0

40

0

MertensBucsa

4

3

15

0

15

15

15

30

15

40

MertensBucsa

4

2

15

0

30

0

40

0

40

0

MertensBucsa

3

2

15

0

30

0

30

15

30

30

30

40

40

40

A

40

MertensBucsa

2

2

0

15

15

15

15

30

30

30

40

30

40

40

40

A

MertensBucsa

2

1

15

0

15

15

15

30

15

40

30

40

40

40

40

A

40

40

A

40

40

40

A

40

40

40

A

40

Missed2 BP

MertensBucsa

1

1

0

15

15

15

15

30

30

30

40

30

40

40

40

A

MertensBucsa

1

0

15

0

30

0

30

15

40

15

40

30

40

40

A

40

Missed2 BP

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Cori GauffGauff – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (0-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-7⁹ 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Magda LinetteLinette (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-3) – H2H and prediction

Mertens

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