Elise Mertens and Renata Zarazua will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.44
Renata Zarazua -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Renata Zarazua

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Renata Zarazua since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
34
High
12
W
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 27-25 17-15 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
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Ranked no. 34, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (6-3 6-1). During the match, Mertens scored 64 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 44. Mertens was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mertens struck 6 aces and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 52% of her first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Parrizas-Diaz 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (322-204). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an aggregate 187-112 match record in the last years on hard.

Mertens has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hobart

Hobart
Mertens's Record

Renata Zarazua

Renata Zarazua

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
76
High
51
WLWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 50-30 25-15 18-11 4-1 3-3 0-0
2023 63-31 21-12 37-16 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 14-24 5-14 9-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 21-21 14-12 3-6 1-1 3-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 76, Zarazua reached the 2nd round after beating Haruka Kaji 6-1 7-6(5) and Lucia Bronzetti 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Zarazua had a good straight sets win against Bronzetti (6-4 6-3). During the match Zarazua scored 70 points vs Bronzetti’s 62. The Mexican was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Zarazua scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Renata Zarazua lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zarazua put 79% of her first serves in, winning 59% (33/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Bronzetti 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Renata has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Hobart

Zarazua has never competed in this tournament before.

Hobart
Zarazua's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Mertens
R.Zarazua
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
!
4h:00
4h:00
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
1h:54
1h:54
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
66
66
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
64
64
Total points​
152
152
64
64
Avg point​
50.7
50.7
22
22
Winners
69
69
22
22
Avg Winners​
23
23
34%
34%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
6
6
Avg Aces
0.3
0.3
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0
0
22/28
22/28
1st won total​
69/103
69/103
!
79%
79%
1st won %
67%
67%
13/26
13/26
2nd won total​
12/26
12/26
50%
50%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
9/24
9/24
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
71%
71%
Won
38%
38%
5
5
Conceded
15
15
5
5
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
4
4
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mertens Zarazua
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 16 39
Pts 64-44 152-125
Total Points 108 277
Winners 22 69
%Winners 34% 45%

Mertens played 1 match while Zarazua competed in 2 matches. Zarazua started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Zarazua (2 vs 4). Therefore, Mertens played 23 games less than Zarazua. Mertens scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Renata blasted 69 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mertens Zarazua
Aces 6 1
Avg per match 6 0.5
1st in 28/54 103/129
%1st in 52% 80%
1st pts 22/28 69/103
%1st pts 79% 67%
2nd pts 13/26 12/26
%2nd pts 50% 46%

Mertens recorded 6 aces . Zarazua recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Mertens won 79% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zarazua won 67% 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 Zarazua
Won 5 9
Converted 5/7 9/24
% Converted 71% 38%
Conceded 5 15
Saved 4 11
% Saved 80% 73%
Times Broken 1 4

The Belgian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Renata broke her opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Renata conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
R1
Parrizas-Diaz		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-44 64-44
Total points 108 108
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 28/54 28/54
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 22/28 22/28
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 13/26 13/26
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Zarazua
Q1
Kaji		 Q3
Lourdes		 R1
Bronzetti		 Total
Score 6-1 7-65 6-1 6-76 6-1 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 20 27 19 66
pts 82-63 – 70-62 152-125
Total points 145 0 132 277
Winners 36 33 69
%Winners 44% 0% 47% 45%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 1 1
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 47/58 / 56/71 103/129
% 1st in 81% 0% 79% 80%
1st pts 36/47 / 33/56 69/103
% 1st pts 77% 0% 59% 67%
2nd pts 4/11 / 8/15 12/26
% 2nd pts 36% 0% 53% 46%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/16 / 5/8 9/24
Converted % 25% 0% 63% 38%
Conceded 5 10 15
Saved 3/5 0/ 8/10 11
Saved % 60% – 80% 140%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Tennis Scores in Hobart

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