Elise Mertens and Maya Joint will face off in the semifinal of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.
Maya Joint -> 1.9
Elise Mertens -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Maya Joint
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 34, the Belgian reached the semifinal after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 6-1, Renata Zarazua 6-4 6-3 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 0-6 6-2.
In the quarter, The Belgian defeated Kudermetova (6-1 0-6 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 77 points vs Kudermetova’s 71. Elise was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens fired 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mertens has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (325-204). 3-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate 190-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Belgian has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
Maya Joint
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Maya reached the semifinal after defeating Olga Danilovic 6-2 6-3, Magda Linette 6-1 6-1 and Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Maya had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-3 6-1). During the match Joint scored 59 points vs Kenin’s 42. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Joint bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Maya Joint lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 56% of her first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Kenin 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joint hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Joint has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 47 |
| Pts | 208-167 | 183-122 |
| Total Points | 375 | 305 |
| Winners | 67 | 61 |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% |
Both Mertens and Joint played 3 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens lost 1 set while Maya Joint hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set more than Joint (7 vs 6). Therefore, Mertens played 9 games more than Joint. Mertens scored 67 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Maya blasted 61 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 92/180 | 90/152 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 67/92 | 61/90 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 37/88 | 37/62 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 60% |
Mertens managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Joint struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Mertens won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Joint won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 15 |
| Converted | 17/31 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 55% | 54% |
| Conceded | 21 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 52% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 2 |
Mertens broke her opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Elise surrendered her serve 10 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded. Maya broke her opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Maya conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||||
| R1 Parrizas-Diaz | R2 Zarazua | 1/4 Kudermetova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 67-52 | 77-71 | 208-167 | |
| Total points | 108 | 119 | 148 | 375 | |
| Winners | 22 | 18 | 27 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 27% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 28/54 | 25/58 | 39/68 | 92/180 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 43% | 57% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 18/25 | 27/39 | 67/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 12/33 | 12/29 | 37/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 36% | 41% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/13 | 5/11 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 54% | 45% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/8 | 4/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 38% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
| Joint | |||||
| R1 Danilovic | R2 Linette | 1/4 Kenin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 58-29 | 59-42 | 183-122 | |
| Total points | 117 | 87 | 101 | 305 | |
| Winners | 24 | 17 | 20 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 29% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 28/45 | 31/55 | 90/152 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 17/28 | 20/31 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 61% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/17 | 13/24 | 37/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 71% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/10 | 5/7 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 71% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 67% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Matthew Christopher RomiosChristopher Romios (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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