Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend will play each other in the 1st round of the Singapore Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 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 -> 1.43
Taylor Townsend -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Townsend won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2024.

Highlights Taylor Townsend vs Elise Mertens – Miami 21-March-2024

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
20
High
12
LWWLLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-20 17-13 6-5 5-0 8-2 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, the Belgian will start her run in Singapore after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Pegula in the 2nd round on the 15th of January.

Elise has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

Mertens’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hobart.

Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 452-262 record. She has a positive 43-29 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Singapore

Mertens has never competed in this tournament before.

Singapore
Mertens's Record

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
118
High
46
LWLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-15 15-10 2-3 0-1 3-1 0-0
2024 24-20 21-13 2-4 1-0 0-3 0-0
2023 32-16 16-9 12-4 2-1 2-2 0-0
2022 23-8 14-5 9-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 82, Taylor will start her run in Singapore after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2 to Zarazua in the 1st round on the 14th of January.

Taylor has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

In terms of her career, Taylor has an overall 290-176 record. She has a negative 7-8 record on indoor hard courts.

Singapore
Townsend's Record

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