Elise Mertens and Tatjana Maria will square off in the 2nd round of the Singapore Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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.
Elise Mertens -> 1.38
Tatjana Maria -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Tatjana Maria
This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Tatjana Maria face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-1 4-6 6-0 in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2024.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Tatjana Maria – Stuttgart 16-April-2024
Elise Mertens
| 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, Mertens reached the 2nd round after beating Taylor Townsend 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Townsend (6-1 6-0). During the match, Mertens and Townsend scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 32 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Mertens was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Elise Mertens conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (328-206). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an overall 33-22 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Mertens’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.
Elise has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Mertens has never competed in this tournament before.
Tatjana Maria
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-32 | 16-18 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-36 | 16-19 | 5-10 | 9-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 24-17 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 17-12 | 14-6 | 6-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, Tatjana reached the 2nd round after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 2-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Starodubtseva, Tatjana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Maria scored 83 points vs Starodubtseva’s 75. Tatjana was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Maria struck 4 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tatjana Maria lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Maria put 69% of her first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Tatjana broke Starodubtseva 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W100 Bengaluru where she overcame Leolia Jeanjean in the final 6-7(0) 6-3 6-4.
The German has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 |
| Pts | 0-0 | 83-75 |
| Total Points | 0 | 158 |
| Winners | 0 | 41 |
| %Winners | 0% | 49% |
Both Mertens and Maria played 1 match. At the moment, Tatjana Maria dropped 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Maria (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 10 games less than Maria. The Belgian scored 0 winners (0% of the total points). On the other side, Tatjana scored 41 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 0/0 | 57/83 |
| %1st in | 0% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | 41/57 |
| %1st pts | 0% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | 10/26 |
| %2nd pts | 0% | 38% |
Mertens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Maria managed to score 4 aces . Mertens won 0% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 0% of the points. On the other side, Maria won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 4 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 0% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Belgian hasn’t manged yet to break her opponent. She didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Belgian pretty solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Maria broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Townsend | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | – | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 0% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 0% | |
| 1st pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | % | |
| 2nd pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | / | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
| Maria | |||
| R1 Starodubtseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-75 | 83-75 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/83 | 57/83 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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