Elise Mertens and Ann Li will play each other in the final of the Singapore Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.48
Ann Li -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ann Li
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 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. 32, Elise got to the final after defeating Taylor Townsend 6-1 6-0, Tatjana Maria 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1, Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 6-2 and Xinyu Wang 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-4). During the match, Mertens scored 65 points vs Wang’s 53. Elise was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens struck 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 70% of her first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Wang 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (331-206). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate 36-22 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Elise’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hobart.
Elise has an aggregate 9-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Elise has never competed in this tournament before.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Li got to the final after beating Daria Saville 6-3 6-1, Maria Timofeeva 6-3 6-2, Kimberly Birrell 7-6(2) 7-6(4) and Anna Kalinskaya 7-6(2) 1-0 ret..
In the semifinal against Kalinskaya, Ann had a free pass after Kalinskaya retired on a 7-62 1-0 . scoreline.
Li’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Singapore.
The American has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 73 |
| Pts | 284-202 | 258-195 |
| Total Points | 486 | 453 |
| Winners | 114 | 104 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Mertens and Li played 4 matches. At the moment, Elise Mertens dropped 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Li have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Mertens played 6 games more than Li. The Belgian scored 114 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ann recorded 104 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 152/233 | 135/224 |
| %1st in | 65% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 114/152 | 104/135 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 46/81 | 47/89 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Mertens struck 24 aces (6 per match). Li bagged 22 aces (5.5 per match). Mertens won 75% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Li won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 15 |
| Converted | 19/36 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 53% | 56% |
| Conceded | 19 | 15 |
| Saved | 14 | 8 |
| % Saved | 74% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Mertens broke her opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Belgian dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. Ann broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||||
| R1 Townsend |
R2 Maria |
1/4 Camila Osorio Serrano |
1/2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-73 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 79 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 98-76 | 66-47 | 65-53 | 284-202 | |
| Total points | 81 | 174 | 113 | 118 | 486 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% | 36% | 48% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 44/75 | 36/52 | 42/60 | 152/233 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 59% | 69% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 34/44 | 24/36 | 31/42 | 114/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 77% | 67% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 19/31 | 12/16 | 8/18 | 46/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 61% | 75% | 44% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/10 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 19/36 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 4/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Li | ||||||
| R1 Gavrilova |
R2 Timofeeva |
1/4 Birrell |
1/2 Kalinskaya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-62 7-64 | 7-62 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 73 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 61-40 | 86-71 | 54-44 | 258-195 | |
| Total points | 97 | 101 | 157 | 98 | 453 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | 37 | 23 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 43% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 26/47 | 52/83 | 27/39 | 135/224 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | 63% | 69% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 23/26 | 37/52 | 23/27 | 104/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 88% | 71% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/21 | 18/31 | 3/12 | 47/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 62% | 58% | 25% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 2/7 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 40% | 100% | 29% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/2 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 33% | 0% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
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