Elise Mertens and Clara Tauson will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.
Clara Tauson -> 1.86
Elise Mertens -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Clara Tauson
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Clara Tauson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 31, the Belgian will start her run in Doha after she won the title in Singapore after beating 6-1 6-4 Li in the final.
The Belgian has an overall 10-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Singapore where she beat Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Belgian won her last 5 matches.
Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 457-262 record. She has a positive 268-138 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-22 | 23-13 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-28 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Tauson will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Yastremska in the semifinal on the 1st of February.
Tauson has an overall 10-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..
In terms of her career, The Dane has an overall 244-108 record. She has a positive 89-46 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Chayanon KaewsutoKaewsuto – Yuttana CharoenphonCharoenphon (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kelsey StevensonStevenson – Worarin KumthonkittikulKumthonkittikul (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jayden CourtCourt – Natthasith KunsuwanKunsuwan (5-7 6-3 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Palaphoom KovapituktedKovapitukted – Thanapet ChantaChanta (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroyasu EharaEhara – Alexander CrnokrakCrnokrak (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Finn TearneyTearney – Rishab AgarwalAgarwal (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Congsup CongcarCongcar – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-64 4-6 1-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ryota TanumaTanuma – Anton ChekhovChekhov (3-6 7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Blake EllisEllis (6-75 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Harry BourchierBourchier – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Min-Kyu SongSong (6-4 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – William GriffithGriffith (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Sonchat RatiwatanaRatiwatana (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Pol WattanakulWattanakul (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Jose Fco. Vidal AzorinFco. Vidal Azorin (6-4 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (1-0) – H2H and prediction