H2H, prediction of Qinwen Zheng vs Elise Mertens in Charleston with odds, preview, pick | 3rd April 2025

PREVIEW. Charleston. Zheng and Mertens will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Credit One Charleston Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 3rd of April

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Mark Hall
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Qinwen Zheng and Elise Mertens will play each other in the 3rd round of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on ALTHEA GIBSON. 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 Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.36
Elise Mertens -> 3.14

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Elise Mertens

There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Elise Mertens since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng
Qinwen Zheng

9 - 5win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-0
Rank
6
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-11 7-5 10-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
2024 52-18 31-10 17-4 3-2 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 8, Qinwen got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-1). During the match, Zheng scored 66 points vs Sakkari’s 53. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng scored 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Qinwen Zheng conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 60% of her first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Sakkari 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Zheng has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (236-100). 1-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has an overall83-25 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Chinese has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Zheng
Charleston
Zheng's Record

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens

16 - 7win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
5-0
Clay
1-1
Rank
23
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-13 10-6 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
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Ranked no. 28, Mertens reached the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Varvara Gracheva 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Elise had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-3 7-5). During the match Mertens scored 85 points vs Gracheva’s 68. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 52% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Mertens broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Singapore where she defeated Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.

Elise has an aggregate 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See her history.

Mertens
Charleston
Mertens's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Q.Zheng
E.Mertens
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
1h:56
1h:56
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
66
66
Total points​
85
85
66
66
Avg point​
85
85
28
28
Winners
26
26
28
28
Avg Winners​
26
26
42%
42%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
4
4
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
28/32
28/32
1st won total​
26/39
26/39
!
88%
88%
1st won %
67%
67%
7/21
7/21
2nd won total​
18/36
18/36
!
33%
33%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
6/15
6/15
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
6/15
6/15
!
57%
57%
Won
40%
40%
2
2
Conceded
11
11
2
2
Avg Conceded
11
11
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zheng Mertens
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 21
Pts 66-53 85-68
Total Points 119 153
Winners 28 26
%Winners 42% 31%

Both Zheng and Mertens played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zheng played 4 games less than Mertens. The Chinese scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian fired 26 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zheng Mertens
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 32/53 39/75
%1st in 60% 52%
1st pts 28/32 26/39
%1st pts 88% 67%
2nd pts 7/21 18/36
%2nd pts 33% 50%

Zheng managed to score 4 aces . Mertens blasted 3 aces . Zheng won 88% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zheng Mertens
Won 4 6
Converted 4/7 6/15
% Converted 57% 40%
Conceded 2 11
Saved 2 8
% Saved 100% 73%
Times Broken 0 3

Zheng broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Zheng quite strong on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Belgian broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Mertens conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Zheng
R2
Sakkari		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 66-53 66-53
Total points 119 119
Winners 28 28
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 32/53 32/53
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 28/32 28/32
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 7/21 7/21
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Mertens
R2
Gracheva		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 85-68 85-68
Total points 153 153
Winners 26 26
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 39/75 39/75
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 26/39 26/39
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 18/36 18/36
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/15 6/15
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Qinwen Zheng
  • 0Slam
  • 5Main
  • 8ITF
  • 1Minor
Elise Mertens
  • 0Slam
  • 10Main
  • 4ITF
  • 7Minor

Qinwen
Zheng

1:0

Elise
Mertens

Rank

6

High

4

1Clay0

Rank

23

High

12

Win Loss
Zheng
LLWWLWWWWL
Mertens
LWWWLWWWWW
2025 2024 2023
19 - 11
29 - 13
7-5
Hard
10-6
0-0
I Hard
5-0
10-4
Clay
6-5
2-2
Grass
8-2

Tennis Scores in Charleston

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Upcoming matches in the draw

Zheng Qinwen Zheng
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Mertens
Elise Mertens