Diana Shnaider and Elise Mertens will face off in the 2^nd round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 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 Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.86
Elise Mertens -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 2^nd time that Diana Shnaider and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-0 6-4 in the 1^st round in Monterrey back in 2023.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Diana Shnaider – Monterrey 28-February-2023

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 13, Diana got to the 2^nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 5-7 6-2 6-3

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In the 1^st round against Kudermetova, Diana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match, Shnaider scored 91 points vs Kudermetova’s 79. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 68% of her first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kudermetova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Shnaider has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of her matches (158-76). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shnaider has an aggregate83-29 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Diana has an overall 9-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 29, Mertens reached the 2^nd round after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (7-6³ 6-2). During the match Mertens scored 75 points vs Sasnovich’s 63. Elise was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Mertens managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 54% of her first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Sasnovich 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Singapore where she beat Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.

Mertens has an overall 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Mertens
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	21
Pts	91-79	75-63
Total Points	170	138
Winners	43	23
%Winners	47%	31%

Both Shnaider and Mertens played 1 match. At the moment, Diana Shnaider dropped 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set more than Mertens (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shnaider played 8 games more than Mertens. Shnaider scored 43 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Elise scored 23 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Mertens
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	55/81	36/67
%1st in	68%	54%
1st pts	43/55	23/36
%1st pts	78%	64%
2nd pts	13/26	18/31
%2nd pts	50%	58%

Shnaider managed to score 1 ace . Mertens also scored 5 aces . Shnaider won 78% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Mertens
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/9
% Converted	80%	44%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	3	5
% Saved	60%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Shnaider broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Diana conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Elise broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Kudermetova	Total
Score	5-7 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	91-79	91-79
Total points	170	170
Winners	43	43
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	55/81	55/81
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	43/55	43/55
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Mertens
	R1 Sasnovich	Total
Score	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	23	23
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	36/67	36/67
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	23/36	23/36
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	18/31	18/31
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Stuttgart

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• Artem SmirnovSmirnov – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas LiskaLiska – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vladyslav OrlovOrlov – Jordan Correia Passos Do CarmoCorreia Passos Do Carmo (0-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karl FribergFriberg – Vladimir IvanovIvanov (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nikita MashtakovMashtakov – Adrian AndrzejczukAndrzejczuk (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Denis ParshutinParshutin (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kristjan TammTamm – Luke JohnsonJohnson (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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