Elise Mertens and Suzan Lamens will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 14. 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.37
Suzan Lamens -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Suzan Lamens

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

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

19 - 9win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
5-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
24
High
12
LWWLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-10 10-6 6-4 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. 24, the Belgian will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 3-6 6-2 6-1 to Sabalenka in the 3rd round on the 27th of April.

Elise has a compiled 19-9 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 466-269 record. She has a positive 108-64 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.

Rome
Mertens's Record

Suzan Lamens

Suzan Lamens

16 - 11win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
2-2
Clay
6-2
Rank
67
High
64
LLWLLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-13 8-7 6-4 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 46-27 15-11 19-10 11-3 1-3 0-0
2023 45-31 7-7 33-19 5-5 0-0 0-0
2022 37-27 13-9 24-11 0-3 0-3 0-1
2021 48-27 21-9 22-14 5-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 71, Lamens got to the 2nd round after beating Renata Zarazua 6-1 1-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Dutch defeated Zarazua (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match Lamens scored 77 points vs Zarazua’s 65. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Lamens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Suzan Lamens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lamens put 49% of her first serves in, winning 56% (18/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Zarazua 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Suzan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Rouen.

The Dutch has a compiled 16-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Lamens has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome
Lamens's Record

Tennis Scores in Rome

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  • Maxime ChazalChazalJiri JenicekJenicek (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Ondrej KrstevKrstevJacob GrillsGrills (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Vaclav SafranekSafranekPatrik RiklRikl (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Dan AddedAddedDominik RecekRecek (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Colin SinclairSinclairLucas GerchGerch (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jan SatralSatralTadeas Paroulek
    Paroulek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Evan FurnessFurnessPetr NouzaNouza (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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