Arantxa Rus and Maria Mateas will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Arantxa Rus who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.29
Maria Mateas -> 3.6

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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Mateas

This will be the 2^nd time that Arantxa Rus and Maria Mateas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rus (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Rus won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 3^rd round in the W60 San Bartolome back in 2022.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 99, Arantxa got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicole Fossa Huergo 6-3 6-7(7) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Arantxa defeated Fossa Huergo (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-1). During the match, Rus scored 108 points vs Fossa Huergo’s 86. Arantxa was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rus struck 2 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 66% of her first serves in, winning 66% (48/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Fossa Huergo 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).

Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (425-246). 11-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rus has a composed 252-111 match record in the last years on clay.

Arantxa’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Koper.

The Dutch has a composed 12-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rabat

Maria Mateas

Ranked no. 243, Mateas reached the 2^nd round after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mateas had a good straight sets win against Mandlik (6-3 6-4). During the match Mateas scored 84 points vs Mandlik’s 70. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Mateas struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Maria Mateas lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Mateas put 70% of her first serves in, winning 60% (36/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mandlik 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Maria’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W50 Santo Domingo.

The American has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2025, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rabat

Maria has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rus	Mateas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	19
Pts	108-86	84-70
Total Points	194	154
Winners	48	36
%Winners	44%	43%

Both Rus and Mateas played 1 match. At the moment, Arantxa Rus dropped 1 set while Maria Mateas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rus has played 1 set more than Mateas (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rus played 10 games more than Mateas. The Dutch scored 48 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mateas blasted 36 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rus	Mateas
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	73/110	60/86
%1st in	66%	70%
1st pts	48/73	36/60
%1st pts	66%	60%
2nd pts	16/37	12/26
%2nd pts	43%	46%

Rus managed to score 2 aces . Mateas struck 3 aces . Rus won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mateas won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rus	Mateas
Won	7	5
Converted	7/8	5/9
% Converted	88%	56%
Conceded	14	12
Saved	10	9
% Saved	71%	75%
Times Broken	4	3

Arantxa broke her opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. Rus dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Mateas conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Rus
	R1 Fossa Huergo	Total
Score	6-3 6-77 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	108-86	108-86
Total points	194	194
Winners	48	48
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	12	12
1st in	73/110	73/110
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	48/73	48/73
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	16/37	16/37
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/8	7/8
Converted %	88%	88%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	10/14	10
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	4	4

Mateas
	R1 Mandlik	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	84-70	84-70
Total points	154	154
Winners	36	36
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	60/86	60/86
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	36/60	36/60
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	9/12	9
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Rabat

• Calin MandaManda – Pavel KrainikKrainik (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mircea-Alexandru JecanJecan – Matteo MartineauMartineau (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Christian LindellLindell (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Luca TomasettoTomasetto (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jules OkalaOkala – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-6⁸ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Eduardo StruvayStruvay – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (7-6⁵ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Sada NahimanaNahimana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tatiana PieriPieri – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aliona BolsovaBolsova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arantxa RusRus – Maria MateasMateas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-3) – H2H and prediction