Elise Mertens and Viktoriya Tomova will face off in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.25
Viktoriya Tomova -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Viktoriya Tomova

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Viktoriya Tomova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2021.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

21 - 11win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
5-0
Clay
6-5
Rank
20
High
12
LWWLLLWWLW
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. 24, Elise will start her run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Boisson in the 1st round on the 27th of May.

Elise has an aggregate 21-11 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

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

Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 468-271 record. She has a positive 34-31 record on grass.

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.

's-Hertogenbosch
Mertens's Record

Viktoriya Tomova

Viktoriya Tomova

7 - 14win/loss

Hard
2-6
I Hard
3-2
Clay
2-6
Rank
132
High
46
LLWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-26 9-13 4-7 3-2 3-4 0-0
2024 34-34 15-18 15-13 0-1 4-2 0-0
2023 42-29 16-9 20-10 4-5 2-5 0-0
2022 41-32 14-8 21-15 2-5 4-3 0-1
2021 23-32 5-9 13-12 2-7 1-3 2-1

Ranked no. 64, Viktoriya will start her run in Hertogenbosch after she played her last match in the Bari where she lost 6-3 5-7 6-3 to Parrizas-Diaz in the quarter on the 6th of June.

Viktoriya has an overall 7-14 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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This will be the first match of the year on grass.

In terms of her career, The Bulgarian has an overall 320-261 record. She has a negative 18-19 record on grass.

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Tomova has never competed in this tournament before.

's-Hertogenbosch
Tomova's Record

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

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