Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Libema Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.4
Yue Yuan -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Yue Yuan
This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Yuan won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2023.
Elise Mertens
23 - 11win/loss
24
12
LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-12 | 10-6 | 6-5 | 5-0 | 5-1 | 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. 25, the Belgian got to the quarter after beating Viktoriya Tomova 6-4 6-0 and Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-3 6-0). During the match, Mertens scored 67 points vs Sakkari’s 42. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 47% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Sakkari 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (345-215). 2-0 on grass in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a compiled 33-28 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Singapore where she beat Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.
Mertens has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Yue Yuan
11 - 14win/loss
82
36
LLWWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-16 | 3-9 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, the Chinese reached the quarter after beating Joy De Zeeuw 7-6(4) 6-4, Carson Branstine 6-4 6-4, Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-3 and Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Yuan had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-4 6-3). During the match Yuan scored 76 points vs Birrell’s 62. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Yuan scored 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Yue Yuan lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 68% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. Yuan broke Birrell 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yuan started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Oeiras where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 4-6 6-4 6-2.
The Chinese has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 60 |
| Pts | 124-79 | 211-168 |
| Total Points | 203 | 379 |
| Winners | 39 | 96 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Mertens played 2 matches while Yuan competed in 3 matches. Yuan started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Mertens has played 2 set(s) less than Yuan (4 vs 6). Therefore, Mertens played 29 games less than Yuan. The Belgian scored 39 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Yue made 96 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 126/177 |
| %1st in | 55% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 96/126 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 26/51 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 51% |
Mertens blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Yuan scored 7 aces (2.3 per match). Mertens won 70% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Yuan won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/21 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 57% | 34% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Belgian broke her opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | ||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 67-42 | 124-79 | |
| Total points | 94 | 109 | 203 | |
| Winners | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 28% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 27/57 | 56/101 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 47% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 19/27 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 16/30 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/10 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Yuan | ||||||
| Q1 De |
Q3 Branstine |
R1 Sevastova |
R2 Birrell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 80 | |
| pts | 69-57 | – | 66-49 | 76-62 | 211-168 | |
| Total points | 126 | 0 | 115 | 138 | 379 | |
| Winners | 36 | 28 | 32 | 96 | ||
| %Winners | 52% | 0% | 42% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 44/61 | / | 35/47 | 47/69 | 126/177 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 0% | 74% | 68% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | / | 28/35 | 32/47 | 96/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 0% | 80% | 68% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | / | 6/12 | 8/22 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 0% | 50% | 36% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 1/4 | / | 4/15 | 5/10 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 0% | 27% | 50% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 1/2 | 2/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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