Elina Svitolina and Elise Mertens will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Bad Homburg Open for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 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 Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.74
Elise Mertens -> 2.09

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens

This will be the 8^th time that Elina Svitolina and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-4 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Charleston back in 2024.

Elina Svitolina

Ranked no. 14, Svitolina will start her run in Bad Homburg after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-1 7-5 to Swiatek in the quarter on the 3^rd of June.

Elina has an aggregate 29-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

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

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Rouen where she overcame Olga Danilovic in the final 6-4 7-6(8).

Talking about her overall career, Svitolina has an overall 529-269 record. She has a positive 26-25 record on grass.

Previously in Bad Homburg

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See her history.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 24, will start her run in Bad Homburg after she won the title in S Hertogenbosch after beating 6-3 7-6(4) Gabriela Ruse in the final.

Mertens has a compiled 26-11 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Singapore where she beat Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4 and in Hertogenbosch where she beat Elena Gabriela Ruse in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Mertens won her last 5 matches.

In terms of her career, Mertens has an overall 473-271 record. She has a positive 39-31 record on grass.

Previously in Bad Homburg

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Bad Homburg

• Florian LakatLakat – Franco Emanuel EgeaEmanuel Egea (7-6³ 2-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Xavier GabarroGabarro – Miguel DamasDamas (7-5 0-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pol Toledo BagueToledo Bague – Sergio BarrancoBarranco (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico GilGil – Jaime Pulgar-GarciaPulgar-Garcia (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur Reymond
  Reymond – Luis FariaFaria (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bart Van Den BergVan Den Berg – Sergi Perez ContriPerez Contri (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Afonso SalgadoSalgado – Cayetano MarchMarch (6-4 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Maxime MoraMora (6-2 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Michiel De KromDe Krom (6-0 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert RoglanRoglan – Tiago CacaoCacao (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico ZeballosZeballos – Jaime CaldesCaldes (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-3 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine BellierBellier – Eric CaleguerCaleguer (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Ignacio Benzal AliaBenzal Alia (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Harmony TanTan – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Eva LysLys – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Belinda BencicBencic (3-4) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elise MertensMertens (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-3) – H2H and prediction