Elise Mertens and Ann Li will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of Wimbledon for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 17. 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 -> 1.31
Ann Li -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ann Li

This will be the 2^nd time that Elise Mertens and Ann Li play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-1 6-4 in the final in Singapore back in February 2025.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Ann Li – Singapore 02-February-2025

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 23, Elise reached the 2^nd round after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Mertens scored 79 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 61. Elise was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens scored 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elise Mertens was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of her 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Elise broke Fruhvirtova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (349-216). 6-1 on grass in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has a compiled 37-29 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

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

The Belgian has a composed 27-12 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Ann Li

Ranked no. 65, Li got to the 2^nd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-3 4-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Golubic (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match Li scored 95 points vs Golubic’s 80. Ann was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Li fired 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ann Li was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The American broke Golubic 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Li’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Singapore.

Li has a compiled 16-14 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mertens	Li
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	26
Pts	79-61	95-80
Total Points	140	175
Winners	22	31
%Winners	28%	33%

Both Mertens and Li played 1 match. At the moment, Ann Li dropped 1 set while Elise Mertens hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mertens has played 1 set(s) less than Li (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mertens played 8 games less than Li. Elise scored 22 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Ann scored 31 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mertens	Li
Aces	4	5
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	28/58	42/73
%1st in	48%	58%
1st pts	22/28	31/42
%1st pts	79%	74%
2nd pts	17/30	16/31
%2nd pts	57%	52%

Mertens managed to score 4 aces . Li struck 5 aces . Mertens won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Li won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mertens	Li
Won	4	5
Converted	4/12	5/12
% Converted	33%	42%
Conceded	5	3
Saved	4	1
% Saved	80%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

The Belgian broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Elise lost her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Ann broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Li conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
	R1 Fruhvirtova	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	79-61	79-61
Total points	140	140
Winners	22	22
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	28/58	28/58
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	22/28	22/28
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Li
	R1 Golubic	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	95-80	95-80
Total points	175	175
Winners	31	31
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/73	42/73
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	31/42	31/42
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	16/31	16/31
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

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