Elise Mertens and Anna Kalinskaya will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Omnium Banque Nationale for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.66
Anna Kalinskaya -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya

This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Anna Kalinskaya square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kalinskaya won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2023.

Highlights Anna Kalinskaya vs Elise Mertens – Rome 12-May-2023

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

29 - 14win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
5-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
8-2
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. 22, Mertens will start her run in Toronto after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-4 7-6(4) to Sabalenka in the 4th round on the 6th of July.

The Belgian has a composed 29-13 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Singapore where she defeated 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).

Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 476-273 record. She has a positive 273-142 record on hard.

Previously in Toronto

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.

Montreal
Mertens's Record

Anna Kalinskaya

Anna Kalinskaya

16 - 14win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
3-1
Clay
5-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
33
High
11
LWWLWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-21 16-14 5-4 3-1 1-2 0-0
2024 38-19 28-12 3-5 0-0 7-2 0-0
2023 28-18 16-15 7-3 5-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-20 22-10 2-6 1-1 2-3 0-0
2021 30-23 19-12 3-7 5-2 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 31, Kalinskaya got to the 2nd round after defeating Ann Li 7-6(6) 0-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kalinskaya defeated Li (7-66 0-6 6-3).During the match Kalinskaya scored less points (6) than Li. In fact, the world no. 22 won 88 points vs Li’s. That means that Kalinskaya was more focused during the important points. Kalinskaya was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Kalinskaya recorded 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 59% of her first serves in, winning 64% (39/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Li twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Washington.

Kalinskaya has an overall 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See her history.

Montreal
Kalinskaya's Record

Tennis Scores in Montreal

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