Elise Mertens and Clervie Ngounoue will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 10. In the following lines 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.24
Clervie Ngounoue -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Clervie Ngounoue

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Clervie Ngounoue since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 22, Mertens will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 1-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to Kalinskaya in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of July.

Elise has a compiled 29-14 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering 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).

Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 476-274 record. She has a positive 273-143 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See her history.

Clervie Ngounoue

Ranked no. 211, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Olivia Gadecki 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3, Yue Yuan 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Hailey Baptiste 6-1 4-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Baptiste (6-1 4-6 6-1). During the match Ngounoue scored 91 points vs Baptiste’s 65. Clervie was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Ngounoue managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Clervie Ngounoue was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Ngounoue broke Baptiste 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W50 Birmingham where she defeated Viktoria Hruncakova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-3.

Clervie has an aggregate 33-10 win-loss record in 2025, 27-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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• Sumit NagalNagal – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-6⁵ 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo ArguelloArguello – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Mathias BourgueBourgue (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Pedro CachinCachin (7-6¹ 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (7-6³ 0-6 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-6 6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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