Elise Mertens dispatches Clervie Ngounoue 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Saturday. Mertens will seek to keep on going in this event against Elena Rybakina in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cincinnati
Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money $ 14,570 after winning this match. She has already won $ 32,840 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 23,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 56,678 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Ngounoue
3-6 7-63 7-5
2h:37
105
105
Total points
100
100
38
38
Winners
49
49
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
6
6
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
49%
49%
1st in
63%
63%
78%
78%
1st won
75%
75%
38/49
38/49
1st won
49/65
49/65
50%
50%
2nd won
36%
36%
26/52
26/52
2nd won
14/39
14/39
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
4/8
4/8
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 105 points vs. Ngounoue’s 100.

Mertens

Elise served pretty well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (26/52) on her second serve. The Belgian fired 10 aces and she committed 5 double faults. Mertens won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Ngounoue

On the other side, the American was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Ngounoue is 1-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Mertens will compete against Rybakina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Elise Mertens and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rybakina won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Ngounoue 6-3
NgounoueMertens
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
NgounoueMertens
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
NgounoueMertens
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NgounoueMertens
5
2
15
0
15
15
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15
40
15
NgounoueMertens
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
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30
40
NgounoueMertens
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
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40
40
A
40
NgounoueMertens
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
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40
40
A
40
NgounoueMertens
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
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30
NgounoueMertens
1
1
15
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40
15
NgounoueMertens
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1
0
15
0
30
15
30
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30
40

Mertens had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Clervie Ngounoue in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the American refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Elise in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Clervie won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Ngounoue was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 40-A). Also, on the other side, Mertens was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).

They played 64 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Elise (34-30). Clervie surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, Elise conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

2nd Set -
Mertens 7-6
MertensNgounoue
7
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MertensNgounoue
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
MertensNgounoue
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensNgounoue
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensNgounoue
5
5
15
0
15
15
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15
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40
MertensNgounoue
5
4
0
15
15
15
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15
40
15
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4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensNgounoue
4
3
0
15
15
15
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15
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30
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40
40
40
A
MertensNgounoue
4
2
0
15
0
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0
40
15
40
MertensNgounoue
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1
0
15
0
30
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30
MertensNgounoue
3
1
0
15
0
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40
MertensNgounoue
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensNgounoue
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0
15
0
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0
40
0

Mertens was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Clervie Ngounoue in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belgian to win the set as Ngounoue succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game.

Mertens was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, the American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 71 points. It’s worth to point out that, Elise won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the American (35-36). Mertens conceded 12 points on serve (25-12). on the other side of the court, Ngounoue conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).

3rd Set -
Mertens 7-5
MertensNgounoue
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MertensNgounoue
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensNgounoue
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
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15
40
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5
4
15
0
15
15
15
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15
40
30
40
MertensNgounoue
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensNgounoue
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MertensNgounoue
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensNgounoue
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2
15
0
15
15
15
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15
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30
40
MertensNgounoue
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
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30
40
40
A
40
MertensNgounoue
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
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40
30
MertensNgounoue
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
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40
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40

The Belgian won the set after she broke Clervie in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Mertens kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.

Elise converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th

(4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ngounoue converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).

They contested 70 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the American (39-31). Elise surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the net, Ngounoue conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

1st
Mertens
Ngounoue
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Ngounoue
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Mertens
Ngounoue
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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