Elise Mertens and Anna Blinkova will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.3
Anna Blinkova -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Anna Blinkova

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Anna Blinkova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

30 - 15win/loss

Hard
11-8
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, Elise will start her run in Monterrey after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 4-6 6-3 7-5 to Rybakina in the 3rd round on the 11th of August.

The Belgian has an aggregate 30-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Elise has an overall 477-275 record. She has a positive 274-144 record on hard.

Previously in Monterrey

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.

Monterrey
Mertens's Record

Anna Blinkova

Anna Blinkova

22 - 21win/loss

Hard
8-9
I Hard
3-2
Clay
7-6
Grass
4-4
Rank
62
High
34
WWWWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-27 15-15 7-6 3-2 4-4 0-0
2024 25-30 14-15 2-8 7-3 2-4 0-0
2023 33-28 15-15 10-7 3-3 5-3 0-0
2022 46-29 7-8 16-10 21-7 1-3 1-1
2021 15-24 5-11 6-6 2-4 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 77, the Russian will start her run in Monterrey after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 6-2 6-1

to Birrell in the 1st round on the 8th of August.

The Russian has a compiled 22-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Anna has an overall 322-245 record. She has a positive 120-105 record on hard.

Monterrey
Blinkova's Record

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

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