Elise Mertens and Mccartney Kessler will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.57
Mccartney Kessler -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Mccartney Kessler

This will be the 2^nd time that Elise Mertens and Mccartney Kessler face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kessler (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kessler won 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the final in Hobart back in January 2025.

Highlights Mccartney Kessler vs Elise Mertens – Hobart 11-January-2025

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 22, Mertens will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Jacquemot in the 2^nd round on the 11^th of September.

Elise has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 481-278 record. She has a positive 278-147 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

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

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 39, Mccartney reached the 2^nd round after defeating Han Shi 6-2 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Shi (6-2 7-6⁵). During the match Kessler scored 85 points vs Shi’s 73. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kessler was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 60% of her first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Shi 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

Mccartney has an overall 32-20 win-loss record in 2025, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Maverick BanesBanes (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin CuevasCuevas – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Donna VekicVekic – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anna BondarBondar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Priscilla HonHon – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction