Elise Mertens and Polina Kudermetova will square off in the 1^st round of the Wuhan Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.35
Polina Kudermetova -> 3.18

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Polina Kudermetova

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

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 22, the Belgian will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Kessler in the 2^nd round on the 26^th of September.

Elise has an overall 34-19 win-loss record in 2025, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Singapore where she overcame 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 481-279 record. She has a positive 278-148 record on hard.

Previously in Wuhan

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2017 and 2019. See her history.

Polina Kudermetova

Ranked no. 76, the Russian got to the 1^st round after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6(4) 7-5 and Viktoriya Tomova 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Polina had a good straight sets win against Tomova (6-4 6-1). During the match Kudermetova scored 65 points vs Tomova’s 49. Polina was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova struck 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Polina broke Tomova 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Brisbane.

Kudermetova has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2025, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Polina has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-7⁵ 6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Julian LenzLenz (3-6 7-6³ 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter HellerHeller – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-5 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher HeymanHeyman (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Sandro EhratEhrat (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel MasurMasur – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (5-7 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Guilherme Clezar
  Clezar (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Carlos BerlocqBerlocq (6-3 6-7⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Stephane RobertRobert (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Vincent Thierry SchneiderThierry Schneider (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-2 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ann LiLi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Yue YuanYuan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Donna VekicVekic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction