Belinda Bencic and Elise Mertens will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.66
Elise Mertens -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Elise Mertens

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

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-2 6-1 in the 3^rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Belinda Bencic – Australian Open 13-February-2021

Belinda Bencic

Ranked no. 15, Bencic got to the 2^nd round after beating Donna Vekic 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Bencic had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Bencic scored 60 points vs Vekic’s 38. Bencic was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bencic bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Belinda Bencic was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Swiss was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Vekic 5 times.

Bencic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (286-152). 23-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has an aggregate 148-82 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

The Swiss has a composed 31-15 win-loss record in 2025, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 21, Mertens reached the 2^nd round after defeating Polina Kudermetova 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match Mertens scored 88 points vs Kudermetova’s 77. Mertens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Mertens fired 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve once and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 56% of her first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Kudermetova twice after converting 18% of her break points (2/11).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Singapore where she defeated 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).

Mertens has a compiled 35-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bencic	Mertens
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	22
Pts	60-38	88-77
Total Points	98	165
Winners	25	37
%Winners	42%	42%

Both Bencic and Mertens played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bencic and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bencic played 6 games less than Mertens. The Swiss scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Elise made 37 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bencic	Mertens
Aces	4	8
Avg per match	4	8
1st in	34/50	47/84
%1st in	68%	56%
1st pts	25/34	37/47
%1st pts	74%	79%
2nd pts	9/16	18/37
%2nd pts	56%	49%

Bencic scored 4 aces . Mertens scored 8 aces . Bencic won 74% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bencic	Mertens
Won	5	2
Converted	5/5	2/11
% Converted	100%	18%
Conceded	3	11
Saved	2	10
% Saved	67%	91%
Times Broken	1	1

Bencic broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Belinda dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. Mertens conceded her serve once and she saved 91% of the break points that she conceded.

Bencic
	R1 Vekic	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-38	60-38
Total points	98	98
Winners	25	25
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/50	34/50
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	25/34	25/34
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	9/16	9/16
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Mertens
	R1 Kudermetova	Total
Score	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	88-77	88-77
Total points	165	165
Winners	37	37
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	47/84	47/84
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	37/47	37/47
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	18/37	18/37
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/11	2/11
Converted %	18%	18%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	10/11	10
Saved %	91%	91%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Peter HellerHeller (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (6-1 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar OtteOtte – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gianluca MagerMager – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dustin BrownBrown – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrej MartinMartin – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Daniel MasurMasur (0-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-2) – H2H and prediction
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• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Yue YuanYuan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction