{"id":36313,"date":"2025-04-03T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=36313"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:29:10","slug":"zheng-qinwen-vs-elise-mertens-head-to-head-preview-and-prediction-charleston-open-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/zheng-qinwen-vs-elise-mertens-head-to-head-preview-and-prediction-charleston-open-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Zheng Qinwen vs Elise Mertens Head to Head, Preview and Prediction Charleston Open 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen will face an uphill battle in her <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wta-charleston-open-2025-schedule-dates-and-ranked-players-in-action\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Charleston Open<\/a> Round of 16, when she faces 13th seed Elise Mertens on Thursday. The Chinese No. 1 already beat a tough opponent in Round-2 in former World No. 3 Maria Sakkari. Can she keep her form going, or will the formidable Mertens turn the tables on her?<\/p><p>Elise Mertens has been among the top players on the WTA circuit for a plethora of years now. Having turned pro in 2013, Mertens went on to become the doubles World No. 1 and win a combined 30 titles from both disciplines. Due to her ranking drop, the Belgian comes up against top seeds very early on &ndash; she lost to Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek at Indian Wells and Miami. Nonetheless, her 6-3 7-5 win over Gracheva will give her some assurance heading into the Round of 16.<\/p><p>Zheng Qinwen is the third seed at the American event this week. A former Australian Open and WTA Finals runner-up, Zheng knows a thing or two about justifying her ranking. Facing a lot of criticism that her <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>game<\/a> isn&rsquo;t suited for clay, she managed to win the coveted Olympic gold medal on the red dirt in 2024. She will go all guns blazing upon entering the Althea Gibson Club Court.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Qinwen Zheng feeling 100% again after early-season injuries | 2025 Charleston Open\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P57sTdNWeDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zheng Qinwen vs Elise Mertens Head to Head Record<\/h2><p>The head to head record between Zheng Qinwen and Elise Mertens stands at 0-0. They are yet to face each other on the professional circuit, and the Charleston Round of 16 will be their first meeting.<\/p><p>While Qinwen has won five career singles titles, Mertens has nine singles and 21 doubles trophies to her name. Both players have achieved their best Grand Slam performance at the Australian Open, and are awaiting their first major in singles. However, the 29-year-old Belgian is a four-time Grand Slam winner in doubles (alongside Aryna Sabalenka and Hsieh Su-wei).<\/p><p><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/atp-monte-carlo-masters-2025-schedule-top-seeds-prize-money-and-more\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>ATP Monte Carlo Masters 2025: Schedule, Top Seeds, Prize Money and More<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zheng Qinwen vs Elise Mertens Titles Comparison<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Zheng Qinwen<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Elise Mertens<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0<\/td><td>Grand Slams<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>WTA Singles Titles<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0<\/td><td>WTA Doubles Titles<\/td><td>21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0<\/td><td>WTA-1000 Titles<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gold (Paris 2024)<\/td><td>Best Olympics Performance<\/td><td>R1 (Tokyo 2020)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No. 8<\/td><td>Current World Ranking<\/td><td>No. 28<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zheng Qinwen vs Elise Mertens Charleston Open 2025 Prediction<\/h2><p>It doesn&rsquo;t take an expert to know that both players have an incredible serve and forehand. But Zheng has been displaying better movement on court, and comes into the tournament with the better form out of the two. Unless there are some major glitches, the 22-year-old Chinese should prevail.<\/p><p><strong>Prediction: <\/strong>Zheng Qinwen in straight sets.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Qinwen Zheng for W Magazine China. <br><br>&#10084;&#65039;&#128420; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fRoSfeejDu\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/fRoSfeejDu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1907106313253044390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zheng Qinwen vs Elise Mertens Charleston Open 2025 Betting Odds<\/h2><p><strong>Zheng Qinwen Win: <\/strong>4\/11<\/p><p><strong>Elise Mertens Win: <\/strong>9\/4<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mirra-andreeva-technically-completes-sunshine-double-wins-miami-open-2025-doubles-title-with-diana-shnaider\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Mirra Andreeva &lsquo;Technically&rsquo; Completes Sunshine Double, Wins Miami Open 2025 Doubles Title With Diana Shnaider<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese No. 1 looks to book her place in the Charleston final eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":36322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[128,5311,5417,5418,4936,4950],"class_list":["post-36313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-betting","tag-charleston-open","tag-elise-mertens","tag-qinwen-zheng","tag-tennis","tag-wta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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