Alexandra Eala vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇭Alexandra Eala
#18 · 21 yrs · Left-Handed
Title43 meetings · sets 0–6
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Alexandra Eala and Elise Mertens have met 3 times since 2023; Elise Mertens leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Jasmin Open Tunisia - Monastir in 2023 on hard. Mertens has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Eala has taken 0 sets to Mertens's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Eala | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Alexandra Eala | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 32/48 | 72% | 21/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 37% | 10/27 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 26/75 | 31% | 15/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 21/42 | 58% | 19/33 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 48% | 14/29 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 62% | 8/13 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 81% | 39/48 | 85% | 23/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 32/48 | 78% | 21/27 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Eala 0, Mertens 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Eala
🏹 Frontrunner
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jun 22, 2026
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · 1st Round
Apr 24, 2026
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
Oct 17, 2023
Jasmin Open Tunisia - Monastir
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Eala | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Alexandra Eala | Elise Mertens | ||
| 1 or more | 72% | 18/25 | 100% | 14/14 |
| 3 or more | 32% | 8/25 | 64% | 9/14 |
| 5 or more | 4% | 1/25 | 43% | 6/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/25 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/25 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/25 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 19–6 | 9–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.01 | 1.84 |
| ROI % | +51.4% | +12.4% |
| Units P/L | +12.85u | +1.73u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 7 |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | AUT → CAN → POL | CAN → POL → AUT |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 10 shared opponents, both Eala and Mertens posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Bartunkova | W 57 63 75 | W 16 64 62 |
| Panna Udvardy | W 16 75 63 | W 61 46 63 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 46 06 | L 26 36 |
| Naomi Osaka | W 64 62 | L 16 26 |
| Linda Noskova | L 26 46 | L 36 57 |
| Jasmine Paolini | L 46 64 36 | W 46 76 63 |
| Elena Rybakina | W 75 64 | W 76 61 |
| Laura Siegemund | W 67 63 63 | W 62 64 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | W 63 63 | W 62 61 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 06 26 | L 61 36 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Amanda Anisimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 10
Caty Mcnally
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Alycia Parks
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Jessica Pegula
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Final
Aug 3
Naomi Osaka
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Semifinals
Aug 1
Elina Svitolina
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Quarterfinals
Aug 1
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 29
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Final
Aug 30
Nikola Bartunkova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Semifinals
Aug 29
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Panna Udvardy
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Diane Parry
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · Quarterfinals
Jul 8
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–75 matches
| Metric | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 59% |
| Sets won | 60% | 58% |
| Games won | 54% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Eala | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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