Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#641 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
23w5 meetings · sets 6–6
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elise Mertens have met 5 times since 2017; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Fed Cup WG R1: RUS vs BEL in 2017 on clay. On clay courts they are level 1–1. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Pavlyuchenkova has taken 6 sets to Mertens's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 1/2 | 71% | 24/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 1/6 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 2/8 | 31% | 17/55 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 55% | 21/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 29% | 2/7 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 63% | 5/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 2/2 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 77% | 24/31 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pavlyuchenkova 1, Mertens 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pavlyuchenkova
🤖 Servebot
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Feb 8, 2026
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 2, 2024
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jun 4, 2023
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 4th Round
Jun 28, 2017
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 32
Apr 22, 2017
Fed Cup WG R1: RUS vs BEL
C Clay · Round Robin
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.05 |
| ROI % | - | +23.4% |
| Units P/L | - | +3.74u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | — | SGP → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Pavlyuchenkova's 20%).
| Opponent | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 64 06 64 | W 61 64 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 36 | W 63 63 |
| Mccartney Kessler | L 36 36 | W |
| Sorana Cirstea | L 36 16 | L 36 26 |
| Barbora Krejcikova | L 46 46 | W 57 61 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Veronika Erjavec
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round Qualifying
May 4
Alexandra Eala
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 22
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 21
Viktoriya Tomova
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 20
Tena Lukas
Dubrovnik Open - Dubrovnik · 1st Round
Mar 24
Barbora Krejcikova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 15
Elise Mertens
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 1st Round
Feb 8
Mccartney Kessler
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi · 1st Round
Feb 1
Qinwen Zheng
China Open - Beijing · Semifinals
Oct 10
Iga Swiatek
China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Coco Gauff
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Jelena Ostapenko
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Katie Volynets
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Maja Chwalinska
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Maria Timofeeva
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–55 matches
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 25% | 62% |
| Sets won | 28% | 59% |
| Games won | 42% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| BJK Cup | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pavlyuchenkova | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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