Anett Kontaveit vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇪Anett Kontaveit
Unranked · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
164w5 meetings · sets 5–8
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Anett Kontaveit and Elise Mertens have met 5 times since 2017; Elise Mertens leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Biel in 2017 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 3–2. Across all meetings Kontaveit has taken 5 sets to Mertens's 8. Their most recent meeting: Anett Kontaveit won at Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kontaveit | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anett Kontaveit | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 72% | 21/29 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 35% | 7/20 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 31% | 15/49 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 58% | 19/33 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 42% | 5/12 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 57% | 4/7 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 85% | 23/27 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kontaveit 0, Mertens 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kontaveit
🤖 Servebot
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,090 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 23, 2022
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 3rd Round
Mar 28, 2021
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 3rd Round
Jan 10, 2019
Sydney
H Hard · Round of 16
Nov 1, 2018
Zhuhai
H Hard · Round of 16
Apr 14, 2017
Biel
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 9–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.84 |
| ROI % | - | +12.4% |
| Units P/L | - | +1.73u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 7 |
| Distance | — | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | — | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Marie Bouzkova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 6
Lucrezia Stefanini
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 5
Bernarda Pera
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 29
Liudmila Samsonova
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 2nd Round
May 12
Alycia Parks
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round
May 9
Karolina Muchova
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 25
Shuai Zhang
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi · 1st Round
Feb 6
Magda Linette
Australian Open - Melbourne · 2nd Round
Jan 19
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 · 49–49 matches
| Metric | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 59% |
| Sets won | - | 58% |
| Games won | - | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| WTA Finals | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 3 |
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