Anett Kontaveit vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇪Anett Kontaveit
Unranked · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
171w5 meetings · sets 5–8
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 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 | — | 71% | 24/34 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 33% | 7/21 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 31% | 17/55 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 55% | 21/38 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 50% | 8/16 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 63% | 5/8 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 90% | 28/31 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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: 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 (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 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 | - | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.05 |
| ROI % | - | +23.4% |
| Units P/L | - | +3.74u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kontaveit | 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.
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
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 · 55–55 matches
| Metric | Kontaveit | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 62% |
| Sets won | - | 59% |
| 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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