Anhelina Kalinina vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Anhelina Kalinina
#48 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
42 meetings · sets 1–4
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Anhelina Kalinina and Elise Mertens have met 2 times since 2020; Elise Mertens leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 2–0. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kalinina has taken 1 sets to Mertens's 4. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kalinina | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anhelina Kalinina | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 31/44 | 71% | 24/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 19/65 | 31% | 17/55 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 49% | 24/49 | 55% | 21/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 6/11 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 89% | 8/9 | 63% | 5/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 40/45 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 31/45 | 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. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kalinina 0, Mertens 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kalinina
🪃 Counterpuncher
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elise Mertens.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 16, 2022
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati
H Hard · 1st Round
Nov 11, 2020
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kalinina | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anhelina Kalinina | Elise Mertens | ||
| 1 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 88% | 14/16 |
| 3 or more | 11% | 1/9 | 75% | 12/16 |
| 5 or more | 11% | 1/9 | 56% | 9/16 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 2.05 |
| ROI % | -59.9% | +23.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.79u | +3.74u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 6 |
| Distance | 654 mi · 1,053 km | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | ROU → CZE | 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 (70% vs Kalinina's 60%).
| Opponent | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Volynets | W 62 63 | W 60 46 75 |
| Maja Chwalinska | W 57 62 61 | L 26 26 |
| Naomi Osaka | L 16 36 | L 36 63 57 |
| Kaitlin Quevedo | W 75 64 | W 64 64 |
| Diane Parry | L 46 57 | L 46 60 36 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 63 76 | W 61 64 |
| Panna Udvardy | W 60 63 | W 61 46 63 |
| Emma Navarro | L 63 46 26 | W 62 62 |
| Anna Bondar | L 46 57 | W 36 64 64 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 64 63 | W 64 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sonay Kartal
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Janice Tjen
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Himeno Sakatsume
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Emma Navarro
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Darja Vidmanova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Tamara Korpatsch
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Maria Lourdes Carle
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 22
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 · 55–65 matches
| Metric | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 62% |
| Sets won | 63% | 59% |
| Games won | 55% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kalinina | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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