Clemence Mercier vs Irina BalusPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Clemence Mercier and Irina Balus have met 1 time since 2025; Irina Balus leads 1–0. Across all meetings Mercier has taken 0 sets to Balus's 2. Their most recent meeting: Irina Balus won at W35 Quebec City (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mercier | Balus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Clemence Mercier | Irina Balus | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 79% | 19/24 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/2 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 0% | 0/2 | 23% | 8/35 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 75% | 18/24 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/2 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 96% | 23/24 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 79% | 19/24 | |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mercier 0, Balus 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mercier
💥 Big Hitter
Balus
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 3,165 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Clemence Mercier.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 15, 2025
W35 Quebec City
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mercier | Balus |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 11–5 |
| Avg odds | 6.81 | 1.79 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -4.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -0.67u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mercier | Balus |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | KAZ |
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
Ariana Arseneault
W35 Saskatoon · 1st Round
Jul 21
Irina Balus
W35 Quebec City · Round of 32
Oct 15
Jule Niemeier
W50 Knokke-Heist · Final
Aug 2
Jenny Lim
W50 Knokke-Heist · Semifinals
Aug 1
Martha Matoula
W50 Knokke-Heist · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Tilwith Di Girolami
W50 Knokke-Heist · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Julia Adams
W50 Knokke-Heist · 1st Round
Jul 28
Angela Fita Boluda
W100 Amstetten · 1st Round
Jul 21
Anna Siskova
W75 Olomouc · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Eva Marie Voracek
W75 Olomouc · 1st Round
Jul 15
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 2–35 matches
| Metric | Mercier | Balus |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 69% |
| Sets won | 0% | 65% |
| Games won | 32% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mercier | Balus |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mercier | Balus |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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