Danka Kovinic vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇲🇪Danka Kovinic
#868 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
8w2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Danka Kovinic and Elise Mertens have met 2 times since 2020; Elise Mertens leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2020 on hard. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kovinic has taken 0 sets to Mertens's 4. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kovinic | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Danka Kovinic | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 1/3 | 71% | 24/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 3/10 | 31% | 17/55 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 55% | 21/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 63% | 5/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 25% | 1/4 | 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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kovinic 0, Mertens 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovinic
💥 Big Hitter
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Danka Kovinic and Elise Mertens are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 18, 2020
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 3rd Round
Jan 22, 2020
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovinic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 2.05 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | +23.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | +3.74u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kovinic | 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
Sofya Lansere
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 19
Martha Matoula
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Julia Riera
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Noemi Basiletti
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 1st Round
Jul 14
Lisa Pigato
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round
Jul 1
Marie Vogt
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 30
Tena Lukas
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Miriam Bianca Bulgaru
Internazionali Femminili - Brescia · 1st Round
Jun 16
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 · 10–55 matches
| Metric | Kovinic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 30% | 62% |
| Sets won | 30% | 59% |
| Games won | 42% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kovinic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kovinic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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