Elise Mertens vs Jana CepelovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇸🇰Jana Cepelova
Unranked · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
173wElise Mertens and Jana Cepelova have met 1 time since 2018; Elise Mertens leads 1–0. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 2 sets to Cepelova's 0. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Tianjin (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Cepelova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Jana Cepelova | ||
| 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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Cepelova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Cepelova
🪃 Counterpuncher
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
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 11, 2018
Tianjin
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Cepelova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | - |
| ROI % | +23.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Cepelova |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Laura Pigossi
Veneto Open - Gaiba · 1st Round
Jun 20
Chihiro Muramatsu
Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 29
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Moscow · Round of 32
Oct 16
Su Wei Hsieh
Us Open · Round of 128
Aug 27
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Nurnberg · Round of 32
May 22
Katerina Siniakova
Prague · Round of 16
May 2
Stefanie Voegele
Prague · Round of 32
May 1
Elise Mertens
Tianjin · Round of 16
Oct 11
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Cepelova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | - |
| Sets won | 59% | - |
| Games won | 54% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Cepelova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Cepelova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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