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Elise Mertens vs Kimberly BirrellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Elise Mertens

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed

1–0

1 meeting · sets 2–0

Kimberly Birrell

🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell

#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed

Title

Elise Mertens and Kimberly Birrell have met 1 time since 2025; Elise Mertens leads 1–0. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 2 sets to Birrell's 0. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells (2025).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorMertensBirrell
Wins in straight sets71%59%
Wins a set when losing33%42%
Goes to a deciding set31%41%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite55%44%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog50%62%
Tiebreak sets won63%45%
Wins after taking set 190%88%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 177%67%

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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Birrell 0).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Mertens

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies
vs

Birrell

🏹 Frontrunner

Fast startsAggressive openersMomentum-drivenStrong holds

Matchup analysis

💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 1,247 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

1 career meeting, newest first

Mar 8, 2025

BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells

H Hard · 2nd Round

64
75
Mertens

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeMertensBirrell
1 or more88%77%
3 or more75%23%
5 or more56%8%
10 or more0%0%
15 or more0%0%
20 or more0%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricMertensBirrell
W-L10–67–6
Avg odds2.052.12
ROI %+23.4%+4.8%
Units P/L+3.74u+0.63u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricMertensBirrell
Countries22
Events22
Matches67
Distance2,779 mi · 4,472 km592 mi · 952 km
RouteSGP → ROUPOR → 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 (90% vs Birrell's 60%).

OpponentMertensBirrell
Katie Volynets
W
60
46
75
W
26
62
75
Marie Bouzkova
W
64
64
L
46
46
Anna Bondar
W
36
64
64
W
75
26
61
Nikola Bartunkova
W
16
64
62
W
16
61
63
Panna Udvardy
W
61
46
63
L
46
61
16
Elena Rybakina
W
76
61
L
16
26
Sorana Cirstea
L
36
26
L
36
46
Barbora Krejcikova
W
57
61
75
W
63
76
Tatjana Maria
W
75
60
W
64
36
75
Ella Seidel
W
63
64
W
76
61

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Mertens
LWWWWLLW
L

Qinwen Zheng

China Open - Beijing · Semifinals

57
26

Oct 10

W

Iga Swiatek

China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals

760
63

Oct 9

W

Coco Gauff

China Open - Beijing · 4th Round

63
63

Oct 7

W

Jelena Ostapenko

China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round

62
36
63

Oct 5

W

Katie Volynets

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

60
46
75

Oct 3

L

Maja Chwalinska

Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals

26
26

Sep 25

L

Naomi Osaka

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round

36
63
57

Sep 6

W

Maria Timofeeva

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

62
765

Sep 3

Birrell
LWWWWWWL
L

Marie Bouzkova

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

46
46

Oct 3

W

Aoi Ito

China Open - Beijing · 1st Round

61
61

Oct 1

W

Maya Joint

Korea Open - Seoul · Final

64
62

Sep 27

W

Katie Volynets

Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals

26
62
75

Sep 26

W

Anna Bondar

Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals

75
26
61

Sep 26

W

Ye Xin Ma

Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round

75
63

Sep 24

W

Tamara Zidansek

Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round

762
64

Sep 22

L

Ekaterina Alexandrova

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

16
62
36

Sep 3

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–63 matches

MetricMertensBirrell
Matches won62%59%
Sets won59%56%
Games won54%52%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageMertensBirrell
WTA 100010

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceMertensBirrell
Hard10

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Elise Mertens vs Kimberly Birrell FAQ

Elise Mertens leads the head-to-head 1–0 over 1 meetings.