🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#83 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Kimberly Birrell have met 1 time since 2025; Elise Mertens leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Indian Wells (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Birrell
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Kimberly Birrell are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 6,908 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 1/1 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 100% | 1/1 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 6.18 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +402.3% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +48.28u |
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Birrell's 50%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Bartunkova | L | W 16 61 63 |
| Ann Li | W 67 61 62 | L |
| Tatjana Maria | W 75 60 | W 64 36 75 |
| Panna Udvardy | W 64 62 | L 46 61 16 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 16 36 | L 16 26 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | W 62 61 | L 57 57 |
| Donna Vekic | W 63 63 | W 64 60 |
| Anna Blinkova | W 64 63 | W 62 61 |
Last five matches per player
Nikola Bartunkova
Berlin ·
Jun 17
Laura Samsonova
Berlin ·
Jun 15
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Bianca Andreescu
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 8
Maja Chwalinska
French Open ·
May 28
Maja Chwalinska
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Tatjana Maria
French Open ·
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 51% |
| Sets won | 59% | 51% |
| Games won | 55% | 50% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
