Elise Mertens vs Kimberly BirrellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#69 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4Elise 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
| Indicator | Mertens | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 58% | 15/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 42% | 21/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 61% | 14/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 37% | 7/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 83% | 20/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 63% | 15/24 |
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. 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
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 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Mar 8, 2025
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–5 | 5–9 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -36.5% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -5.11u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | CAN → POL → AUT |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Birrell's 50%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lanlana Tararudee | W 75 61 | L 46 67 |
| Mccartney Kessler | L 26 46 | W 67 76 60 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 63 36 63 | L 46 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Final
Aug 30
Nikola Bartunkova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Semifinals
Aug 29
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Panna Udvardy
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Diane Parry
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · Quarterfinals
Jul 8
Darja Vidmanova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Kamilla Rakhimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Yexin Ma
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Sorana Cirstea
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Alina Korneeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Petra Marcinko
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Barbora Krejcikova
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–50 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 52% |
| Sets won | 58% | 51% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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