Elise Mertens vs Kirsten FlipkensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 3–2
🇧🇪Kirsten Flipkens
Unranked · 40 yrs · Right-Handed
19wElise Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens have met 2 times since 2019; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Rabat in 2019 on clay. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 3 sets to Flipkens's 2. Their most recent meeting: Kirsten Flipkens won at Viking International - Eastbourne (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Flipkens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Kirsten Flipkens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 23/33 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/54 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 20/37 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 27/30 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 23/30 | 0% | 0/1 |
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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Flipkens 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Flipkens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens 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
Jun 21, 2022
Viking International - Eastbourne
G Grass · 2nd Round
May 1, 2019
Rabat
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | - |
| ROI % | +23.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Alena Kovackova
Bundesliga - women · -
Jun 7
Simona Halep
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jun 30
Jaimee Fourlis
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Viktoriya Tomova
Viking International - Eastbourne · 3rd Round
Jun 22
Elise Mertens
Viking International - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 21
Maryna Zanevska
Viking International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 20
Shelby Rogers
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Quarterfinals
Jun 10
Ann Li
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 2nd Round
Jun 9
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–54 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 100% |
| Sets won | 58% | 67% |
| Games won | 54% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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