Elise Mertens vs Kristina MladenovicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
6 meetings · sets 6–8
🇫🇷Kristina Mladenovic
#852 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
11wElise Mertens and Kristina Mladenovic have met 6 times since 2016; they are level 3–3. Their first meeting came at 's Hertogenbosch in 2016 on grass. On hard courts Mertens leads 3–2. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 6 sets to Mladenovic's 8. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Mladenovic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Kristina Mladenovic | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 0% | 0/4 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 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: 4 of 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Mladenovic 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Mladenovic
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 3,165 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elise Mertens.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
6 career meetings, newest first
Aug 5, 2021
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose
H Hard · 2nd Round
Aug 24, 2020
Western & Southern Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 10, 2018
Fed Cup WG R1: BEL vs FRA
H Hard · Round Robin
Feb 1, 2017
St. Petersburg
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 11, 2017
Hobart
H Hard · Round of 32
Jun 10, 2016
's Hertogenbosch
G Grass · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–5 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 3.05 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | — |
| Route | 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.
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
Valentina Ryser
Ladies Open - Figueira da Foz · 1st Round
Jun 16
Tessa Johanna Brockmann
Oeiras Jamor Ladies Open - Oeiras · 1st Round
Apr 14
Carmen Andreea Herea
Billie Jean King Cup, Group I, Europe/Africa · Rubber 1
Apr 9
Yidi Yang
Open Arena - Les Sables d'Olonne · 1st Round
Feb 17
Alevtina Ibragimova
W100 Dubai 1 · 1st Round
Dec 2
Maria Lourdes Carle
MundoTenis Open - Florianopolis · 2nd Round
Dec 4
Emiliana Arango
MundoTenis Open - Florianopolis · 1st Round
Dec 2
Mayar Sherif
Argentina Open - Buenos Aires · 2nd Round
Nov 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 5–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 20% |
| Sets won | 58% | 18% |
| Games won | 54% | 37% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| BJK Cup | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 2 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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