🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 7–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#162 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu have met 4 times since 2018; Elise Mertens leads 3–1. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Wimbledon (2021).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 57% vs 💥 Big Hitter across 4,155 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Lin Zhu.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the big hitter's power groundstrokes.
4 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.41 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | -30.4% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | -1.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Mertens's 25%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | W 46 63 62 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | W 63 61 | W 61 63 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 63 67 67 | L 62 36 16 |
| Elsa Jacquemot | L 64 36 46 | L 36 16 |
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
Tatjana Maria
French Open ·
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · Round of 16
Apr 27
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · Round of 16
Apr 20
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan · Round of 32
Mar 30
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu · Round of 16
Mar 16
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 59% |
| Sets won | 59% | 60% |
| Games won | 55% | 56% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
