Elise Mertens vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 9–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#198 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu have met 5 times since 2018; Elise Mertens leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Tianjin in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 3–1. Mertens has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 9 sets to Zhu's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at United Cup - Australia (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Lin Zhu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 82% | 18/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 26% | 10/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 64% | 9/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 80% | 20/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 72% | 18/25 |
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: 4 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 4, Zhu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jan 3, 2026
United Cup - Australia
H Hard · Round Robin
Jun 30, 2021
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Feb 11, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 20, 2019
Dubai
H Hard · Round of 64
Oct 10, 2018
Tianjin
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 12/16 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 5 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 2.08 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -60.0% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 6 | 2 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Zhu's 33%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Volynets | W 60 46 75 | L 76 67 16 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | W 46 63 62 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 63 36 63 | L 62 26 06 |
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
Donna Vekic
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Alycia Parks
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Angela Fita Boluda
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Lilli Tagger
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Leolia Jeanjean
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Teodora Kostovic
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 25
Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 24
Mona Barthel
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 23
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 56% |
| Sets won | 59% | 58% |
| Games won | 54% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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