Elise Mertens vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 9–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#173 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
17wElise 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 | 72% | 21/29 | 80% | 16/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 23% | 7/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 71% | 15/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 90% | 18/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 80% | 16/20 |
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%, 3,896 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
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 | 9–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | - |
| ROI % | +12.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Mertens and Zhu posted a 67% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | W 46 63 62 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | W 63 61 | W 61 63 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 63 36 63 | L 62 26 06 |
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
W100 Gifu · 2nd Round
Apr 30
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · 1st Round
Apr 29
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · 1st Round
Apr 22
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan 1 · 1st Round
Apr 1
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 20
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu 1 · 2nd Round
Mar 19
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu 1 · 1st Round
Mar 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 34–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 62% |
| Sets won | 58% | 62% |
| Games won | 54% | 56% |
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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