Elise Mertens vs Magda LinettePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 5–4
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#78 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Magda Linette have met 4 times since 2017; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Tokyo in 2017 on hard. On hard courts Linette leads 2–1. Linette has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 5 sets to Linette's 4. Their most recent meeting: Magda Linette won at Abierto Tampico - Tampico (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Linette | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Magda Linette | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 10% | 2/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 38% | 16/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 31% | 4/13 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 43% | 12/28 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 93% | 14/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 47% | 7/15 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 2, Linette 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Oct 27, 2022
Abierto Tampico - Tampico
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jul 25, 2022
Livesport Prague Open - Prague
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 16, 2020
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 2nd Round
Sep 14, 2017
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 16
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Linette | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Magda Linette | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–5 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 2.47 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -34.2% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -3.42u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | CAN → POL |
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
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (40% vs Linette's 20%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 36 36 | L 06 36 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 64 64 | L 57 57 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 57 46 |
| Maja Chwalinska | L 46 06 | W 63 36 106 |
| Alexandra Eala | W 63 63 | L 36 67 |
| Barbora Krejcikova | W 57 61 75 | L 36 67 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 75 60 | L 06 36 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 46 16 | W 57 64 76 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 61 36 06 | L 16 16 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 26 36 | L 36 26 |
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
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Iva Jovic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Carol Zhao
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Mai Hontama
Athens Open - Athens · 1st Round
Jul 13
Mirra Andreeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Maja Chwalinska
Boodles Tennis Challenge · -
Jun 26
Barbora Krejcikova
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Semifinals
Jun 13
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 50% |
| Sets won | 58% | 44% |
| Games won | 54% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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