Elise Mertens vs Magda LinettePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 5–4
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#77 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
6Elise 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 | 71% | 24/34 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 17% | 4/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 41% | 18/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 25% | 4/16 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 44% | 12/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 88% | 14/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 44% | 7/16 |
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%, 3,072 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 | 88% | 14/16 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 12/16 | 63% | 5/8 |
| 5 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/8 |
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 | 10–6 | 1–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 2.23 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -86.6% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -6.93u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 6 | 3 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | POR → ROU → CZE |
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 (50% vs Linette's 30%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Iga Swiatek | W 76 63 | L 46 46 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 62 36 63 | W 62 26 62 |
| Maja Chwalinska | L 26 26 | W 63 36 106 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 36 36 | L 06 36 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 57 46 |
| 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 |
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
Sinja Kraus
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Francesca Jones
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 48% |
| Sets won | 59% | 43% |
| 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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