Elise Mertens vs Panna UdvardyPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–2
🇭🇺Panna Udvardy
#80 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
3Elise Mertens and Panna Udvardy have met 3 times since 2022; Elise Mertens leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon - London in 2022 on grass. Mertens has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 6 sets to Udvardy's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Udvardy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Panna Udvardy | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 75% | 27/36 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 27% | 9/33 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 26% | 18/69 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 52% | 16/31 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 51% | 18/35 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 65% | 15/23 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 87% | 34/39 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 69% | 27/39 |
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: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Udvardy 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Udvardy
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Panna Udvardy are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 27, 2026
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 7, 2026
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jun 30, 2022
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Udvardy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Panna Udvardy | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 85% | 11/13 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 12/16 | 62% | 8/13 |
| 5 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 31% | 4/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 8% | 1/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 5–9 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 2.96 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -23.6% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -3.30u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 2 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | UKR → 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 (63% vs Udvardy's 13%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 62 36 63 | L 63 16 26 |
| Katie Volynets | W 60 46 75 | L 57 26 |
| Cristina Bucsa | W 62 61 | L 46 46 |
| Naomi Osaka | L 36 63 57 | L 26 46 |
| Diane Parry | L 46 60 36 | L 16 26 |
| Anna Bondar | W 36 64 64 | W |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 64 64 | L 76 26 26 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 57 26 |
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
Xinyu Gao
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Cristina Bucsa
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 15
Lois Boisson
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 13
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Elise Mertens
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Darja Vidmanova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Emiliana Arango
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 22
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–69 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 52% |
| Sets won | 59% | 52% |
| Games won | 54% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Udvardy |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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