Elise Mertens vs Polina KudermetovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇿Polina Kudermetova
#102 · 23 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Polina Kudermetova have met 1 time since 2025; Elise Mertens leads 1–0. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 2 sets to Kudermetova's 0. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Wuhan Open - Wuhan (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Kudermetova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Polina Kudermetova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 61% | 23/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 39% | 9/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 39% | 24/61 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 46% | 18/39 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 55% | 12/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 56% | 10/18 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 74% | 23/31 |
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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Kudermetova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Kudermetova
👑 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 6, 2025
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Kudermetova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Polina Kudermetova | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 100% | 8/8 |
| 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 | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 2.66 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -10.4% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -1.35u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 6 | 5 |
| 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 (88% vs Kudermetova's 25%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Volynets | W 60 46 75 | L 26 16 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 46 16 |
| Panna Udvardy | W 61 46 63 | L 46 67 |
| Cristina Bucsa | W 62 61 | W 57 76 60 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 64 64 | L 06 36 |
| Liudmila Samsonova | W 16 63 60 | L 36 36 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | W 63 61 | W 76 62 |
| Lanlana Tararudee | W 75 61 | L 46 46 |
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
Katie Volynets
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Mirra Andreeva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Clara Tauson
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Ye Xin Ma
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Kamilla Rakhimova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Linda Fruhvirtova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Xiyu Wang
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 13
Carol Young Suh Lee
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 12
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–61 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 62% |
| Sets won | 59% | 58% |
| Games won | 54% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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