Elise Mertens vs Storm HunterPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 5–3
🇦🇺Storm Hunter
#150 · 31 yrs · Left-Handed
Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter have met 3 times since 2021; Elise Mertens leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at French Open - Paris in 2021 on clay. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 5 sets to Hunter's 3. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Hunter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Storm Hunter | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 68% | 17/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 44% | 8/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 37% | 16/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 59% | 10/17 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 64% | 16/25 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 83% | 10/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 90% | 19/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 81% | 17/21 |
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, Hunter 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Hunter
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter 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
Jun 7, 2022
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch
G Grass · 1st Round
Nov 2, 2021
Billie Jean King Cup, Finals
H Hard · Rubber 2
May 31, 2021
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Hunter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Storm Hunter | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 12/16 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 5 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 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 | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 6–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 2.72 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -10.7% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -1.07u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 5 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | SGP → 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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Mertens and Hunter posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Belinda Bencic | L 26 36 | L 36 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
Maria Sakkari
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yu Jun Lin
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Ksenia Zaytseva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Ruien Zhang
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Joanna Garland
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 21
Marta Kostyuk
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Darja Semenistaja
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Yeon Woo Ku
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 43–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 58% |
| Sets won | 59% | 57% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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