Elise Mertens vs Storm HunterPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 5–3
🇦🇺Storm Hunter
#169 · 31 yrs · Left-Handed
5wElise 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 | 72% | 21/29 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 50% | 12/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 67% | 10/15 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 55% | 6/11 |
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
🎾 All-Court
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎾 All-Court is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 958 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
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 | 100% | 14/14 | 100% | 1/1 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 100% | 1/1 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/1 |
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 | 9–5 | 2–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 2.34 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -4.2% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -0.21u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | — |
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
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
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
Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 28
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Wimbledon
Jun 24
Sofia Costoulas
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Queen's Club
Jun 7
Antonia Ruzic
Queen's Club
Jun 7
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
Istanbul Open - Istanbul · 2nd Round
May 6
Polina Iatcenko
Istanbul Open - Istanbul · 1st Round
May 4
Ashlyn Krueger
Catalonia Open Solgirones - La Bisbal D'Emporda · 1st Round
Apr 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 24–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 50% |
| Sets won | 58% | 50% |
| Games won | 54% | 47% |
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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