Head-to-Head

Elise Mertens vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed

1–1

2 meetings · sets 2–2

🇺🇸Taylor Townsend

#95 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed

Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2024; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Miami Open - Miami in 2024 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 2 sets to Townsend's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Singapore Open - Singapore (2025).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Mertens	Townsend
Indicator	Elise Mertens		Taylor Townsend
Wins in straight sets	72%	21/29	75%	9/12
Wins a set when losing	35%	7/20	50%	6/12
Goes to a deciding set	31%	15/49	38%	9/24
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	58%	19/33	50%	6/12
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	42%	5/12	67%	8/12
Tiebreak sets won	57%	4/7	67%	6/9
Wins after taking set 1	85%	23/27	75%	9/12
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	78%	21/27	75%	9/12

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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Townsend 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Mertens

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Townsend

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

2 career meetings, newest first

Jan 28, 2025

Singapore Open - Singapore

H Hard · 1st Round

Mertens

Mar 21, 2024

Miami Open - Miami

H Hard · 2nd Round

Townsend

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Mertens	Townsend
Outcome	Elise Mertens		Taylor Townsend
1 or more	100%	14/14	100%	6/6
3 or more	64%	9/14	100%	6/6
5 or more	43%	6/14	33%	2/6
10 or more	7%	1/14	0%	0/6
15 or more	0%	0/14	0%	0/6
20 or more	0%	0/14	0%	0/6

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Mertens	Townsend
W-L	9–5	4–4
Avg odds	1.84	2.75
ROI %	+12.4%	-7.0%
Units P/L	+1.73u	-0.56u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Mertens	Townsend
Countries	3	2
Events	3	2
Matches	7	5
Distance	1,715 mi · 2,760 km	411 mi · 662 km
Route	CAN → POL → AUT	CAN → POL

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

Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Townsend's 33%).

Opponent	Mertens	Townsend
Nikola Bartunkova	W 16 64 62	W 61 64
Elena Rybakina	W 76 61	L 36 46
Belinda Bencic	L 26 36	L 76 67 46
Marie Bouzkova	W 64 64	W 76 75
Tereza Valentova	L 46 16	W 64 75
Elena Gabriela Ruse	L 36 36	L 63 16 46
Coco Gauff	L 62 67 36	L 46 06
Jasmine Paolini	W 46 76 63	L 36 61 26
Barbora Krejcikova	W 57 61 75	L 61 67 36

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Mertens

LWWWLLWL

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

Townsend

LWLWWLLW

Elena Rybakina

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

Aug 16

Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

Aug 13

Belinda Bencic

National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round

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6⁴7

Aug 8

Marie Bouzkova

National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round

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Aug 5

Tereza Valentova

National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round

Aug 4

Iga Swiatek

Wimbledon - London · 1st Round

Jun 30

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Bad Homburg WTA

Jun 21

Martina Trevisan

Bad Homburg WTA

Jun 20

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ Mertenslevel↓ Townsend

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 24–49 matches

Metric	Mertens	Townsend
Matches won	59%	50%
Sets won	58%	53%
Games won	54%	51%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Mertens	Townsend
WTA 250	1	0
WTA 1000	0	1

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Mertens	Townsend
Hard	1	1

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Elise Mertens vs Taylor Townsend FAQ

The head-to-head is level at 1–1 over 2 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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