🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 2–2
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#75 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2024; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Singapore (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,362 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Taylor Townsend | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 4/4 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 50% | 2/4 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 3.78 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +0.1% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +0.01u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Townsend has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Mertens's 56%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L | L |
| Nikola Bartunkova | L | W 61 64 |
| Coco Gauff | L 62 67 36 | L |
| Tatjana Maria | W 75 60 | W 64 75 |
| Jasmine Paolini | W 46 76 63 | L 36 61 26 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | W 75 62 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 62 62 | W 63 75 |
| Lulu Sun | W 62 63 | W 76 63 |
| Linda Fruhvirtova | W 64 62 | W 46 76 75 |
Last five matches per player
Nikola Bartunkova
Berlin ·
Jun 17
Laura Samsonova
Berlin ·
Jun 15
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Bianca Andreescu
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 8
Maja Chwalinska
French Open ·
May 28
Maja Chwalinska
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Tatjana Maria
French Open ·
May 25
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 21
Martina Trevisan
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 20
Coco Gauff
French Open ·
May 26
Coco Gauff
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Coco Gauff
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Nuria Brancaccio
Rome · Round of 128
May 5
Marie Bouzkova
Rome · Round of 64
May 5
Iva Jovic
Rome · Round of 32
May 5
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 27–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 56% |
| Sets won | 59% | 56% |
| Games won | 55% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
