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

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed

1–1

2 meetings · sets 2–2

🇺🇸Taylor Townsend

#89 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed

4w3Back after 4w offBeat 3 favorites

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	71%	24/34	68%	15/22
Wins a set when losing	33%	7/21	38%	5/13
Goes to a deciding set	31%	17/55	34%	12/35
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	55%	21/38	55%	12/22
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	50%	8/16	62%	8/13
Tiebreak sets won	63%	5/8	54%	7/13
Wins after taking set 1	90%	28/31	89%	16/18
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	77%	24/31	83%	15/18

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%, 3,072 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	88%	14/16	100%	10/10
3 or more	75%	12/16	100%	10/10
5 or more	56%	9/16	60%	6/10
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	Townsend
W-L	10–6	7–3
Avg odds	2.05	2.47
ROI %	+23.4%	+27.3%
Units P/L	+3.74u	+2.73u

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Mertens	Townsend
Countries	2	1
Events	2	1
Matches	6	1
Distance	2,779 mi · 4,472 km	0 mi · 0 km
Route	SGP → ROU	UKR

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 (60% vs Townsend's 50%).

Opponent	Mertens	Townsend
Iga Swiatek	W 76 63	L 16 62 36
Coco Gauff	W 63 63	L 46 06
Maja Chwalinska	L 26 26	W 62 63
Tatjana Maria	W 75 60	W 67 63 62
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

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Mertens

LWWWWLLW

Qinwen Zheng

China Open - Beijing · Semifinals

Oct 10

Iga Swiatek

China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals

76⁰

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

76⁵

Sep 3

Townsend

WLWWWLWL

Tatjana Maria

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round

6⁰7

Sep 14

Aryna Sabalenka

U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round

Sep 6

Diana Shnaider

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round

6³7

Sep 4

Taylah Preston

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

Sep 2

Maja Chwalinska

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

Aug 31

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

76⁵

6⁴7

Aug 8

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ Mertenslevel↓ Townsend

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–55 matches

Metric	Mertens	Townsend
Matches won	62%	63%
Sets won	59%	60%
Games won	54%	54%

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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