Elise Mertens vs Veronika KudermetovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
7 meetings · sets 11–6
🇷🇺Veronika Kudermetova
#670 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
52wElise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova have met 7 times since 2020; Elise Mertens leads 5–2. Their first meeting came at Western & Southern Open - New York in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 4–1. On clay courts they are level 1–1. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 11 sets to Kudermetova's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Hobart International - Hobart (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Kudermetova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Veronika Kudermetova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 0% | 0/2 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 100% | 1/1 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 4 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 3, Kudermetova 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Kudermetova
🤖 Servebot
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
7 career meetings, newest first
Jan 9, 2025
Hobart International - Hobart
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 26, 2024
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 8, 2023
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 11, 2021
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 1st Round
Apr 24, 2021
Istanbul Open - Istanbul
C Clay · Semifinals
Nov 13, 2020
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 25, 2020
Western & Southern Open - New York
H Hard · 3rd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | - |
| ROI % | +23.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | — |
| Route | 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
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Kudermetova's 0%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Paolini | W 46 76 63 | L 26 57 |
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
Jasmine Paolini
Ningbo Open - Ningbo · 2nd Round
Oct 16
Antonia Ruzic
Ningbo Open - Ningbo · 1st Round
Oct 14
Magdalena Frech
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 7
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Sep 28
Anna Bondar
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Sep 26
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 11
Janice Tjen
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 24
Jasmine Paolini
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · Semifinals
Aug 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 2–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 50% |
| Sets won | 59% | 50% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
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