🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇧🇬Viktoriya Tomova
#156 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Viktoriya Tomova have met 2 times since 2021; Elise Mertens leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at s Hertogenbosch (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Tomova
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 64% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 2,671 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Elise Mertens.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Tomova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Viktoriya Tomova | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 33% | 1/3 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 33% | 1/3 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/3 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 1–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 3.01 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | -58.3% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | -2.33u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Tomova's 40%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Tatjana Maria | W 75 60 | W 63 76 |
| Polina Kudermetova | W 76 63 | L |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 61 67 26 | L 26 46 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | W 62 61 | L 16 76 67 |
| Ann Li | W 67 61 62 | W 64 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
Greet Minnen
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 6
Polina Kudermetova
French Open ·
May 20
Irene Burillo Escorihuela
French Open ·
May 19
Laura Siegemund
Stuttgart · Round of 32
Apr 13
Anna Kalinskaya
Charleston · Round of 32
Mar 30
Jennifer Brady
Charleston · Round of 64
Mar 30
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Cluj-Napoca · Round of 32
Feb 1
Ann Li
Cincinnati · Round of 128
Aug 7
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 31% |
| Sets won | 59% | 38% |
| Games won | 55% | 46% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
