Elise Mertens vs Viktoriya TomovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇧🇬Viktoriya Tomova
#315 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
7wElise Mertens and Viktoriya Tomova have met 2 times since 2021; Elise Mertens leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai in 2021 on hard. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 4 sets to Tomova's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Tomova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Viktoriya Tomova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 13% | 1/8 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 18% | 2/11 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 33% | 2/6 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 67% | 2/3 |
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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 1, Tomova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Tomova
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 826 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elise Mertens.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jun 9, 2025
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch
G Grass · 1st Round
Mar 8, 2021
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–5 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 4.47 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | — |
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 (100% vs Tomova's 0%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Barbora Krejcikova | W 57 61 75 | L 36 36 |
| Laura Siegemund | W 62 64 | L 64 67 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Barbora Krejcikova
Athens Open - Athens · 1st Round
Jul 14
Hayu Kinoshita
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Greet Minnen
Hertogenbosch
Jun 6
Laura Siegemund
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart · 1st Round
Apr 13
Anna Kalinskaya
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston · 2nd Round
Mar 31
Jennifer Brady
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston · 1st Round
Mar 30
Suzan Lamens
Oeiras 2 Jamor Indoor - Oeiras · Quarterfinals
Feb 20
En Shuo Liang
Oeiras 2 Jamor Indoor - Oeiras · 2nd Round
Feb 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 27% |
| Sets won | 58% | 29% |
| Games won | 54% | 41% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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