Elise Mertens vs Xin Yu WangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 4–2
🇨🇳Xin Yu Wang
#39 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Xin Yu Wang have met 3 times since 2023; Elise Mertens leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Indian Wells in 2023 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 2–1. Mertens has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 4 sets to Wang's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Singapore (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Yu Wang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Xin Yu Wang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 24/34 | 64% | 9/14 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 35% | 6/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 17/55 | 35% | 11/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 21/38 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 8/16 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 0% | 0/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 77% | 10/13 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 69% | 9/13 |
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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 2, Yu Wang 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Wang
🤖 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
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 1, 2025
Singapore
H Hard · Semifinals
Mar 8, 2024
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 64
Mar 7, 2023
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 128
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Wang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Xin Yu Wang | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 100% | 5/5 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 12/16 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 5 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 2–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | 1.60 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -23.5% |
| Units P/L | +3.74u | -0.94u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 4 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | 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 (80% vs Wang's 60%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 62 36 63 | W 46 64 64 |
| Kaitlin Quevedo | W 64 64 | W 63 60 |
| Linda Noskova | L 36 57 | W 75 64 |
| Elena Rybakina | W 76 61 | L 26 46 |
| Alexandra Eala | W 63 63 | L 46 36 |
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
Sonay Kartal
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Tatiana Prozorova
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Joanna Garland
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Donna Vekic
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Anna Kalinskaya
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Tamara Korpatsch
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 27
Lilli Tagger
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Lois Boisson
Strasbourg · Round of 32
May 19
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–55 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 45% |
| Sets won | 59% | 47% |
| Games won | 54% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
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