🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 3–2
🇨🇳Yue Yuan
#121 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan have met 2 times since 2023; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at s Hertogenbosch (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Yuan
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 6,908 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 2.89 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +10.0% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +0.20u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Mertens and Yuan posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Paolini | W 46 76 63 | L 63 46 36 |
| Sorana Cirstea | L 36 26 | L 76 46 46 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 63 67 67 | W 64 16 63 |
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
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Charleston · Round of 32
Mar 30
Mayar Sherif
Charleston · Round of 64
Mar 30
Dalma Galfi
Austin · Round of 16
Feb 23
Ashlyn Krueger
Austin · Quarterfinals
Feb 23
Rebecca Sramkova
Austin · Round of 32
Feb 23
Daria Snigur
Cluj-Napoca · Quarterfinals
Feb 1
Antonia Ruzic
Cluj-Napoca · Round of 32
Feb 1
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Cluj-Napoca · Round of 16
Feb 1
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 24–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 46% |
| Sets won | 59% | 47% |
| Games won | 55% | 49% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
