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Elise Mertens vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

#14 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed

2–1

3 meetings · sets 5–2

🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva

#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed

3Beat 3 favorites

Elise Mertens and Yulia Putintseva have met 3 times since 2020; Elise Mertens leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Fed Cup, World Group, PO, BEL-KAZ 3-1 in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 2–1. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 5 sets to Putintseva's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elise Mertens won at Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose (2021).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Mertens	Putintseva
Indicator	Elise Mertens		Yulia Putintseva
Wins in straight sets	71%	24/34	74%	23/31
Wins a set when losing	33%	7/21	44%	11/25
Goes to a deciding set	31%	17/55	34%	19/56
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	55%	21/38	53%	18/34
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	50%	8/16	60%	12/20
Tiebreak sets won	63%	5/8	71%	10/14
Wins after taking set 1	90%	28/31	87%	27/31
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	77%	24/31	74%	23/31

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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mertens 2, Putintseva 0).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Mertens

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Putintseva

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance

Matchup analysis

The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elise Mertens.

Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.

Previous meetings

3 career meetings, newest first

Aug 6, 2021

Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose

H Hard · Quarterfinals

76⁸

Mertens

Feb 25, 2020

Qatar Total Open - Doha

H Hard · 2nd Round

Putintseva

Feb 8, 2020

Fed Cup, World Group, PO, BEL-KAZ 3-1

H Hard · Rubber 3

76¹

Mertens

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Mertens	Putintseva
Outcome	Elise Mertens		Yulia Putintseva
1 or more	88%	14/16	91%	10/11
3 or more	75%	12/16	36%	4/11
5 or more	56%	9/16	9%	1/11
10 or more	0%	0/16	0%	0/11
15 or more	0%	0/16	0%	0/11
20 or more	0%	0/16	0%	0/11

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Mertens	Putintseva
W-L	10–6	6–6
Avg odds	2.05	2.07
ROI %	+23.4%	+3.2%
Units P/L	+3.74u	+0.38u

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Mertens	Putintseva
Countries	2	1
Events	2	1
Matches	6	2
Distance	2,779 mi · 4,472 km	0 mi · 0 km
Route	SGP → ROU	CZE

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 (70% vs Putintseva's 50%).

Opponent	Mertens	Putintseva
Qinwen Zheng	L 57 26	L 46 62 16
Elena Gabriela Ruse	L 36 36	W
Belinda Bencic	L 26 36	W 46 75 63
Yuliia Starodubtseva	W 61 64	L 46 26
Liudmila Samsonova	W 16 63 60	L 67 75 57
Marie Bouzkova	W 64 64	W 64 76
Elena Rybakina	W 76 61	L 36 36
Tatjana Maria	W 75 60	L 46 46
Bianca Andreescu	W 61 62	W 76 36 76
Mccartney Kessler	W	W 61 61

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Mertens

LWWWWLLW

Qinwen Zheng

China Open - Beijing · Semifinals

Oct 10

Iga Swiatek

China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals

76⁰

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

76⁵

Sep 3

Putintseva

WWLWLWLL

Ashlyn Krueger

Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying

Oct 11

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying

Oct 10

Qinwen Zheng

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

Sep 3

Belinda Bencic

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

Sep 1

Maya Joint

Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying

Aug 24

Victoria Rodriguez

Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying

Aug 23

Liudmila Samsonova

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

6⁵7

Aug 14

Shuai Zhang

National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round

Aug 3

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ MertensMertens ahead↓ Putintseva

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–56 matches

Metric	Mertens	Putintseva
Matches won	62%	55%
Sets won	59%	56%
Games won	54%	52%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Mertens	Putintseva
WTA 500	1	0
Other	1	1

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Mertens	Putintseva
Hard	2	1

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Elise Mertens vs Yulia Putintseva FAQ

Elise Mertens leads the head-to-head 2–1 over 3 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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