Elise Mertens vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 5–2
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#80 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Elise 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 | 72% | 21/29 | 65% | 17/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 38% | 19/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 48% | 14/29 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 92% | 22/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 71% | 17/24 |
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
Putintseva
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 6, 2021
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 25, 2020
Qatar Total Open - Doha
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 8, 2020
Fed Cup, World Group, PO, BEL-KAZ 3-1
H Hard · Rubber 3
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 100% | 12/12 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/12 |
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 | 9–5 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | -34.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -4.42u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 2 |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | CAN → POL |
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 (60% vs Putintseva's 30%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Parry | L 46 60 36 | W 61 67 61 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 61 64 | L 46 26 |
| Liudmila Samsonova | W 16 63 60 | L 67 75 57 |
| Linda Noskova | L 36 57 | L 46 64 67 |
| 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 | L 26 46 | W 61 61 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 46 16 | L 36 26 |
| Ella Seidel | W 63 64 | L 36 26 |
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
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Mona Barthel
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Mayar Sherif
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alina Charaeva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Claire Liu
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Chi Fan Liu
Iasi WTA · Round of 32
Jul 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–50 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 52% |
| Sets won | 58% | 52% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
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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