Emma Van Poppel vs Nelise VersterPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Emma Van Poppel
Unranked
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇿🇦Nelise Verster
Unranked · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
13wEmma Van Poppel and Nelise Verster have met 1 time since 2026; Nelise Verster leads 1–0. Across all meetings Poppel has taken 0 sets to Verster's 2. Their most recent meeting: Nelise Verster won at W15 Hillcrest (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Van Poppel | Verster | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Emma Van Poppel | Nelise Verster | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 4/5 | 100% | 4/4 |
| Wins a set when losing | 13% | 3/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 14% | 4/28 | 0% | 0/7 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 3/5 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 16% | 3/19 | 0% | 0/2 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 25% | 1/4 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 5/6 | 100% | 4/4 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 4/6 | 100% | 4/4 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Van Poppel 0, Verster 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Poppel
🤖 Servebot
Verster
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 679 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Emma Van Poppel.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 1, 2026
W15 Hillcrest
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 | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–3 | - |
| Avg odds | 5.26 | - |
| ROI % | -18.5% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.74u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | TUN → MNE | — |
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
Verster has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Poppel's 0%).
| Opponent | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| Oliwia Kadzielska | L 16 57 | W 61 63 |
| Ksenia Smirnova | L | L 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sevil Yuldasheva
W15 Islamabad · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Julie Myatovic
W15 Monastir · 1st Round
Sep 16
Oliwia Kadzielska
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Julia Kolodziejska
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · 1st Round
Sep 2
Julia Kolodziejska
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · 1st Round
Sep 1
Ksenia Smirnova
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 15
Jahnie Van Zyl
W35 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 7
Nelise Verster
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 1
Mika Buchnik
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 14
Jian Ibrahim
W15 Hillcrest · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 13
Gia Fine
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 12
Onalee Wagner
W35 Hillcrest · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 5
Ksenia Smirnova
W15 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 3
Emma Van Poppel
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 1
Swasthika Arunkumar
W15 Hillcrest · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Wilva Chan
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 28
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 7–28 matches
| Metric | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 18% | 57% |
| Sets won | 22% | 57% |
| Games won | 39% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Poppel | Verster |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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