Marc Van Der Merwe and Matteo Covato have met 1 time since 2025; Marc Van Der Merwe leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Marc Van Der Merwe won at M25 Hillcrest (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Merwe
🧱 The Wall
Covato
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,969 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Matteo Covato.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Merwe | Covato | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Marc Van Der Merwe | Matteo Covato | ||
| 1 or more | 64% | 7/11 | 78% | 7/9 |
| 3 or more | 18% | 2/11 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 22% | 2/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/9 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Merwe | Covato |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.67 | 3.12 |
| ROI % | -21.7% | -71.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.30u | -6.47u |
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 1 shared opponent, both Merwe and Covato posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Merwe | Covato |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse Flores | L 46 36 | L 67 26 |
Last five matches per player
Orel Kimhi
RISE CENTURION OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk
RISE CENTURION OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 31
Jesse Flores
M15 Mbombela · Quarterfinals
May 4
Cooper Mccarthy
M15 Mbombela · Round of 16
May 4
Simphiwe Ngwenya
M15 Mbombela · Round of 32
May 4
Orel Kimhi
RISE IRENE OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 2
Giulio Perego
M15 Mbombela · Round of 32
Apr 27
John Bothma
M15 Pretoria · Round of 16
Apr 20
Noah Karma
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Jan Kumstat
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Richard Antoni
M15 Rosbach · Round of 32
Jun 1
Dylan Salton
M15 Gaborone · Round of 32
May 18
Stefan Storch
M15 Gaborone · Round of 32
May 11
Ivan Marrero Curbelo
Brazzaville Challenger · Round of 16
May 6
Jody Maginley
Brazzaville Challenger · Round of 32
May 6
Andrew Fenty
Mexico City Open presentado por Banco BX+ · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 5
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–43 matches
| Metric | Merwe | Covato |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 30% |
| Sets won | 56% | 34% |
| Games won | 52% | 44% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Merwe | Covato |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M25 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Merwe | Covato |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
