Marc Van Der Merwe and Melios Efstathiou have met 1 time since 2025; Marc Van Der Merwe leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Marc Van Der Merwe won at M15 Heraklion (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Merwe
🧱 The Wall
Efstathiou
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 55% vs 🧱 The Wall across 3,180 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Melios Efstathiou.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Merwe | Efstathiou | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Marc Van Der Merwe | Melios Efstathiou | ||
| 1 or more | 64% | 7/11 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 3 or more | 18% | 2/11 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 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 | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.67 | 2.17 |
| ROI % | -21.7% | -23.3% |
| Units P/L | -1.30u | -0.93u |
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 Merwe and Efstathiou posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Merwe | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Henning | L 36 36 | L 26 63 36 |
| Alan Bojarski | L 63 57 36 | W 57 63 61 |
| Filip Peliwo | W 64 16 61 | L 26 46 |
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
Theo Papamalamis
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 21
Mickael Kaouk
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 20
Charles Bertimon
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 19
Elijah Sanogo
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Nicolas Ifi
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 17
Christof Schaertlin Coffey
Futures 2026 ·
May 26
Romain Faucon
M15 Kayseri · Round of 32
May 25
Lars Goran Verwerft
M15 Kayseri · Round of 16
May 18
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–52 matches
| Metric | Merwe | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 58% |
| Sets won | 56% | 55% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Merwe | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Merwe | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
