Marc Van Der Merwe and Philip Henning have met 1 time since 2025; Philip Henning leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Philip Henning won at M15 Hillcrest (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Merwe
🧱 The Wall
Henning
⚔️ 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 Philip Henning.
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 | Henning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Marc Van Der Merwe | Philip Henning | ||
| 1 or more | 64% | 7/11 | 86% | 18/21 |
| 3 or more | 18% | 2/11 | 62% | 13/21 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 24% | 5/21 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/21 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/21 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/21 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Merwe | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 5–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.67 | 2.20 |
| ROI % | -21.7% | -25.1% |
| Units P/L | -1.30u | -2.01u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Henning has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Merwe's 56%).
| Opponent | Merwe | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Orel Kimhi | L 46 67 | W 62 62 |
| Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk | W 62 75 | W 63 63 |
| Giulio Perego | L 67 64 46 | W 62 61 |
| Melios Efstathiou | W 63 26 63 | W 62 36 63 |
| Aljaz Jeran | W 60 64 | W 61 61 |
| Filip Jeff Planinsek | L 16 64 46 | W 75 62 |
| Gabriel Ghetu | L 26 63 57 | W 62 60 |
| Filip Peliwo | W 64 16 61 | W 46 64 62 |
| Adhithya Ganesan | W 75 26 64 | W 62 57 61 |
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
Andres Santamarta Roig
PLOVDIV CHALLENGER · Round of 32
Jun 23
Gerard Campana Lee
Royan Atlantique Open · Round of 32
Jun 8
Alexander Donski
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Final
Jun 7
Giles Hussey
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Robert Strombachs
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Round of 16
Jun 4
Orel Kimhi
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 2
Stefano Napolitano
RISE IRENE OPEN · Quarterfinals
May 29
Luc Koenig
RISE IRENE OPEN · Round of 16
May 28
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–71 matches
| Metric | Merwe | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 79% |
| Sets won | 56% | 73% |
| Games won | 52% | 60% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Merwe | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Merwe | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
