WTA 500 · Round of 32 · Birmingham
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Jakupovic
🪃 Counterpuncher
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 5,392 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Elise Mertens here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion. On Grass, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jakupovic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–5 | 10–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.73 | 2.39 |
| ROI % | +4.4% | +49.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.44u | +8.48u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Jakupovic
0
Mertens
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Jakupovic's 33%).
| Opponent | Jakupovic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Bartunkova | L 16 75 36 | L |
| Ella Seidel | W | W 63 64 |
| Panna Udvardy | L | W 64 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Jakupovic | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 63% | 62% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 55.7% | 68.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 42.6% | 47.9% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4 | 3.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 39.7% | 58.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 42.2% | 39.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 52.4% | 54.6% |
| BP Converted % | 55.6% | 45.5% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 48.4% | 52.6% |
| Surface (Grass) | ||
| Grass Win % | 0% | 33% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Dalila Jakupovic and Elise Mertens face off in the Round of 32 at Birmingham on Grass.
Dalila Jakupovic leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Dalila Jakupovic is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Iva Primorac (Jun 12).
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Naomi Osaka (Jun 23).
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