WTA 500 · Round of 32 · Monterrey
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Blinkova
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 63% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,167 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 the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 2.02 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | -23.3% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | -2.56u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Mertens
0
Blinkova
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Blinkova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Mertens's 60%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Bartunkova | L | L 46 46 |
| Daria Kasatkina | L 46 06 | W |
| Donna Vekic | W 63 63 | W |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 62 62 | W 64 26 63 |
| Lulu Sun | W 62 63 | W 63 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mertens | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 57.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.6% | 55.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 32.2% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 51.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.8% | 41.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.6% | 59.1% |
| BP Converted % | 45.5% | 44.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.6% | 47% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elise Mertens and Anna Blinkova face off in the Round of 32 at Monterrey on Hard.
Elise Mertens leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
Anna Blinkova is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Julia Avdeeva (Jun 20).
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