WTA 500 · Round of 32 · Sydney
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Ferro
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 63% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,180 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 | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–7 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.39 | 6.25 |
| ROI % | +49.9% | -72.2% |
| Units P/L | +8.48u | -6.50u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Mertens
0
Ferro
Jan 10, 2022
Sydney
H Hard · Round of 32
Jul 1, 2019
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 128
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Mertens and Ferro posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Bartunkova | L | L 46 63 16 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 36 36 |
| Sorana Cirstea | L 36 26 | L 36 76 67 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mertens | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 73.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.6% | 60% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 47.1% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.7 | 2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 48.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.8% | 42.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.6% | 58.1% |
| BP Converted % | 45.5% | 60.1% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.6% | 51.4% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elise Mertens and Fiona Ferro face off in the Round of 32 at Sydney on Hard.
Elise Mertens leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Naomi Osaka (Jun 23).
Fiona Ferro is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Greet Minnen (Jun 23).
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