WTA 250 · Quarterfinals · Luxembourg
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Watson
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 4,452 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Elise Mertens plays Heather Watson.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.62 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 5 career meetings
4
Mertens
1
Watson
Jan 20, 2020
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 64
Jan 13, 2020
Hobart
H Hard · Quarterfinals
May 28, 2018
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 64
Jan 8, 2018
Hobart
H Hard · Semifinals
Oct 16, 2017
Luxembourg
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mertens | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 60% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.6% | 57.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 50% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.7 | 2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 33.3% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.8% | 37.2% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.6% | 44.4% |
| BP Converted % | 45.5% | 25% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.6% | 45.9% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elise Mertens and Heather Watson face off in the Quarterfinals at Luxembourg on Hard.
Elise Mertens leads 4-1 over 5 previous meetings.
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
Heather Watson is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Aoi Ito (Apr 27).
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