WTA 1000 · Round of 32 · Rome
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,362 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Elise Mertens plays Magda Linette.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 10–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 3.42 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +64.8% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +9.72u |
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Mertens
1
Linette
Jul 25, 2022
Prague
H Hard · Round of 32
Sep 14, 2020
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Sep 11, 2017
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Linette's 40%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Tatjana Maria | W | L 06 36 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 46 16 | W 57 64 76 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 36 | L 67 16 |
| Alexandra Eala | W 62 61 | L 36 67 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 61 36 06 | L 16 16 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 26 36 | L 36 26 |
| Emma Navarro | W 62 62 | W 36 63 63 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 62 62 | L 57 57 |
| Lulu Sun | W 62 63 | W 46 64 61 |
| Ann Li | W 67 61 62 | W 63 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mertens | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 50.5% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.6% | 59.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 49.9% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 2.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.7 | 1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 28.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.8% | 23.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.6% | 50.8% |
| BP Converted % | 45.5% | 30.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.6% | 44.1% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 58% | 64% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elise Mertens and Magda Linette face off in the Round of 32 at Rome on Clay.
Elise Mertens leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
Magda Linette is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Barbora Krejcikova (Jun 13).
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