WTA 500 · Quarterfinals · St. Petersburg
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 4,362 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Maria Sakkari plays Elise Mertens.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–8 | 9–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.38 | 2.44 |
| ROI % | -14.4% | +55.6% |
| Units P/L | -2.01u | +8.34u |
Prior meetings and scores · 6 career meetings
4
Sakkari
2
Mertens
Jun 9, 2025
s Hertogenbosch
G Grass · Round of 16
Jan 2, 2023
United Cup
H Hard · Round Robin
Feb 7, 2022
St. Petersburg
H Hard · Quarterfinals
May 31, 2021
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 32
Oct 22, 2019
Zhuhai
H Hard · Round Robin
Apr 29, 2019
Rabat
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (30% vs Sakkari's 20%).
| Opponent | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Tatjana Maria | L | W 75 60 |
| Maja Chwalinska | L | L |
| Elena Rybakina | L 46 16 | L 16 36 |
| Jasmine Paolini | W 64 62 | W 46 76 63 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 06 46 | L 36 36 |
| Karolina Pliskova | L 46 67 | L 57 62 67 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 63 46 16 | L 61 36 06 |
| Emma Navarro | W 75 76 | W 62 62 |
| Daria Kasatkina | L 67 46 | L 46 06 |
| Elsa Jacquemot | L 26 06 | L 64 36 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.7% | 62% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 56.2% | 68.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 47.9% |
| Aces / Match | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2 | 3.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 46.9% | 58.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 28.8% | 39.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 46.7% | 54.6% |
| BP Converted % | 74.8% | 45.5% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 44.6% | 52.6% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens face off in the Quarterfinals at St. Petersburg on Hard.
Maria Sakkari leads 4-2 over 6 previous meetings.
Maria Sakkari is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Qinwen Zheng (Jun 15).
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
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