WTA 500 · Round of 32 · Doha
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Putintseva
🎯 Baseliner
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 1,030 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Yulia Putintseva plays Elise Mertens.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Putintseva | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–6 | 9–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.43 | 2.44 |
| ROI % | -13.8% | +55.6% |
| Units P/L | -1.52u | +8.34u |
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
1
Putintseva
2
Mertens
Aug 2, 2021
San Jose
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 24, 2020
Doha
H Hard · Round of 32
Feb 7, 2020
Fed Cup QLS R1: BEL vs KAZ
H Hard · Round Robin
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 8 shared opponents, both Putintseva and Mertens posted a 38% win rate.
| Opponent | Putintseva | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Mccartney Kessler | W | L 26 46 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 36 26 | L 46 16 |
| Ella Seidel | L 36 26 | W 63 64 |
| Lulu Sun | W 76 62 | W 62 63 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 36 36 | L 16 36 |
| Emma Navarro | L 16 46 | W 62 62 |
| Elsa Jacquemot | W 61 62 | L 64 36 46 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 16 57 | L 61 67 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Putintseva | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 67.3% | 62% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 54.5% | 68.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 44.4% | 47.9% |
| Aces / Match | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 56.5% | 58.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 37.6% | 39.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.1% | 54.6% |
| BP Converted % | 36.3% | 45.5% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.2% | 52.6% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Yulia Putintseva and Elise Mertens face off in the Round of 32 at Doha on Hard.
Yulia Putintseva leads 1-2 over 3 previous meetings.
Yulia Putintseva is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alicia Dudeney (Jun 13).
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
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