Daria Saville vs Elise Mertens — Rabat Round of 16

Rabat · WTA · Round of 16
AUS3
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 May 2017
clay
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1811Clay ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Saville D.
6-2 6-1
Mertens E.
Saville D.
662
Mertens E.
210

Daria Saville defeated Elise Mertens 6-2 6-1 in the Rabat round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Elise Mertens came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Daria Saville narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-01-08HobartSFhardElise Mertens6-4 4-6 7-5
2023-10-09Hong KongR32hardElise Mertens6-1 6-4
2022-03-07Indian WellsR32hardDaria Saville6-3 4-6 6-3
2018-05-28Roland GarrosR32clayElise Mertens6-3 6-1
2018-01-15Australian OpenR64hardElise Mertens7-5 6-3
2017-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayElise Mertens7-6(4) 1-6 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Saville D.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Saville D.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Even
55%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.9
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.5
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Saville D.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
80
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
90
Break points won·Slight edge
87
96
Deciding sets·Slight edge
70
76
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
51
75

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Saville D.Mertens E.
Freshness·
—
81

Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
20°CPartly cloudy
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw

Final
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Schiavone F.
7-57-5
Semi-finals
Schiavone F.
Lepchenko V.
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Errani S.
6-46-0
Quarter-finals
Lepchenko V.
Bellis C.
6-36-2
Schiavone F.
Maria T.
6-14-66-3
Errani S.
Saville D.[3]
7-656-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Davis L.[7]
6-43-66-3
R16
Bellis C.
Bacsinszky T.[2]
6-737-57-5
Lepchenko V.
Putintseva Y.[5]
1-66-46-1
Schiavone F.
Dabrowski G.
6-46-4
Errani S.
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
7-676-746-2
Saville D.[3]
Mertens E.
6-26-1
Davis L.[7]
Bondarenko K.
6-16-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Makarova K.
6-27-5
Maria T.
Shvedova Y.
6-36-4
R32
Bacsinszky T.[2]
Larsson J.
6-36-1
Lepchenko V.
Flipkens K.
6-31-66-3
Putintseva Y.[5]
Petkovic A.
6-36-4
Schiavone F.
Babos T.[4]
6-46-1
Dabrowski G.
Qostal L.
6-16-0
Shvedova Y.
Krunic A.
6-27-67
Maria T.
Begu I.[6]
6-36-1
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
Cornet A.
6-26-4
Errani S.
Blinkova A.
6-36-3
Mertens E.
Parmentier P.
4-67-676-2
Saville D.[3]
Zanevska M.
6-26-2
Davis L.[7]
Podoroska N.
6-26-1
Bondarenko K.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-16-4
Makarova K.
Wickmayer Y.
6-36-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Perrin C.
6-27-66
Bellis C.
Hibino N.
6-14-67-5