Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Elise Mertens — Eastbourne Round of 32

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 32
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
RUS14
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#128WTA
1775ELO
1679Grass ELO
35 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 June 2017
grass
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#27WTA
1894ELO
1750Grass ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Pavlyuchenkova A.
3-6 6-4 6-1
Mertens E.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
3662
Mertens E.
6411

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Elise Mertens 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the Eastbourne round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Elise Mertens came in ranked #27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-02-08DohaR64hardElise Mertens6-2 6-1
2024-01-29LinzQFhardAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova6-3 6-2
2023-05-29Roland GarrosR16clayAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova3-6 7-6(3) 6-3
2017-04-22Fed Cup WG R1: RUS vs BELRRclayElise Mertens6-4 6-0
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Serve vs return

This season
Pavlyuchenkova A.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Pavlyuchenkova A.

Even serve battle

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
Pavlyuchenkova A.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.0
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.5
5.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Pavlyuchenkova A.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
85
80
Break points saved·Even
87
90
Break points won·Slight edge
91
96
Deciding sets·Clear edge
88
76
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
86
75

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

Freshness

Recent load
Pavlyuchenkova A.Mertens E.
Freshness·
—
74

Mertens E.: 3 days rest · 3 matches, 61 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
19°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 54%

Draw

Final
Pliskova K.[3]
Wozniacki C.[6]
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Pliskova K.[3]
Konta J.[5]
W/O
Wozniacki C.[6]
Watson H.
6-23-67-5
Quarter-finals
Watson H.
Strycova B.
6-11-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Halep S.[2]
5-76-46-1
Pliskova K.[3]
Kuznetsova S.[7]
6-776-26-4
Konta J.[5]
Kerber A.[1]
6-36-4
R16
Konta J.[5]
Ostapenko J.[3]
7-53-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Vesnina E.[12]
6-16-2
Strycova B.
Davis L.
7-56-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Peng S.
7-636-4
Watson H.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
6-46-3
Halep S.[2]
Pironkova T.
6-767-647-5
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Mladenovic K.[9]
6-42-66-3
Kerber A.[1]
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-1
R32
Ostapenko J.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-30-66-4
Mladenovic K.[9]
Zhang S.
6-06-4
Halep S.[2]
Duan Y.
3-66-36-2
Pironkova T.
Niculescu M.
6-06-4
Vesnina E.[12]
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.[6]
Osaka N.
6-27-65
Watson H.
Cibulkova D.[4]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
Mertens E.
3-66-46-1
Strycova B.
Muguruza G.[11]
6-16-0
Davis L.
Radwanska A.[8]
7-616-1
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Barthel M.
4-67-56-2
Peng S.
Bacsinszky T.[15]
7-672-66-4
Pliskova K.[3]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
Konta J.[5]
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Saville D.[16]
2-66-26-3
Kerber A.[1]
Pliskova K.
4-66-17-5
R64
Niculescu M.
Lucic M.
6-45-77-5
Cepede Royg V.
Hsieh S.
4-66-36-3
Osaka N.
Ozaki R.
6-06-1
Watson H.
Tsurenko L.
6-34-66-4
Mertens E.
Babos T.
6-16-1
Strycova B.
Bouchard E.
6-33-66-2
Davis L.
Kucova K.
6-46-2
Zhang S.
Lepchenko V.
6-26-1
Peng S.
Schiavone F.
6-36-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Cornet A.
6-47-5
Cirstea S.
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Makarova K.
6-36-1
Pliskova K.
Broady N.
6-26-776-1
Duan Y.
Mchale C.
6-34-0
Barthel M.
Konjuh A.
6-41-0
Arruabarrena L.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-722-1