Elise Mertens vs Daria Kasatkina — New Haven Round of 16

New Haven · WTA · Round of 16
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 August 2017
hard
Daria Kasatkina
AUS
Daria Kasatkina
#63WTA
1795ELO
1757Hard ELO
29 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWWL
Mertens E.
6-2 7-5
Kasatkina D.
Mertens E.
672
Kasatkina D.
250

Elise Mertens defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2 7-5 in the New Haven round of 16 on hard. Elise Mertens narrowed the head-to-head to 6–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Elise Mertens closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–5.

Head to head

1–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-02-08DohaR32hardDaria Kasatkina6-4 6-0
2023-08-07MontrealR64hardDaria Kasatkina6-4 6-2
2023-07-31WashingtonR32hardDaria Kasatkina6-3 7-5
2023-03-20MiamiR64hardElise Mertens4-6 6-2 6-2
2022-01-10SydneyR16hardDaria Kasatkina6-3 6-4
2021-08-02San JoseSFhardDaria Kasatkina6-3 6-2
2019-04-22StuttgartR32clayDaria Kasatkina7-6(8) 7-5
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Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Kasatkina D.

Kasatkina D.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

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

Serve & return on hard

Mertens E.Kasatkina D.
51
Serve
0
54
Return
95

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Kasatkina D.
1st serve in·Clear edge
56%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
60%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
41%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
1.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.1
4.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Kasatkina D.
Clutch Rating·Even
80
78
Break points saved·Slight edge
90
80
Break points won·Even
96
100
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
93
Tiebreaks·Dominant
75
47

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Kasatkina D.
Freshness·Slight edge
81
92

Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d) · Kasatkina D.: 10 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Saville D.
Cibulkova D.[2]
4-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Cibulkova D.[2]
Mertens E.
6-16-3
Saville D.
Radwanska A.[1]
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Mertens E.
Zhang S.
W/O
Radwanska A.[1]
Peng S.[8]
7-56-3
Cibulkova D.[2]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
7-56-4
Saville D.
Flipkens K.
6-26-4
R16
Cibulkova D.[2]
Cornet A.
2-66-26-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Suarez Navarro C.
7-636-0
Zhang S.
Linette M.
6-36-746-3
Mertens E.
Kasatkina D.
6-27-5
Flipkens K.
Bogdan A.
6-17-61
Saville D.
Babos T.
7-57-66
Peng S.[8]
Lucic M.
6-26-3
Radwanska A.[1]
Bouchard E.
6-37-5
R32
Suarez Navarro C.
Cepelova J.
6-44-0
Zhang S.
Kvitova P.[3]
6-26-1
Linette M.
Vinci R.
6-36-1
Mertens E.
Bertens K.
4-66-46-2
Kasatkina D.
Strycova B.[7]
7-56-3
Cornet A.
Putintseva Y.
6-06-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Mchale C.
3-66-26-4
Bogdan A.
Vesnina E.[5]
7-57-5
Flipkens K.
Tsurenko L.
6-26-3
Saville D.
Pliskova K.
7-54-67-5
Babos T.
Mladenovic K.[4]
7-57-5
Peng S.[8]
Siniakova K.
1-66-37-63
Lucic M.
Kontaveit A.
6-46-736-3
Bouchard E.
Davis L.
6-16-3