Yafan Wang vs Elise Mertens — Guangzhou Round of 32

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Yafan Wang
#358WTA
1704ELO
1673Hard ELO
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLWLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2017
hard
Elise Mertens
BEL5
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Wang Y.
6-2 7-6
Mertens E.
Wang Y.
6772
Mertens E.
2650

Yafan Wang defeated Elise Mertens 6-2 7-6 in the Guangzhou round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elise Mertens came in ranked #24.

Key context

  • Match story: Yafan Wang closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Wang Y.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Wang Y.

Serve advantage — Mertens E.

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

Wang Y.Mertens E.
—
Serve
51
—
Return
54

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

Statistics

This season
Wang Y.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
59%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.3
5.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Wang Y.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
51
80
Break points saved·Clear edge
76
90
Break points won·Dominant
62
96
Deciding sets·Slight edge
65
76
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
54
75

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

Freshness

Recent load
Wang Y.Mertens E.
Freshness·
—
84

Mertens E.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 21 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Zhang S.[2]
Krunic A.
6-23-66-2
Semi-finals
Zhang S.[2]
Rodina E.
7-676-3
Krunic A.
Wickmayer Y.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Wickmayer Y.
Cornet A.[6]
6-17-65
Zhang S.[2]
Baindl K.
6-16-1
Rodina E.
Cabrera L.
6-17-64
Krunic A.
Peterson R.
6-16-1
R16
Baindl K.
Han X.
6-06-0
Rodina E.
Wang Y.
6-16-2
Krunic A.
Barthel M.
6-46-0
Cornet A.[6]
Kovinic D.
7-642-66-3
Wickmayer Y.
Peng S.[1]
6-46-4
Zhang S.[2]
Soylu I.
6-06-0
Cabrera L.
Kontaveit A.[3]
6-07-5
Peterson R.
Zhang K.
6-36-0
R32
Wickmayer Y.
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
7-617-64
Peterson R.
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
6-36-2
Kontaveit A.[3]
Paolini J.
6-06-2
Wang Y.
Mertens E.[5]
6-27-65
Kovinic D.
Tig P.
6-24-2
Barthel M.
Lu J.
6-04-66-3
Krunic A.
Tsurenko L.[4]
6-36-4
Han X.
Stosur S.[7]
6-766-37-5
Soylu I.
Sakkari M.
6-06-3
Rodina E.
Rodionova A.
7-633-66-0
Zhang K.
Fett J.
2-66-16-3
Baindl K.
Liu F.
7-56-0
Peng S.[1]
Jabeur O.
7-641-66-3
Cornet A.[6]
Pera B.
4-66-26-2
Zhang S.[2]
You X.
6-16-0
Cabrera L.
Gao X.
6-37-5