Elise Mertens vs Elina Svitolina — Australian Open Quarter-final

Australian Open · WTA · Quarter-final
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, 15 January 2018
hard
Elina Svitolina
UKR4
Elina Svitolina
#10WTA
2070ELO
1997Hard ELO
$3.4MYTD
$30MCAREER
31 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWWWW
Mertens E.
6-4 6-0
Svitolina E.
Mertens E.
662
Svitolina E.
400

Elise Mertens defeated Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elina Svitolina came in ranked #10, leading the head-to-head 5–3, defending last year's round of 32. Elise Mertens narrowed the head-to-head to 5–4.

Key context

Head to head

3–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-06-30WimbledonR32grassElise Mertens6-1 7-6(4)
2025-06-22Bad HomburgR32grassElina Svitolina7-5 6-4
2024-04-01CharlestonR16clayElise Mertens6-4 6-1
2023-07-03WimbledonR64grassElina Svitolina6-1 1-6 6-1
2021-01-31Gippsland TrophyQFhardElise Mertens6-3 5-7 [10-6]
2019-08-12CincinnatiR32hardElina Svitolina6-4 6-1
2018-08-06MontrealQFhardElina Svitolina7-5 6-3
2017-04-24IstanbulFclayElina Svitolina6-2 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Svitolina E.

Svitolina E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

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

Serve & return on hard

Mertens E.Svitolina E.
51
Serve
48
54
Return
57

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

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Svitolina E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.9
3.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Svitolina E.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
80
89
Break points saved·Even
90
93
Break points won·Even
96
99
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
99
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
75
92

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Svitolina E.
Freshness·Clear edge
81
98

Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d) · Svitolina E.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
20°CDrizzle
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 71%

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.[2]
Halep S.[1]
7-623-66-4
Semi-finals
Halep S.[1]
Kerber A.[21]
6-34-69-7
Wozniacki C.[2]
Mertens E.
6-37-62
Quarter-finals
Kerber A.[21]
Keys M.[17]
6-16-2
Mertens E.
Svitolina E.[4]
6-46-0
Wozniacki C.[2]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-06-736-2
Halep S.[1]
Pliskova K.[6]
6-36-2
R16
Halep S.[1]
Osaka N.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Strycova B.[20]
6-756-36-2
Kerber A.[21]
Hsieh S.
4-67-56-2
Keys M.[17]
Garcia C.[8]
6-36-2
Svitolina E.[4]
Allertova D.
6-36-0
Suarez Navarro C.
Kontaveit A.[32]
4-66-48-6
Wozniacki C.[2]
Rybarikova M.[19]
6-36-0
Mertens E.
Martic P.
7-657-5
R32
Osaka N.
Barty A.[18]
6-46-2
Strycova B.[20]
Pera B.
6-26-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Safarova L.[29]
7-667-5
Hsieh S.
Radwanska A.[26]
6-27-5
Kerber A.[21]
Sharapova M.
6-16-3
Keys M.[17]
Bogdan A.
6-36-4
Martic P.
Kumkhum L.
6-33-67-5
Mertens E.
Cornet A.
7-56-4
Allertova D.
Linette M.
6-16-4
Svitolina E.[4]
Kostyuk M.
6-26-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Kanepi K.
3-66-16-3
Rybarikova M.[19]
Bondarenko K.
7-53-66-1
Halep S.[1]
Davis L.
4-66-415-13
Garcia C.[8]
Sasnovich A.
6-35-76-2
Kontaveit A.[32]
Ostapenko J.[7]
6-31-66-3
Wozniacki C.[2]
Bertens K.[30]
6-46-3
R64
Halep S.[1]
Bouchard E.
6-26-2
Davis L.
Petkovic A.
4-66-06-0
Barty A.[18]
Giorgi C.
5-76-46-1
Osaka N.
Vesnina E.[16]
7-646-2
Pera B.
Konta J.[9]
6-47-5
Safarova L.[29]
Cirstea S.
6-26-4
Pliskova K.[6]
Haddad Maia B.
6-16-1
Hsieh S.
Muguruza G.[3]
7-616-4
Radwanska A.[26]
Tsurenko L.
2-67-56-3
Kerber A.[21]
Vekic D.
6-46-1
Sharapova M.
Sevastova A.[14]
6-17-64
Keys M.[17]
Alexandrova E.
6-06-1
Sasnovich A.
Lucic M.[28]
6-36-1
Garcia C.[8]
Vondrousova M.
6-736-28-6
Kumkhum L.
Bencic B.
6-16-3
Martic P.
Begu I.
6-47-63
Mertens E.
Saville D.[23]
7-56-3
Cornet A.
Goerges J.[12]
6-46-3
Allertova D.
Zhang S.
6-47-65
Linette M.
Kasatkina D.[22]
7-646-2
Kostyuk M.
Rogowska O.
6-37-5
Svitolina E.[4]
Siniakova K.
4-66-26-1
Ostapenko J.[7]
Duan Y.
6-33-66-4
Kontaveit A.[32]
Barthel M.
6-34-66-3
Kanepi K.
Puig M.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Babos T.
6-42-66-2
Bondarenko K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[15]
6-26-3
Bertens K.[30]
Gibbs N.
7-636-0
Wozniacki C.[2]
Fett J.
3-66-27-5
Bogdan A.
Putintseva Y.
1-66-26-3
Strycova B.[20]
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-4
Rybarikova M.[19]
Flipkens K.
6-40-66-2
R128
Halep S.[1]
Aiava D.
7-656-1
Bouchard E.
Dodin O.
6-37-65
Davis L.
Cepelova J.
6-746-36-1
Petkovic A.
Kvitova P.[27]
6-34-610-8
Giorgi C.
Kalinskaya A.
6-46-3
Pera B.
Blinkova A.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Hogenkamp R.
6-16-2
Safarova L.[29]
Tomljanovic A.
7-56-3
Cirstea S.
Diyas Z.
5-76-46-3
Haddad Maia B.
Cabrera L.
7-636-4
Hsieh S.
Zhu L.
0-66-08-6
Tsurenko L.
Vikhlyantseva N.
3-66-36-4
Radwanska A.[26]
Pliskova K.
2-66-36-2
Kerber A.[21]
Friedsam A.
6-06-4
Vekic D.
Hibino N.
7-56-3
Sharapova M.
Maria T.
6-16-4
Sevastova A.[14]
Lepchenko V.
3-66-36-2
Bogdan A.
Mladenovic K.[11]
6-36-2
Keys M.[17]
Wang Q.
6-17-5
Vondrousova M.
Nara K.
7-56-4
Garcia C.[8]
Witthoeft C.
7-56-3
Bencic B.
Williams V.[5]
6-37-5
Kumkhum L.
Larsson J.
6-37-5
Begu I.
Makarova K.[31]
3-66-48-6
Saville D.[23]
Falconi I.
6-16-1
Mertens E.
Hruncakova V.
6-26-1
Allertova D.
Parmentier P.
6-36-0
Linette M.
Brady J.
2-66-46-3
Kasatkina D.[22]
Schmiedlova A.
6-06-3
Kostyuk M.
Peng S.[25]
6-26-2
Rogowska O.
Fourlis J.
6-36-736-2
Ostapenko J.[7]
Schiavone F.
6-16-4
Duan Y.
Duque Marino M.
6-06-1
Barthel M.
Niculescu M.
6-47-5
Kontaveit A.[32]
Krunic A.
6-47-5
Kanepi K.
Cibulkova D.[24]
6-26-2
Puig M.
Stosur S.
4-67-666-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Frech M.
7-56-3
Babos T.
Vandeweghe C.[10]
7-646-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[15]
Baindl K.
3-66-46-3
Bondarenko K.
Golubic V.
7-634-66-2
Rybarikova M.[19]
Townsend T.
6-07-5
Bertens K.[30]
Bellis C.
6-756-46-2
Gibbs N.
Tomova V.
6-16-1
Wozniacki C.[2]
Buzarnescu M.
6-26-3
Sasnovich A.
Mchale C.
6-36-2
Flipkens K.
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-666-3
Fett J.
Eguchi M.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-4
Osaka N.
Kucova K.
7-56-2
Svitolina E.[4]
Jorovic I.
6-36-2
Martic P.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-656-3
Strycova B.[20]
Ahn K.
6-17-5
Vesnina E.[16]
Jabeur O.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.[3]
Ponchet J.
6-46-3
Cornet A.
Wang X.
6-46-2
Zhang S.
Stephens S.[13]
2-67-626-2
Siniakova K.
Sakkari M.
6-26-756-4
Barty A.[18]
Sabalenka A.
6-726-46-4
Konta J.[9]
Brengle M.
6-36-1
Putintseva Y.
Watson H.
7-57-66
Alexandrova E.
Hercog P.
7-626-4
Lucic M.[28]
Rogers S.
7-665-76-2
Goerges J.[12]
Kenin S.
6-46-4