Qiang Wang vs Elise Mertens — Indian Wells Round of 64
Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 March 2018 ·
hard
BEL22#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$2.2MYTD
$20MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWLLWLWWW
Wang Q.4-6 6-3 6-3
Mertens E.
Wang Q.
4662
Mertens E.
6331
Qiang Wang defeated Elise Mertens 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elise Mertens came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. Qiang Wang narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.
Key context
- Match story: Qiang Wang dropped the opening set before beating Elise Mertens 4–6 6–3 6–3.
Head to head
1–4| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-19 | Tokyo | R32 | hard | Elise Mertens | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2020-02-24 | Doha | R64 | hard | Elise Mertens | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2020-02-17 | Dubai | R32 | hard | Elise Mertens | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2019-07-01 | Wimbledon | R32 | grass | Elise Mertens | 6-2 6-7 6-4 |
| 2019-03-04 | Indian Wells | R32 | hard | Qiang Wang | 7-6 6-7 6-3 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
59%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.4
4.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.1
4.9
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Dominant
41
72
Break points saved·Dominant
19
65
Break points won·Slight edge
87
97
Deciding sets·Slight edge
64
71
Tiebreaks·Dominant
36
71
Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About
Freshness
Recent loadFreshness·
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55
Mertens E.: played today · 3 matches, 68 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast