Simona Halep vs Elise Mertens — Madrid Round of 32

Madrid · WTA · Round of 32
ROU1
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 May 2018
clay
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1811Clay ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Halep S.
6-0 6-3
Mertens E.
Halep S.
662
Mertens E.
030

Simona Halep defeated Elise Mertens 6-0 6-3 in the Madrid round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending the title. Simona Halep extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-04-29MadridR16clayElise Mertens4-6 7-5 7-5
2020-08-10PragueFclaySimona Halep6-2 7-5
2020-01-20Australian OpenR16hardSimona Halep6-4 6-4
2019-02-11DohaFhardElise Mertens3-6 6-4 6-3
2018-05-28Roland GarrosR16claySimona Halep6-2 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Halep S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Halep S.

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

Statistics

This season
Halep S.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
59%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.1
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.8
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (197 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Halep S.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
89
80
Break points saved·Even
87
90
Break points won·Even
100
96
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
76
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
82
75

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

Freshness

Recent load
Halep S.Mertens E.
Freshness·
—
81

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°CPartly cloudy
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 45%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[10]
Bertens K.
7-664-66-3
Semi-finals
Bertens K.
Garcia C.[7]
6-26-2
Kvitova P.[10]
Pliskova K.[6]
7-646-3
Quarter-finals
Bertens K.
Sharapova M.
4-66-26-3
Garcia C.[7]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-26-3
Kvitova P.[10]
Kasatkina D.[14]
6-46-0
Pliskova K.[6]
Halep S.[1]
6-46-3
R16
Bertens K.
Wozniacki C.[2]
6-26-2
Sharapova M.
Mladenovic K.
6-36-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Pera B.
2-66-26-4
Garcia C.[7]
Goerges J.[11]
6-26-4
Kvitova P.[10]
Kontaveit A.
6-746-36-3
Kasatkina D.[14]
Muguruza G.[3]
6-24-66-3
Pliskova K.[6]
Stephens S.[9]
6-26-3
Halep S.[1]
Pliskova K.
6-16-4
R32
Pera B.
Konta J.
6-46-3
Wozniacki C.[2]
Barty A.
6-24-66-4
Bertens K.
Sevastova A.[15]
6-16-4
Mladenovic K.
Zhang S.
6-44-66-3
Sharapova M.
Begu I.
7-56-1
Suarez Navarro C.
Svitolina E.[4]
2-67-636-4
Goerges J.[11]
Arruabarrena L.
2-66-46-2
Garcia C.[7]
Martic P.
6-37-5
Kontaveit A.
Sasnovich A.
6-24-66-2
Kvitova P.[10]
Puig M.
6-37-68
Kasatkina D.[14]
Cirstea S.
6-36-1
Muguruza G.[3]
Vekic D.
2-66-46-1
Pliskova K.
Sorribes Tormo S.
7-56-2
Halep S.[1]
Mertens E.
6-06-3
Pliskova K.[6]
Azarenka V.
6-21-67-5
Stephens S.[9]
Stosur S.
6-16-3
R64
Wozniacki C.[2]
Saville D.
6-36-1
Sevastova A.[15]
Schmiedlova A.
6-34-66-3
Zhang S.
Osaka N.
6-17-5
Sharapova M.
Buzarnescu M.
6-46-1
Suarez Navarro C.
Strycova B.
6-36-3
Pera B.
Sabalenka A.
6-42-66-3
Martic P.
Kuznetsova S.
6-46-2
Garcia C.[7]
Cibulkova D.
6-17-5
Kontaveit A.
Williams V.[8]
3-66-36-2
Kasatkina D.[14]
Wang Q.
7-57-66
Vekic D.
Garcia Perez G.
6-26-4
Pliskova K.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-46-4
Mertens E.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-46-4
Puig M.
Diyas Z.
6-42-66-2
Arruabarrena L.
Kostyuk M.
6-34-66-2
Azarenka V.
Krunic A.
6-36-3
Konta J.
Rybarikova M.[16]
6-37-5
Goerges J.[11]
Babos T.
6-26-4
Begu I.
Ostapenko J.[5]
6-36-3
Cirstea S.
Siniakova K.
6-42-66-4
Kvitova P.[10]
Tsurenko L.
6-16-2
Mladenovic K.
Vandeweghe C.[12]
7-56-0
Sasnovich A.
Collins D.
7-56-2
Barty A.
Errani S.
6-16-4
Bertens K.
Sakkari M.
6-46-4
Svitolina E.[4]
Cornet A.
6-26-2
Muguruza G.[3]
Peng S.
6-46-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Vesnina E.
6-46-2
Stosur S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-16-726-3
Stephens S.[9]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-36-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Keys M.[13]
7-56-2
Halep S.[1]
Makarova K.
6-16-0