Elise Mertens vs Jana Cepelova — Tianjin Round of 16

Tianjin · WTA · Round of 16
Elise Mertens
BEL3
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2018
hard
SVK
Jana Cepelova
33 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
Mertens E.
6-2 6-3
Cepelova J.
Mertens E.
662
Cepelova J.
230

Elise Mertens defeated Jana Cepelova 6-2 6-3 in the Tianjin round of 16 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Cepelova J.

Cepelova J.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Cepelova J.
51
Serve
—
54
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Cepelova J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Cepelova J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
80
15
Break points saved·Dominant
90
16
Break points won·Clear edge
96
76
Deciding sets·Dominant
76
36
Tiebreaks·Dominant
75
42

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Cepelova J.
Freshness·
81
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Garcia C.[2]
Pliskova K.[1]
7-676-3
Semi-finals
Pliskova K.[1]
Bacsinszky T.
6-26-1
Garcia C.[2]
Hsieh S.[5]
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Hsieh S.[5]
Mertens E.[3]
6-24-0
Bacsinszky T.
Sabalenka A.[4]
7-627-65
Garcia C.[2]
Martic P.[6]
6-21-0
Pliskova K.[1]
Boulter K.
5-76-06-3
R16
Garcia C.[2]
Zhang Y.
6-36-4
Pliskova K.[1]
Hercog P.
6-16-2
Boulter K.
Krejcikova B.
6-31-66-3
Hsieh S.[5]
Kudermetova V.
6-22-66-2
Martic P.[6]
Liu F.
1-66-06-1
Mertens E.[3]
Cepelova J.
6-26-3
Sabalenka A.[4]
Linette M.
6-16-3
Bacsinszky T.
Doi M.
1-66-37-5
R32
Krejcikova B.
Baindl K.
4-1
Bacsinszky T.
Collins D.[7]
6-30-0
Pliskova K.[1]
Lepchenko V.
6-26-736-3
Boulter K.
Sakkari M.[8]
7-646-3
Doi M.
Putintseva Y.
6-03-67-66
Garcia C.[2]
Xun F.
6-46-1
Mertens E.[3]
Zhu L.
7-56-1
Liu F.
Yuan Y.
6-01-66-4
Kudermetova V.
Riske Amritraj A.
5-76-17-5
Hsieh S.[5]
Tomljanovic A.
7-647-5
Martic P.[6]
Duan Y.
3-66-37-63
Linette M.
Rodina E.
2-66-16-4
Zhang Y.
Begu I.
7-56-3
Sabalenka A.[4]
Kenin S.
7-644-66-0
Hercog P.
Arruabarrena L.
7-656-2
Cepelova J.
Wang Y.
7-53-66-4