Elise Mertens vs Anett Kontaveit | Elise Mertens Wins 6-3 6-1

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Elise Mertens defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-1 in the Zhuhai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anett Kontaveit came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Elise Mertens claimed a first win over Anett Kontaveit in two meetings, levelling the head-to-head at 1–1.

Key context

Match story: Elise Mertens dropped just 4 games past Anett Kontaveit.

How the match was decided

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Mertens E. took it in straight sets.

Match statistics

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Common opponents

19 shared · last 12 months

Mertens E. and Kontaveit A. faced 19 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Mertens E. went 15–10 (60%) against them, Kontaveit A. 15–12 (56%). Results against comparable opponents are close (7 : 6 better-results split).

15–1060%Mertens E. · better vs 7Record vs common opponents15–1256%Kontaveit A. · better vs 6

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

34–24Sets35–31

299–257Games320–307

4–5Tiebreaks8–2

3–4Deciding sets7–5

vs Sabalenka A.#2L5-7 6-2 6-7Eastbourne · grassL3-6 3-6Wuhan · hard
vs Svitolina E.#6W6-4 6-0Australian Open · hardL4-6 3-6Rome · clay
vs Zhang S.#81L1-6 6-3 3-6Beijing · hardW6-4 4-6 6-1Wuhan · hard

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vs Sasnovich A.#118L6-7 6-7Wuhan · hardW6-2 4-6 6-2Madrid · clay
vs Stephens S.#133L3-6 3-6US Open · hardW4-6 7-5 6-4Wuhan · hard
vs Barthel M.#180W6-4 5-7 7-6Lugano · clayW6-3 4-6 6-3Australian Open · hard
vs Siegemund L.#190W6-7 6-0 3-1Rabat · clayW2-6 6-3 6-2Beijing · hard
vs Watson H.#388W6-4 1-6 6-2Hobart · hardW6-0 6-3Brisbane · hard
vs Mladenovic K.#803L4-6 4-6BEL vs FRA · hardW5-7 7-6 7-6Stuttgart · clay
vs Kvitova P.L5-7 7-5 3-6Cincinnati · hardW7-6 7-6Roland Garros · clay
vs Konta J.L2-6 1-6Miami · hardL7-6 4-6 2-6GBR vs EST · hard
vs Wozniacki C.L3-6 6-7Australian Open · hardW6-3 6-1Rome · clay
vs Van Uytvanck A.W6-4 6-4Madrid · clayL2-6 3-6Wimbledon · grass
vs Lapko V.W6-1 4-6 6-4Lugano · clayL6-3 4-6 3-6Lugano · clay
vs Strycova B.W6-3 7-6US Open · hardW6-3 6-0Cincinnati · hard
vs Cornet A.W7-5 6-4Australian Open · hardL2-6 1-6Doha · hard
vs Kuznetsova S.W6-1 6-1Eastbourne · grassW7-5 7-5Rome · clay
vs Parmentier P.W6-2 6-1BEL vs FRA · hardW3-6 6-2 6-2New Haven · hard
vs Wang Q.L6-4 3-6 3-6Indian Wells · hardW6-2 2-1Wuhan · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Mertens E.October 2018ZhuhaiThis matchHard6-3 6-1
Kontaveit A.April 2017BielHard7-5 6-7 6-1

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

Mertens E.Kontaveit A.2 039ELO1 8961 871Hard ELO1 8757–3Last 105–522Age22179 cmHeight174 cmRightPlaysRight

Cite this

Elise Mertens beat Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-1. Umpiry, "Elise Mertens vs Anett Kontaveit — Zhuhai Round of 16", https://umpiry.com/match/2018-10-29/kontaveit-vs-mertens-zhuhai-r16?utm_source=cite (as of 29 October 2018).