Daria Kasatkina vs Elise Mertens — Stuttgart Round of 32

Stuttgart · WTA · Round of 32
Daria Kasatkina
AUS
Daria Kasatkina
#63WTA
1795ELO
1770Clay ELO
29 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 April 2019
clay
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1811Clay ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Kasatkina D.
7-6 7-5
Mertens E.
Kasatkina D.
71072
Mertens E.
6850

Daria Kasatkina defeated Elise Mertens 7-6 7-5 in the Stuttgart round of 32 on clay. Daria Kasatkina extended the head-to-head to 6–2.

Key context

Head to head

5–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-02-08DohaR32hardDaria Kasatkina6-4 6-0
2023-08-07MontrealR64hardDaria Kasatkina6-4 6-2
2023-07-31WashingtonR32hardDaria Kasatkina6-3 7-5
2023-03-20MiamiR64hardElise Mertens4-6 6-2 6-2
2022-01-10SydneyR16hardDaria Kasatkina6-3 6-4
2021-08-02San JoseSFhardDaria Kasatkina6-3 6-2
2017-08-21New HavenR16hardElise Mertens6-2 7-5
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Serve vs return

This season
Kasatkina D.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Kasatkina D.

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
Kasatkina D.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
41%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
59%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.4
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.7
5.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Kasatkina D.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Even
78
80
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
90
Break points won·Even
100
96
Deciding sets·Clear edge
93
76
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
75

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

Freshness

Recent load
Kasatkina D.Mertens E.
Freshness·Slight edge
92
81

Kasatkina D.: 10 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
20°COvercast
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[3]
Kontaveit A.[8]
6-37-62
Semi-finals
Kontaveit A.[8]
Osaka N.[1]
W/O
Kvitova P.[3]
Bertens K.[6]
7-633-66-1
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[3]
Sevastova A.[7]
2-66-26-3
Bertens K.[6]
Kerber A.[5]
6-36-4
Osaka N.[1]
Vekic D.
6-34-67-64
Kontaveit A.[8]
Azarenka V.
5-77-53-0
R16
Kerber A.[5]
Petkovic A.
6-26-4
Bertens K.[6]
Bencic B.
4-66-36-4
Kvitova P.[3]
Minnen G.
6-16-4
Sevastova A.[7]
Siegemund L.
6-46-3
Kontaveit A.[8]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-2
Azarenka V.
Pliskova K.[4]
4-66-36-4
Vekic D.
Kasatkina D.
6-17-5
Osaka N.[1]
Hsieh S.
6-46-3
R32
Bencic B.
Minella M.
6-26-4
Bertens K.[6]
Friedsam A.
7-56-2
Minnen G.
Cibulkova D.
7-56-3
Sevastova A.[7]
Ostapenko J.
6-24-66-0
Kontaveit A.[8]
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Azarenka V.
Zvonareva V.
7-56-4
Vekic D.
Gatto Monticone G.
6-17-5
Hsieh S.
Wang Q.
4-66-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Goerges J.
4-66-24-0
Siegemund L.
Tsurenko L.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.
Mertens E.
7-687-5
Petkovic A.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-36-4