Aryna Sabalenka vs Elise Mertens — Dubai Round of 16

Dubai · WTA · Round of 16
BLR
Aryna Sabalenka
[7]
#1WTA
2240ELO
2211Hard ELO
$4.1MYTD
$49MCAREER
28 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10
WWLLWWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 February 2020
hard
BEL
Elise Mertens
#21WTA
1917ELO
1859Hard ELO
$1.4MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10
LWLWLWLWWL
Sabalenka A.
662
Mertens E.
430

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
1.18
SlowFast

Head to head

10–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-06-30WimbledonR16grassAryna Sabalenka6-4 7-6(4)
2025-04-22MadridR32clayAryna Sabalenka3-6 6-2 6-1
2025-04-14StuttgartQFclayAryna Sabalenka6-4 6-1
2024-08-26US OpenR16hardAryna Sabalenka6-2 6-4
2023-01-16Australian OpenR32hardAryna Sabalenka6-2 6-3
2021-08-30US OpenR16hardAryna Sabalenka6-4 6-1
2021-04-29MadridQFclayAryna Sabalenka6-1 4-0 RET
2020-11-09LinzFhardAryna Sabalenka7-5 6-2
2019-10-22ZhuhaiRRhardAryna Sabalenka6-4 3-6 7-5
2018-08-06MontrealR16hardElise Mertens2-6 7-6(1) 6-0
2018-06-25EastbourneR16grassAryna Sabalenka7-5 2-6 7-6(4)
2018-04-09LuganoFclayElise Mertens7-5 6-2
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Statistics

Recent form
Sabalenka A.Mertens E.
65%1st serve in+6%59%
74%1st serve points won+5%69%
56%2nd serve points won+8%48%
67%Service points won+6%61%
44%Return points won44%
69%Break points saved+13%56%
5.4Aces / match+1.14.3
2.1Double faults / match+1.73.8

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Halep S.[1]
Rybakina E.
3-66-37-65
Semi-finals
Rybakina E.
Martic P.[8]
7-657-62
Halep S.[1]
Brady J.
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Halep S.[1]
Sabalenka A.[7]
3-66-26-2
Rybakina E.
Pliskova K.[2]
7-616-3
Martic P.[8]
Kontaveit A.
7-646-1
Brady J.
Muguruza G.[9]
6-756-36-4
R16
Sabalenka A.[7]
Mertens E.
6-46-3
Pliskova K.[2]
Mladenovic K.
6-16-2
Halep S.[1]
Jabeur O.
1-66-27-67
Muguruza G.[9]
Kudermetova V.
7-54-66-4
Martic P.[8]
Strycova B.
6-36-3
Brady J.
Vondrousova M.
4-66-46-1
Rybakina E.
Siniakova K.
6-36-3
Kontaveit A.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-657-5
R32
Muguruza G.[9]
Clijsters K.
6-27-66
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bencic B.[4]
1-66-16-1
Siniakova K.
Muchova K.
6-44-66-0
Mladenovic K.
Sasnovich A.
6-46-3
Mertens E.
Wang Q.
6-36-0
Vondrousova M.
Sevastova A.
6-36-2
Martic P.[8]
Hsieh S.
6-46-3
Jabeur O.
Riske Amritraj A.
7-631-66-3
Kontaveit A.
Cirstea S.
6-16-3
Brady J.
Svitolina E.[3]
6-26-1
Kudermetova V.
Yastremska D.
5-76-37-62
Strycova B.
Anisimova A.
7-632-66-4
Rybakina E.
Kenin S.[5]
6-726-36-3
Sabalenka A.[7]
Sakkari M.
6-24-66-1