Elise Mertens vs Caroline Garcia — Gippsland Trophy Round of 16

Gippsland Trophy · WTA · Round of 16
Elise Mertens
BEL7
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
FRA12
Caroline Garcia
#772WTA
32 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
Mertens E.
7-6 6-3
Garcia C.
Mertens E.
7762
Garcia C.
6130

Elise Mertens defeated Caroline Garcia 7-6 6-3 in the Gippsland Trophy round of 16 on hard. Elise Mertens narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Elise Mertens closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-02-27MonterreySFhardCaroline Garcia6-3 6-4
2022-08-15CincinnatiR16hardCaroline Garcia6-4 7-5
2021-03-07DubaiR16hardElise Mertens6-4 6-2
2020-09-28Roland GarrosR32clayCaroline Garcia1-6 6-4 7-5
2019-02-09Fed Cup WG R1: FRA vs BELRRhardCaroline Garcia6-2 6-3
2017-10-02BeijingR32hardCaroline Garcia7-6(4) 6-4
View full head-to-head →

Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Garcia C.

Garcia C.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Even serve battle

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.Garcia C.
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.Garcia C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
49%
Service points won·Even
58%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
6.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
3.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Garcia C.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
80
72
Break points saved·Even
90
91
Break points won·Dominant
96
50
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
94
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
75
82

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Garcia C.
Freshness·
81
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mertens E.[7]
Kanepi K.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Mertens E.[7]
Osaka N.[2]
W/O
Kanepi K.
Alexandrova E.[9]
6-37-66
Quarter-finals
Kanepi K.
Muchova K.[8]
W/O
Mertens E.[7]
Svitolina E.[3]
6-35-7[10-6]
Alexandrova E.[9]
Halep S.[1]
6-26-1
Osaka N.[2]
Begu I.
7-56-1
R16
Osaka N.[2]
Boulter K.
3-66-36-1
Begu I.
Konta J.[5]
4-67-6107-64
Alexandrova E.[9]
Swiatek I.[6]
6-46-2
Mertens E.[7]
Garcia C.[12]
7-616-3
Kanepi K.
Kasatkina D.
7-56-1
Halep S.[1]
Siegemund L.[16]
6-26-4
Svitolina E.[3]
Ostapenko J.[13]
6-746-36-2
Muchova K.[8]
Paolini J.
6-24-66-4
R32
Halep S.[1]
Potapova A.
6-46-4
Ostapenko J.[13]
Kovinic D.
6-47-5
Garcia C.[12]
Babos T.
6-46-4
Konta J.[5]
Pera B.
6-26-3
Siegemund L.[16]
Aiava D.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.
Hercog P.[15]
6-46-3
Swiatek I.[6]
Juvan K.
2-66-26-1
Mertens E.[7]
Hibi M.
6-26-2
Kanepi K.
Sabalenka A.[4]
6-12-66-1
Begu I.
Sasnovich A.
5-76-46-4
Osaka N.[2]
Cornet A.
6-26-2
Alexandrova E.[9]
Schmiedlova A.
4-66-46-2
Svitolina E.[3]
Petkovic A.
6-16-4
Paolini J.
Wang Q.[10]
3-67-56-4
Boulter K.
Gauff C.[14]
3-67-56-2
R64
Pera B.
Gadecki O.
6-726-36-3
Aiava D.
Paquet C.
6-14-66-4
Hibi M.
Lepchenko V.
6-46-736-1
Schmiedlova A.
Savinykh V.
6-16-3
Ostapenko J.[13]
Errani S.
4-66-36-1
Siegemund L.[16]
Niculescu M.
7-56-4
Hercog P.[15]
Gasparyan M.
2-66-36-3
Sasnovich A.
Tsurenko L.
3-66-46-4
Gauff C.[14]
Teichmann J.
6-36-767-65
Paolini J.
Marino R.
7-626-3
Babos T.
Tig P.
7-656-3
Garcia C.[12]
Rodionova A.
6-36-4
Kovinic D.
Zidansek T.
6-36-3
Begu I.
Zheng S.[11]
3-67-56-4
Potapova A.
Osuigwe W.
6-36-0
Juvan K.
Wang Y.
4-66-16-4
Kanepi K.
Sharma A.
1-67-56-2
Boulter K.
Kalinskaya A.
6-16-3
Kasatkina D.
Buzarnescu M.
6-16-1
Petkovic A.
Trevisan M.
6-13-67-5
Cornet A.
Tomljanovic A.
5-76-16-3