Elise Mertens vs Kaia Kanepi — Gippsland Trophy Final

Gippsland Trophy · WTA · Final
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
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Mertens E.
6-4 6-1
Kanepi K.
Mertens E.
662
Kanepi K.
410

Elise Mertens defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-4 6-1 in the Gippsland Trophy final on hard. Elise Mertens extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-09-28Roland GarrosR64clayElise Mertens6-4 7-5
2019-04-01CharlestonR32clayKaia Kanepi0-6 6-0 7-5
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Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Kanepi K.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Serve advantage — Mertens E.

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.Kanepi K.
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.Kanepi K.
1st serve in·Even
56%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.9
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.1
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 100). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Kanepi K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
80
39
Break points saved·Clear edge
90
69
Break points won·Dominant
96
70
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
57
Tiebreaks·Dominant
75
15

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Kanepi K.
Freshness·
84
—

Mertens E.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 21 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