Coco Gauff vs Elise Mertens — Roland Garros Round of 16

Roland Garros · WTA · Round of 16
Coco Gauff
USA4
Coco Gauff
#7WTA
2071ELO
2018Clay ELO
$2.9MYTD
$33MCAREER
22 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 May 2022
clay
Elise Mertens
BEL23
Elise Mertens
#27WTA
1894ELO
1811Clay ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Gauff C.
6-4 6-0
Mertens E.
Gauff C.
662
Mertens E.
400

Coco Gauff defeated Elise Mertens 6-4 6-0 in the Roland Garros round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Coco Gauff came in ranked #7, leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Coco Gauff extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-02-15DubaiR16hardCoco Gauff2-6 7-6(9) 6-3
2024-03-06Indian WellsR16hardCoco Gauff6-0 6-2
2023-08-28US OpenR32hardCoco Gauff3-6 6-3 6-0
2021-06-21EastbourneR32grassCoco Gauff0-6 7-6(4) 7-5
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Serve vs return

This season
Gauff C.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

Mertens E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Gauff C.

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
Gauff C.Mertens E.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
59%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.4
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.8
5.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Gauff C.Mertens E.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
99
80
Break points saved·Slight edge
96
90
Break points won·Even
100
96
Deciding sets·Clear edge
100
76
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
99
75

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Gauff C.
7.6
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Mertens E.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
7.6+208 Clay Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.4Clay Elo 1811
7.2Overall Elo 2071
ELO gap
2.8Overall Elo 1894
5.0
H2H
5.0
6.3
Surface form
6.1
0.0
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
7.5
Minutes 14d
6.3
9.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
7.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Gauff C.Mertens E.
Freshness·Clear edge
60
78

Gauff C.: 3 days rest · 3 matches, 85 games (7d) · Mertens E.: 4 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
18°CDrizzle
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 88%

Draw

Final
Swiatek I.[3]
Gauff C.[4]
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Swiatek I.[3]
Kasatkina D.[20]
6-26-1
Gauff C.[4]
Trevisan M.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Kasatkina D.[20]
Kudermetova V.[29]
6-47-65
Swiatek I.[3]
Pegula J.[5]
6-36-2
Gauff C.[4]
Stephens S.
7-56-2
Trevisan M.
Fernandez L.[24]
6-26-736-3
R16
Swiatek I.[3]
Zheng Q.
6-756-06-2
Trevisan M.
Sasnovich A.[14]
7-6107-5
Stephens S.
Teichmann J.[23]
6-26-0
Gauff C.[4]
Mertens E.[23]
6-46-0
Kasatkina D.[20]
Giorgi C.[28]
6-26-2
Pegula J.[5]
Begu I.
4-66-26-3
Fernandez L.[24]
Anisimova A.[6]
6-34-66-3
Kudermetova V.[29]
Keys M.[19]
1-66-36-1
R32
Zheng Q.
Cornet A.
6-03-0
Kudermetova V.[29]
Badosa P.[3]
6-32-1
Pegula J.[5]
Zidansek T.[22]
6-17-62
Trevisan M.
Saville D.
6-36-4
Keys M.[19]
Rybakina E.[2]
3-66-17-63
Stephens S.
Parry D.
6-26-3
Anisimova A.[6]
Muchova K.[10]
6-776-23-0
Giorgi C.[28]
Sabalenka A.[1]
4-66-16-0
Sasnovich A.[14]
Kerber A.[21]
6-47-65
Mertens E.[23]
Gracheva V.
6-26-3
Swiatek I.[3]
Kovinic D.
6-37-5
Teichmann J.[23]
Azarenka V.[15]
4-67-57-65
Begu I.
Jeanjean L.
6-16-4
Kasatkina D.[20]
Rogers S.
6-36-2
Gauff C.[4]
Kanepi K.
6-36-4
Fernandez L.[24]
Bencic B.[11]
7-53-67-5
R64
Rybakina E.[2]
Volynets K.
6-46-0
Kasatkina D.[20]
Contreras Gomez F.
6-06-3
Trevisan M.
Linette M.
6-36-2
Saville D.
Kvitova P.[32]
6-46-2
Kerber A.[21]
Jacquemot E.
6-17-62
Sasnovich A.[14]
Raducanu E.[12]
3-66-16-1
Fernandez L.[24]
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Muchova K.[10]
Sakkari M.[4]
7-657-64
Gracheva V.
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-757-5
Gauff C.[4]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-17-64
Kanepi K.
Haddad Maia B.
6-46-4
Azarenka V.[15]
Petkovic A.
6-17-63
Teichmann J.[23]
Danilovic O.
6-46-1
Parry D.
Osorio C.
6-36-3
Stephens S.
Cirstea S.[18]
3-66-26-0
Rogers S.
Collins D.[9]
6-46-3
Mertens E.[23]
Bouzkova M.[27]
W/O
Giorgi C.[28]
Putintseva Y.
6-37-5
Zidansek T.[22]
Sherif M.
W/O
Kudermetova V.[29]
Krunic A.
6-36-3
Kovinic D.
Schmiedlova A.
6-37-5
Jeanjean L.
Pliskova K.[20]
6-26-2
Bencic B.[11]
Andreescu B.[25]
6-26-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Brengle M.
6-16-3
Zheng Q.
Halep S.[19]
2-66-26-1
Swiatek I.[3]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-06-2
Cornet A.
Ostapenko J.[29]
6-01-66-3
Pegula J.[5]
Kalinina A.
6-15-76-4
Badosa P.[3]
Juvan K.[11]
7-53-66-2
Keys M.[19]
Garcia C.
6-47-63
Anisimova A.[6]
Vekic D.
6-46-1
Begu I.
Alexandrova E.[14]
6-736-36-4
R128
Halep S.[19]
Schunk N.
6-41-66-1
Zheng Q.
Zanevska M.
6-36-1
Kovinic D.
Samsonova L.[20]
2-66-26-1
Kalinina A.
Baptiste H.[26]
5-2
Sherif M.
Kostyuk M.[15]
6-37-5
Alexandrova E.[14]
Minnen G.
7-56-3
Begu I.
Paolini J.[13]
4-66-17-65
Jeanjean L.
Parrizas Diaz N.
6-46-3
Pliskova K.[20]
Andrianjafitrimo T.
2-66-36-1
Badosa P.[3]
Ferro F.
6-26-0
Krunic A.
Rakhimova K.
6-46-3
Juvan K.[11]
Selekhmeteva O.
7-57-64
Kudermetova V.[29]
Zhu L.
6-43-66-3
Keys M.[19]
Kalinskaya A.[22]
6-33-66-4
Linette M.
Jabeur O.[6]
3-67-647-5
Trevisan M.
Dart H.
6-06-2
Kvitova P.[32]
Bondar A.
7-606-1
Fernandez L.[24]
Mladenovic K.
6-07-5
Anisimova A.[6]
Osaka N.[16]
7-56-4
Bouzkova M.[27]
Gasanova A.
6-26-1
Mertens E.[23]
Ruse E.
6-36-1
Gauff C.[4]
Marino R.
7-56-0
Van Uytvanck A.
Li A.[30]
3-62-3
Azarenka V.[15]
Bogdan A.
6-777-616-2
Schmiedlova A.
Kucova K.
4-67-616-2
Osorio C.
Tan H.
6-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Yastremska D.
6-36-3
Cornet A.
Doi M.
6-26-0
Rybakina E.[2]
Rus A.
6-15-76-2
Sabalenka A.[1]
Paquet C.
2-66-36-4
Haddad Maia B.
Bucsa C.[31]
6-31-66-2
Cirstea S.[18]
Maria T.
6-36-3
Ostapenko J.[29]
Bronzetti L.
6-16-4
Pegula J.[5]
Wang Q.
6-26-4
Zidansek T.[22]
Liu C.
6-26-2
Garcia C.
Townsend T.
6-36-4
Collins D.[9]
Tomova V.
6-06-4
Rogers S.
Martincova T.
6-46-3
Contreras Gomez F.
Udvardy P.
7-686-3
Giorgi C.[28]
Zhang S.
3-66-26-2
Putintseva Y.
Bara I.
6-36-1
Brengle M.
Buzarnescu M.
6-16-2
Raducanu E.[12]
Noskova L.[12]
6-747-56-1
Kerber A.[21]
Frech M.
2-66-37-5
Jacquemot E.
Watson H.
6-36-3
Siniakova K.
Martic P.
6-47-66
Muchova K.[10]
Monnet C.
6-36-3
Vekic D.
Bjorklund M.
7-666-2
Sakkari M.[4]
Burel C.
6-26-3
Gracheva V.
Sharma A.
4-66-47-5
Petkovic A.
Dodin O.
6-46-2
Danilovic O.
Galfi D.
3-67-646-2
Parry D.
Krejcikova B.[2]
1-66-26-3
Saville D.
Grammatikopoulou V.
6-16-2
Tomljanovic A.
Kontaveit A.[5]
7-657-5
Stephens S.
Niemeier J.
5-76-46-2
Andreescu B.[25]
Bonaventure Y.
3-67-56-0
Teichmann J.[23]
Pera B.
6-26-1
Volynets K.
Golubic V.
6-22-66-1
Kanepi K.
Muguruza G.[10]
2-66-36-4
Kasatkina D.[20]
Sramkova R.
6-26-0
Bencic B.[11]
Jani R.
6-16-1
Sasnovich A.[14]
Wang X.
6-46-1
Swiatek I.[3]
Tsurenko L.
6-26-0