Elise Mertens vs Gergana Topalova — United Cup Round Robin

United Cup · WTA · Round Robin
Elise Mertens
BEL
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2023
hard
BUL
Gergana Topalova
#486WTA
1322ELO
1173Hard ELO
26 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWWWLW
Mertens E.
6-4 3-6 6-0
Topalova G.
Mertens E.
6362
Topalova G.
4601

Elise Mertens defeated Gergana Topalova 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the United Cup round robin on hard. The result followed the form book — Elise Mertens came in ranked #24.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Topalova G.

Topalova G.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

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

Serve & return on hard

Mertens E.Topalova G.
51
Serve
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54
Return
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Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Topalova G.
1st serve in·Even
56%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
56%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.0
2.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.9
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 94). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Mertens E.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
  • Injury return: 53 days (−1.0)
Topalova G.
4.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
10.0+675 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.0Hard Elo 1173
10.0Overall Elo 1894
ELO gap
0.0Overall Elo 1322
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.6
Surface form
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

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
Mertens E.Topalova G.
Freshness·
81
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Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Pegula J.
Trevisan M.
6-46-2
Keys M.
Bronzetti L.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Pegula J.
Swiatek I.
6-26-2
Trevisan M.
Sakkari M.
6-36-747-5
Bronzetti L.
Grammatikopoulou V.
6-26-3
Keys M.
Linette M.
6-46-2
Round Robin
Garcia C.
Podoroska N.
6-26-0
Keys M.
Bouzkova M.
6-46-3
Bronzetti L.
Eikeri U.
6-27-5
Bronzetti L.
Pigossi L.
6-06-2
Badosa P.
Dart H.
6-767-656-1
Martic P.
Podoroska N.
6-24-66-1
Pigossi L.
Eikeri U.
6-36-4
Linette M.
Teichmann J.
5-76-46-1
Dart H.
Inglis M.
6-46-4
Van Uytvanck A.
Papamichail D.
7-52-66-3
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Gadecki O.
6-26-2
Haddad Maia B.
Trevisan M.
6-26-0
Sakkari M.
Mertens E.
6-17-5
Pegula J.
Dart H.
6-26-0
Kvitova P.
Pegula J.
7-666-4
Vekic D.
Cornet A.
6-46-3
Linette M.
Kulambayeva Z.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.
Siegemund L.
6-46-2
Vekic D.
Papamichail D.
6-26-0
Cornet A.
Carle M.
6-26-1
Garcia C.
Martic P.
7-696-4
Vekic D.
Carle M.
6-06-4
Teichmann J.
Kulambayeva Z.
6-36-2
Trevisan M.
Helgo M.
7-53-66-4
Linette M.
Bronzetti L.
6-16-2
Bencic B.
Putintseva Y.
7-606-3
Sakkari M.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Keys M.
Swan K.
2-66-36-4
Haddad Maia B.
Helgo M.
6-46-2
Swiatek I.
Trevisan M.
6-26-4
Swiatek I.
Bencic B.
6-37-63
Bouzkova M.
Niemeier J.
6-27-5
Van Uytvanck A.
Shinikova I.
6-13-66-3
Parrizas Diaz N.
Inglis M.
6-16-3
Keys M.
Niemeier J.
6-26-3
Mertens E.
Topalova G.
6-43-66-0
Swan K.
Hives Z.
6-46-3
Sakkari M.
Tomova V.
6-36-2
Pegula J.
Siegemund L.
6-36-2
Swiatek I.
Putintseva Y.
6-16-3
Papamichail D.
Shinikova I.
3-66-46-1
Swan K.
Parrizas Diaz N.
3-66-16-2