Elise Mertens vs Lucia Bronzetti — Linz Round of 16

Linz · WTA · Round of 16
Elise Mertens
BEL4
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 January 2024
hard
Lucia Bronzetti
ITA
Lucia Bronzetti
#139WTA
1622ELO
1551Hard ELO
27 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWWWLW
Mertens E.
6-1 6-3
Bronzetti L.
Mertens E.
662
Bronzetti L.
130

Elise Mertens defeated Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 6-3 in the Linz round of 16 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.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Bronzetti L.

Bronzetti L.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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.Bronzetti L.
51
Serve
12
54
Return
14

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

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Bronzetti L.
1st serve in·Even
57%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
59%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.1
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.3
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (120 vs 140). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Bronzetti L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
80
55
Break points saved·Clear edge
90
74
Break points won·Clear edge
96
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
60
Tiebreaks·Dominant
75
48

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Mertens E.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Bronzetti L.
5.1
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
9.3+297 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.7Hard Elo 1551
9.6Overall Elo 1894
ELO gap
0.4Overall Elo 1622
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
7.0
Surface form
4.2
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 3
Fatigue & Travel
7.8
Minutes 14d
8.4
7.0
3-set count
7.0
6.0
Prev. match
6.0
Context
5.0
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
Mertens E.Bronzetti L.
Freshness·Clear edge
84
100

Mertens E.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 21 games (7d) · Bronzetti L.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
3°CMainly clear
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 72%

Draw

Final
Ostapenko J.[1]
Alexandrova E.[2]
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Ostapenko J.[1]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-3
Alexandrova E.[2]
Vekic D.[3]
5-77-647-66
Quarter-finals
Vekic D.[3]
Burel C.
6-07-63
Alexandrova E.[2]
Potapova A.[5]
6-27-68
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Mertens E.[4]
6-36-2
Ostapenko J.[1]
Burrage J.
6-16-2
R16
Ostapenko J.[1]
Tauson C.
3-66-47-67
Vekic D.[3]
Yastremska D.
6-16-1
Burel C.
Siniakova K.
6-35-76-4
Burrage J.
Cristian J.
6-37-65
Mertens E.[4]
Bronzetti L.
6-16-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Boulter K.
7-626-4
Potapova A.[5]
Cocciaretto E.
2-67-697-5
Alexandrova E.[2]
Niemeier J.
6-36-0
R32
Yastremska D.
Andreeva E.
7-643-66-2
Bronzetti L.
Kerber A.
6-16-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Trevisan M.
6-46-0
Potapova A.[5]
Errani S.
6-46-3
Niemeier J.
Blinkova A.
6-36-4
Burel C.
Kraus S.
6-16-4
Tauson C.
Giorgi C.
3-66-36-3
Boulter K.
Paolini J.[6]
6-26-2
Cristian J.
Podoroska N.
6-36-4
Burrage J.
Gracheva V.[7]
6-46-0
Siniakova K.
Martic P.[8]
4-66-37-5
Cocciaretto E.
Stefanini L.
6-26-0