Sloane Stephens vs Elise Mertens — Madrid Round of 64

Madrid · WTA · Round of 64
USA
Sloane Stephens
#363WTA
1667ELO
1647Clay ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 22 April 2024
clay
BEL
Elise Mertens
[28]
#21WTA
1917ELO
1830Clay ELO
$1.4MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sloane Stephens defeated Elise Mertens 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the Madrid round of 64 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Elise Mertens came in ranked #21, defending last year's round of 16, but Sloane Stephens had arrived on a 5-match winning run. Sloane Stephens extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Stephens S.
6.6
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Mertens E.
7.3
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.1Clay Elo 1647
Surface ELO
6.9+183 Clay Elo edge
2.1Overall Elo 1667
ELO gap
7.9Overall Elo 1917
5.0
H2H
5.0
9.3
Surface form
6.0
9.05-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
5.6
Minutes 14d
8.0
4.0
3-set count
7.0
9.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0
Opponent rise
2.0

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.

Stephens S.
3662
Mertens E.
6311

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
0.84
SlowFast
Weather
14°CClear
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 33%

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-01-01BrisbaneR32hardElise Mertens2-6 6-1 6-3
2023-09-11San DiegoR32hardSloane Stephens6-1 6-3
2018-08-27US OpenR16hardSloane Stephens6-3 6-3
2018-08-13CincinnatiR16hardElise Mertens7-6(8) 6-2
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Statistics

Recent form
Stephens S.Mertens E.
66%1st serve in+7%59%
59%1st serve points won+10%69%
45%2nd serve points won+4%49%
54%Service points won+7%61%
38%Return points won+7%45%
55%Break points saved+1%56%
1.5Aces / match+34.5
2.2Double faults / match+1.63.8

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Swiatek I.[1]
Sabalenka A.[2]
7-54-67-67
Semi-finals
Sabalenka A.[2]
Rybakina E.[4]
1-67-57-65
Swiatek I.[1]
Keys M.[18]
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Rybakina E.[4]
Putintseva Y.
4-67-647-5
Swiatek I.[1]
Haddad Maia B.[11]
4-66-06-2
Keys M.[18]
Jabeur O.[8]
0-67-56-1
Sabalenka A.[2]
Andreeva M.
6-16-4
R16
Keys M.[18]
Gauff C.[3]
7-644-66-4
Jabeur O.[8]
Ostapenko J.[9]
6-06-4
Swiatek I.[1]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-16-0
Haddad Maia B.[11]
Sakkari M.[5]
6-46-4
Putintseva Y.
Kasatkina D.[10]
3-66-26-2
Andreeva M.
Paolini J.[12]
7-626-4
Rybakina E.[4]
Bejlek S.
6-16-3
Sabalenka A.[2]
Collins D.[13]
4-66-46-3
R32
Collins D.[13]
Cristian J.
3-66-46-1
Bejlek S.
Krueger A.
6-36-1
Keys M.[18]
Samsonova L.[15]
6-26-3
Sakkari M.[5]
Stephens S.
6-16-3
Kasatkina D.[10]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[20]
7-657-5
Ostapenko J.[9]
Carle M.
6-36-3
Rybakina E.[4]
Sherif M.
6-16-4
Paolini J.[12]
Garcia C.[21]
6-36-2
Sabalenka A.[2]
Montgomery R.
6-16-756-4
Haddad Maia B.[11]
Navarro E.[19]
6-46-4
Sorribes Tormo S.
Azarenka V.[23]
7-606-3
Andreeva M.
Vondrousova M.[7]
7-56-1
Gauff C.[3]
Yastremska D.[31]
6-46-1
Jabeur O.[8]
Fernandez L.[32]
7-52-66-4
Swiatek I.[1]
Cirstea S.[27]
6-16-1
Putintseva Y.
Dolehide C.
6-26-2
R64
Putintseva Y.
Zheng Q.[6]
7-52-0
Sakkari M.[5]
Vekic D.
6-36-2
Collins D.[13]
Danilovic O.
4-66-47-68
Kasatkina D.[10]
Bucsa C.
5-77-656-3
Dolehide C.
Kalinina A.[30]
6-766-26-3
Sherif M.
Kostyuk M.[25]
6-27-5
Swiatek I.[1]
Wang X.
6-16-4
Paolini J.[12]
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
6-06-1
Ostapenko J.[9]
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-36-1
Andreeva M.
Noskova L.[29]
4-66-36-3
Navarro E.[19]
Podoroska N.
6-26-1
Haddad Maia B.[11]
Errani S.
6-36-2
Krueger A.
Alexandrova E.[14]
6-36-3
Rybakina E.[4]
Bronzetti L.
6-46-3
Cristian J.
Krejcikova B.[22]
2-66-06-2
Stephens S.
Mertens E.[28]
3-66-36-1
Samsonova L.[15]
Osaka N.
6-24-67-5
Cirstea S.[27]
Eala A.
6-36-766-4
Sorribes Tormo S.
Svitolina E.[16]
6-37-5
Keys M.[18]
Begu I.
7-637-66
Carle M.
Kudermetova V.[17]
6-46-4
Bejlek S.
Kalinskaya A.[24]
6-16-4
Vondrousova M.[7]
Rogers S.
6-16-3
Montgomery R.
Boulter K.[26]
1-66-36-4
Sabalenka A.[2]
Linette M.
6-43-66-3
Fernandez L.[32]
Potapova A.
7-56-3
Garcia C.[21]
Wang X.
6-16-4
Gauff C.[3]
Rus A.
6-06-0
Yastremska D.[31]
Arango E.
0-67-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[20]
Saville D.
6-16-4
Azarenka V.[23]
Maria T.
6-36-1
Jabeur O.[8]
Schmiedlova A.
6-45-76-3
R128
Saville D.
Baptiste H.
6-47-65
Krueger A.
Hibino N.
6-46-4
Rus A.
Fruhvirtova B.
7-56-3
Montgomery R.
Avanesyan E.
6-26-2
Maria T.
Stearns P.
6-746-27-65
Vekic D.
Siegemund L.
6-16-2
Bronzetti L.
Gracheva V.
6-36-3
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Zhu L.
6-46-3
Sherif M.
Davis L.
4-67-646-4
Putintseva Y.
Yuan Y.
6-26-4
Danilovic O.
Burel C.
3-67-686-4
Carle M.
Raducanu E.
6-26-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Pera B.
7-56-2
Cristian J.
Frech M.
7-56-2
Podoroska N.
Siniakova K.
6-27-62
Bejlek S.
Blinkova A.
4-66-36-3
Rogers S.
Zhang S.
6-36-2
Wang X.
Bogdan A.
6-757-646-2
Arango E.
Anisimova A.
1-66-47-62
Bucsa C.
Dart H.
6-46-4
Errani S.
Wozniacki C.
3-67-57-5
Linette M.
Cocciaretto E.
3-66-46-4
Andreeva M.
Townsend T.
4-66-17-5
Dolehide C.
Bai Z.
6-36-3
Stephens S.
Trevisan M.
6-35-76-4
Osaka N.
Minnen G.
6-46-1
Begu I.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-47-60
Wang X.
Tomova V.
5-77-56-4
Schmiedlova A.
Kenin S.
6-36-4
Potapova A.
Shnaider D.
7-56-4
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Badosa P.
2-66-36-3
Eala A.
Tsurenko L.
2-66-46-4