Elise Mertens
WTA · World No. 26 · BEL · Right-handed · 179 cm · 67 kg
At a glance
Elo
1709
Hard Elo
1647
Clay Elo
1560
Grass Elo
1498
Last 52w win%
54%
Last 10
5-5
Tiebreak win%
54%
Deciding-set win%
42%
Serve & return profile
Serve-dominant: holds comfortably and leans on the serve game.
Serve / return map
vs 565 tour pros
Strengths vs tour
Career percentile · tick = tour median
Serve points won58%83th
Return points won45%53th
Ace rate6.2%94th
Double-fault discipline8.5%5th
Break points saved54%59th
Break points won44%18th
Serve anatomy
1st serve in56%
1st serve won69%
2nd serve won44%
Surface splits
Serve & return points won, break-point save & conversion, and ace rate, broken out by surface. Win% is heat-shaded against a 50% baseline. Toggle the window: career, last 52 weeks, or this season.
| Surface | M | W-L | Win% | Serve% | Return% | Ace% | BP Sv% | BP Cv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 108 | 58-50 | 54% | 58% | 45% | 6.2% | 54% | 44% |
| Hard | 85 | 46-39 | 54% | 57% | 46% | 6.3% | 54% | 44% |
| Clay | 12 | 7-5 | 58% | 60% | 45% | 4.8% | 54% | 44% |
| Grass | 11 | 5-6 | 45% | 61% | 42% | 7.5% | 55% | 43% |
Recent matches
| Date | Tournament | Surf | Odds | R | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · WTA 500 | Grass | 2.01 | L | Naomi Osaka | 6-3 6-3 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · WTA 500 | Grass | — | W | Alexandra Eala | 6-3 6-3 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Berlin Tennis Open - Berlin · WTA 500 | Grass | — | L | Nikola Bartunkova | 6-1 6-4 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Berlin Tennis Open - Berlin · WTA 500 | Grass | 1.53 | W | Liudmila Samsonova | 1-6 6-3 6-0 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · WTA 250 | Grass | 1.34 | L | Elena Gabriela Ruse | 6-3 6-3 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · WTA 250 | Grass | — | W | Bianca Vanessa Andreescu | 6-1 6-2 |
| May 28, 2026 | French Open - Paris · Grand Slam | Clay | 1.39 | L | Maja Chwalinska | 6-4 6-0 |
| May 25, 2026 | French Open - Paris · Grand Slam | Clay | — | W | Tatjana Maria | 7-5 6-0 |
| May 11, 2026 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · WTA 1000 | Clay | — | L | Mirra Andreeva | 6-3 6-3 |
| May 9, 2026 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · WTA 1000 | Clay | — | W | Jasmine Paolini | 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| May 7, 2026 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · WTA 1000 | Clay | — | W | Panna Udvardy | 6-4 6-2 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · WTA 1000 | Clay | — | L | Karolina Pliskova | 7-5 2-6 7-6(3) |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · WTA 1000 | Clay | 1.37 | W | Alexandra Eala | 6-2 6-1 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart · WTA 500 | Clay | 2.78 | L | Karolina Muchova | 1-6 6-3 6-0 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart · WTA 500 | Clay | 1.15 | W | Ella Seidel | 6-3 6-4 |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Japan Open - Osaka · WTA 250 | Hard | — | L | Tereza Valentova | 6-4 6-1 |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Japan Open - Osaka · WTA 250 | Hard | 1.43 | W | Cristina Bucsa | 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Wuhan Open - Wuhan · WTA 1000 | Hard | 1.35 | W | Polina Kudermetova | 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | China Open - Beijing · WTA 1000 | Hard | — | L | Mccartney Kessler | 6-2 6-4 |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · WTA 500 | Hard | — | L | Elsa Jacquemot | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
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