Pliskova v Mertens

Too close to call — 9–5 on categories

Mertens wins on sets lost. Pliskova’s case rests on titles. WTA Tour career: Pliskova 230 matches, Mertens 551 matches.

• Pliskova has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Mertens’ 10 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
• Pliskova averages 7.9 aces a match to Mertens’ 3.5 — 2.2 times as many.
• Mertens averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Pliskova’s 1.3.
• Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Pliskova’s team won 40% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Pliskova 230 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.