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Qiang Wang v Elise Mertens: stats compared | Lineball
Mertens wins on first-serve points won %. Wang’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Wang 282 matches, Mertens 551 matches.
Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Wang’s 2.2 (65% more).
Wang averages 1.9 double faults a match to Mertens’ 4.5.
Mertens has the better first-serve points won %: 67 to Wang’s 62.4.
Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Wang’s team won 52% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Wang 282 in 12 — 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.010 total · best 1
62.3First serve in %59.0
62.4First-serve points won %67.0
54.5Break points saved %56.2
44.6Return points won %45.6
2.2607 total · best 12Acesper game3.51,950 total · best 14
Head to head
26 matches since 20184
Hard · 5 matchesWang 2Mertens 3
Grass · 1 matchWang 0Mertens 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchWang 0Mertens 1
Last meetings
19 Sept 2022 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · HardMertens won 6-0 6-3
24 Feb 2020 · Doha · Round of 64 · HardMertens won 6-1 6-2
17 Feb 2020 · Dubai · Round of 32 · HardMertens won 6-3 6-0
1 July 2019 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassMertens won 6-2 6-7(9) 6-4
4 Mar 2019 · Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardWang won 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-3
5 Mar 2018 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardWang won 4-6 6-3 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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10.8
3,052 total · best 19
Games wonper game
11.56,319 total · best 21
45.6Break points converted %46.8
52.6Sets won %59.0
51.2Games won %54.1
0.16 total · best 1Finalsper game0.017 total · best 1
1.2342 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.4746 total · best 2
1.1308 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9518 total · best 2
10.32,910 total · best 18Games lostper game · lower is better9.75,369 total · best 23
0.247 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2123 total · best 3
1.9540 total · best 9Double faultsper game · lower is better4.52,499 total · best 19