Lansere v Mertens

Too close to call — 8–5 on categories

Lansere wins on first serve in %. Mertens’s case rests on break points saved %. WTA Tour career: Lansere 9 matches, Mertens 551 matches.

• Mertens has the better break points saved %: 56.2 to Lansere’s 42.9.
• Mertens has the better first-serve points won %: 67 to Lansere’s 55.7.
• Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Lansere’s 1.3 — 2.8 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Lansere’s team won 78%, Mertens’s team won 61% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Lansere 9 in 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Lansere (9 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (aces, double faults): 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.