Saville v Mertens
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst2–13
Elise Mertens takes it, 13–2 on categories
Mertens wins on titles. Saville’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Saville 324 matches, Mertens 551 matches.
- Mertens has 10 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Saville’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Saville’s 2.0 (79% more).
- Saville has the better first serve in %: 64.6 to Mertens’s 59.
- Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Saville’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Saville 324 in 15 — 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.010 total · best 1
- 64.6First serve in %59.0
- 61.9First-serve points won %67.0
- 55.6Break points saved %56.2
- 44.5Return points won %45.6
- 2.0640 total · best 13Acesper game3.51,950 total · best 14
Head to head
27 matches
since 20175
since 20175
- Hard · 4 matchesSaville 1Mertens 3
- Clay · 3 matchesSaville 1Mertens 2
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesSaville 0Mertens 3
Last meetings
- 8 Jan 2024 · Hobart · Semifinal · HardMertens won 6-4 4-6 7-5
- 9 Oct 2023 · Hong Kong · Round of 32 · HardMertens won 6-1 6-4
- 7 Mar 2022 · Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSaville won 6-3 4-6 6-3
- 28 May 2018 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayMertens won 6-3 6-1
- 15 Jan 2018 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · HardMertens won 7-5 6-3
- 29 May 2017 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayMertens won 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4
- 1 May 2017 · Rabat · Round of 16 · ClaySaville won 6-2 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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