Zhu v Mertens

Elise Mertens takes it, 11–4 on categories

Mertens wins on titles. Zhu’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Zhu 218 matches, Mertens 551 matches.

• Mertens has 10 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Zhu’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
• Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Zhu’s 1.5 — 2.3 times as many.
• Zhu averages 2.8 double faults a match to Mertens’ 4.5.
• Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Zhu’s team won 44% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Zhu 218 in 13 — 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.