Mertens v Kasatkina

WTA Tour career

Elise MertensBelgium551 games · 2016–2026Most acesMost first-serve points won %

Daria KasatkinaRussia, Australia562 games · 2014–2026Most first serve in %

Lineball analyst9–5

Elise Mertens takes it, 9–5 on categories

Mertens wins on first-serve points won %. Kasatkina’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Mertens 551 matches, Kasatkina 562 matches.

Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Kasatkina’s 1.5 — 2.4 times as many.
Kasatkina has the better first serve in %: 67.9 to Mertens’s 59.
Mertens has the better first-serve points won %: 67 to Kasatkina’s 60.2.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): 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.

0.010 total · best 1Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
59.0First serve in %67.9
67.0First-serve points won %60.2
56.2Break points saved %52.8
45.6Return points won %47.2
3.51,950 total · best 14Acesper game1.5840 total · best 10

Head to head

28 matches
since 20176

Hard · 7 matchesMertens 2Kasatkina 5
Clay · 1 matchMertens 0Kasatkina 1

Last meetings

8 Feb 2026 · Doha · Round of 32 · HardKasatkina won 6-4 6-0
7 Aug 2023 · Montreal · Round of 64 · HardKasatkina won 6-4 6-2
31 July 2023 · Washington · Round of 32 · HardKasatkina won 6-3 7-5
20 Mar 2023 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardMertens won 4-6 6-2 6-2
10 Jan 2022 · Sydney · Round of 16 · HardKasatkina won 6-3 6-4
2 Aug 2021 · San Jose · Semifinal · HardKasatkina won 6-3 6-2
22 Apr 2019 · Stuttgart · Round of 32 · ClayKasatkina won 7-6(8) 7-5
21 Aug 2017 · New Haven · Round of 16 · HardMertens won 6-2 7-5

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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