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Elise Mertens v Elena Rybakina: stats compared | Lineball
Rybakina wins on titles. Mertens’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Mertens 551 matches, Rybakina 455 matches.
Rybakina has 15 titles (one every 25 matches) to Mertens’ 10 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Rybakina averages 6.1 aces a match to Mertens’ 3.5 (72% more).
Rybakina averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Mertens’ 0.9.
Winners’ edge: Rybakina’s team won 72%, Mertens’s team won 61% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam 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 game0.015 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
59.0First serve in %57.9
67.0First-serve points won %72.3
56.2Break points saved %62.3
45.6Return points won %43.0
3.51,950 total · best 14
Head to head
29 matches since 20207
Hard · 6 matchesMertens 0Rybakina 6
Clay · 2 matchesMertens 1Rybakina 1
Grass · 1 matchMertens 1Rybakina 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesMertens 1Rybakina 2
Last meetings
29 June 2026 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassMertens won 7-6(4) 6-1
18 Jan 2026 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardRybakina won 6-1 6-3
7 Aug 2025 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardRybakina won 4-6 6-3 7-5
27 May 2024 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayRybakina won 6-4 6-2
1 Jan 2024 · Brisbane · Round of 16 · HardRybakina won 6-1 6-0
20 Mar 2023 · Miami · Round of 16 · HardRybakina won 6-4 6-3
16 Aug 2021 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardRybakina won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
Mertens––––––––––
Rybakina–––1––––1–
Acesper game
6.12,773 total · best 20
11.56,319 total · best 21Games wonper game12.45,654 total · best 20
46.8Break points converted %43.2
59.0Sets won %68.0
54.1Games won %56.4
0.017 total · best 1Finalsper game0.128 total · best 1
1.4746 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.6706 total · best 2
0.9518 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7333 total · best 2
9.75,369 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better9.64,364 total · best 21
0.2123 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3141 total · best 3
6-3 6-2
29 Apr 2021 · Madrid · Round of 32 · ClayMertens won 7-6(4) 7-5
6 Jan 2020 · Shenzhen · Quarterfinal · HardRybakina won 6-4 4-6 6-2
