Bucsa v Mertens

Elise Mertens takes it, 11–2 on categories

Mertens wins on first-serve points won %. Bucsa’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Bucsa 158 matches, Mertens 551 matches.

• Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Bucsa’s 1.1 — 3.3 times as many.
• Mertens averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Bucsa’s 1.4.
• Mertens has the better sets won %: 59 to Bucsa’s 40.6.
• Winners’ edge: Mertens’s team won 61%, Bucsa’s team won 38% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Bucsa 158 in 6 — 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.