Career 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Too close to call — 9–5 on categories Mertens wins on aces. Fernandez’s case rests on first serve in %. WTA Tour career: Fernandez 315 matches, Mertens 551 matches.
Mertens averages 3.5 aces a match to Fernandez’s 2.4 (50% more). Fernandez has the better first serve in %: 63.3 to Mertens’s 59. Longevity: Mertens has 551 matches across 11 seasons, Fernandez 315 in 9 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 6 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 10 total · best 1
63.3 First serve in % 59.0
65.2 First-serve points won % 67.0
58.4 Break points saved % 56.2
42.9 Return points won % 45.6
2.4 743 total · best 15 Acesper game 3.5 1,950 total · best 14
Head to head 3 5 matches 2
Hard · 5 matches 3 2 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 26 Oct 2026 · Tokyo · Round of 16 · Hard 6-2 7-6(8) 19 Oct 2026 · Ningbo · Round of 32 · Hard 2-6 6-3 7-5 16 Feb 2025 · Dubai · Round of 64 · Hard 6-2 6-2 18 Sept 2023 · Guadalajara · Round of 32 · Hard 6-3 6-4 8 Feb 2021 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · Hard 6-1 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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