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World No. 19 Elise Mertens is 33–19 in 2026 with a run to the Monterrey final.
Elise Mertens plays Iga Swiatek next at China Open.
As of 8 October 2026, 16:46 UTC.
Next match
Opponent, time and what people predict.
UP NEXT 9 Oct · 03:00 UTC
Iga Swiatek 81%
Elise Mertens 20%
China Open · Quarter-finals · Iga Swiatek leads the head-to-head 1–0 · completed tour-level meetings · people predict, Polymarket, as of 8 Oct, 17:04 UTC · match page ›
World ranking
No. 19
No change since 28 Sept
2026 season
33–19
Last 5 matches
L L W W W
Career titles
10
33–19
2026 record
runner-up at Monterrey.
- Hard
- 20–11
- Clay
- 5–4
- Grass
- 7–4
4
Match winning streak
At Wimbledon, 30 Jun to 6 Jul.
- Vs current top 10
- 2–5
- Deciding sets
- 10–7
- Tiebreaks
- 4–3
Tournament Run
Elise Mertens’s road through China Open 2026.
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Round of 64
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Round of 32
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Round of 16
vs Coco Gauff
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Quarter-finals
vs Iga Swiatek
Market profile
Where Polymarket's longer-term markets place Elise Mertens, at the time this page was built. Market-implied, not a tip or a forecast of ours.
As of 8 October 2026, 16:46 UTC.
News & Insights
What is happening around Elise Mertens - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.
Insights
- THE GUARDIAN · NEWS Coco Gauff says online racist abuse during China Open was ‘draining’ after loss to Mertens Gauff vs Mertens
China Open - ESPN · NEWS Gauff falls to Mertens to end challenging week at China Open Gauff vs Mertens China Open
- SKY SPORTS · NEWS Gauff dumped out in straight sets by Mertens at China Open Gauff vs Mertens China Open
Serve & return, 2026
How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the WTA top 100.
28 matches with statistics
On serve about tour average at holding serve
- Aces per match
- 4.9 tour median 2.8 · more than most
- Double faults per match
- 4.2 tour median 3.6 · more than most
- 1st serve points won
- 70% tour median 65%
- 2nd serve points won
- 46% tour median 46%
- Service games held
- 70% tour median 68%
- Break points saved
- 52% tour median 56%
On return about tour average at converting break points
- Return games won
- 36% tour median 37%
- Break points converted
- 44% tour median 46%
Career
10 singles titles · best year-end No. 12 (2018). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.
Results
Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Tournament | Score | People predicted |
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| 7 Oct 2026 | W | Coco Gauff | China Open · Round of 16 | 6–3 6–3 | 21% |
| 5 Oct 2026 | W |  Jelena Ostapenko | China Open · Round of 32 | 6–2 3–6 6–3 | 64% |
| 3 Oct 2026 | W |  Katie Volynets | China Open · Round of 64 | 6–0 4–6 7–5 | 53% |
| 25 Sept 2026 | L |  Maja Chwalinska | Singapore Open · Quarter-finals | 2–6 2–6 | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | w/o |  Barbora Krejcikova | Singapore Open · Round of 16 | w/o | |
| 5 Sept 2026 | L |  Naomi Osaka | US Open · Round of 32 | 3–6 6–3 5–7 | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | W |  Maria Timofeeva | US Open · Round of 64 | 6–2 7–6(5) | |
| 1 Sept 2026 | W |  Kaitlin Quevedo | US Open · Round of 128 | 6–4 6–4 |
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| 29 Aug 2026 | L |  Diane Parry | Monterrey · Final | 4–6 6–0 3–6 | |
| 29 Aug 2026 | W |  Nikola Bartunkova | Monterrey · Semi-finals | 1–6 6–4 6–2 | |
| 28 Aug 2026 | W |  Yuliia Starodubtseva | Monterrey · Quarter-finals | 6–1 6–4 | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | W |  Panna Udvardy | Monterrey · Round of 16 | 6–1 4–6 6–3 | |
| 15 Aug 2026 | L | Diane Parry | Cincinnati · Round of 64 | 6–2 2–6 2–6 | |
| 7 Aug 2026 | L | Naomi Osaka | National Bank Open · Round of 32 | 1–6 2–6 | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | W |  Anna Bondar | National Bank Open · Round of 64 | 3–6 6–4 6–4 | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | L |  Linda Noskova | Wimbledon · Quarter-finals | 3–6 5–7 | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | W |  Marie Bouzkova | Wimbledon · Round of 16 | 6–4 6–4 | |
| 4 Jul 2026 | W |  Elena Rybakina | Wimbledon · Round of 32 | 7–6(4) 6–1 | |
| 2 Jul 2026 | W | Maria Timofeeva | Wimbledon · Round of 64 | 2–6 6–3 6–0 | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | W | Laura Siegemund | Wimbledon · Round of 128 | 6–2 6–4 | |
| 23 Jun 2026 | L | Naomi Osaka | Bad Homburg · Round of 16 | 3–6 3–6 | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | W |  Alexandra Eala | Bad Homburg · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–3 | |
| 17 Jun 2026 | L | Nikola Bartunkova | Berlin · Round of 16 | 1–6 4–6 | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | W |  Liudmila Samsonova | Berlin · Round of 32 | 1–6 6–3 6–0 | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | L |  Gabriela Ruse | Hertogenbosch · Round of 16 | 3–6 3–6 | |
| 8 Jun 2026 | W |  Bianca Andreescu | Hertogenbosch · Round of 32 | 6–1 6–2 | |
| 28 May 2026 | L | Maja Chwalinska | French Open · Round of 64 | 4–6 0–6 | |
| 25 May 2026 | W |  Tatjana Maria | French Open · Round of 128 | 7–5 6–0 |
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| 11 May 2026 | L |  Mirra Andreeva | Rome · Round of 16 | 3–6 3–6 | |
| 9 May 2026 | W |  Jasmine Paolini | Rome · Round of 32 | 4–6 7–6(5) 6–3 | |
| 7 May 2026 | W | Panna Udvardy | Rome · Round of 64 | 6–4 6–2 | |
| 26 Apr 2026 | L |  Karolina Pliskova | Madrid · Round of 32 | 5–7 6–2 6–7(3) | |
| 24 Apr 2026 | W | Alexandra Eala | Madrid · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–1 | |
| 16 Apr 2026 | L |  Karolina Muchova | Stuttgart · Round of 16 | 6–1 3–6 0–6 | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | W |  Ella Seidel | Stuttgart · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–4 | |
| 10 Apr 2026 | W |  McCartney Kessler | WTA Billie Jean King Cup - World Group | 7–6(3) 2–6 3–3 ret. | |
| 21 Mar 2026 | L |  Sorana Cirstea | Miami · Round of 32 | 3–6 2–6 | |
| 20 Mar 2026 | W |  Elvina Kalieva | Miami · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–0 | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | L |  Belinda Bencic | Indian Wells · Round of 32 | 2–6 3–6 | |
| 8 Mar 2026 | W |  Cristina Bucsa | Indian Wells · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–1 | |
| 18 Feb 2026 | L | Coco Gauff | Dubai · Round of 16 | 6–2 6–7(9) 3–6 | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | W |  Emma Navarro | Dubai · Round of 32 | 6–2 6–2 | |
| 15 Feb 2026 | W | Marie Bouzkova | Dubai · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–2 | |
| 10 Feb 2026 | L |  Daria Kasatkina | Doha · Round of 32 | 4–6 0–6 | |
| 8 Feb 2026 | W | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Doha · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–1 | |
| 26 Jan 2026 | L | Elena Rybakina | Australian Open · Round of 16 | 1–6 3–6 | |
| 24 Jan 2026 | W | Nikola Bartunkova | Australian Open · Round of 32 | 6–0 6–4 | |
| 22 Jan 2026 | W | Maiko Uchijima | Australian Open · Round of 64 | 6–3 6–1 |
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| 19 Jan 2026 | W |  Lanlana Tararudee | Australian Open · Round of 128 | 7–5 6–1 | |
| 9 Jan 2026 | L | Belinda Bencic | WTA United Cup | 3–6 6–4 6–7(0) | |
| 8 Jan 2026 | W | Barbora Krejcikova | WTA United Cup | 5–7 6–1 7–5 | |
| 6 Jan 2026 | W |  Victoria Mboko | WTA United Cup | 6–3 3–6 6–3 | |
| 2 Jan 2026 | W |  Lin Zhu | WTA United Cup | 6–2 6–2 |