H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Clara Tauson vs Elise Mertens H2H: 0-1

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Clara Tauson in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2025 Qatar Open first round 6-0 0-0.

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Clara Tauson
Denmark Age 23 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #31 6-0 (ret.) Clara Tauson #34 Match data Feb 9, 2025 R64 Qatar Open WTA 1000 Hard

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Clara Tauson #38 #12 2,789 1,960 101 92 52.3% 0 0 0 0 2 2
Elise Mertens #20 #12 3,685 2,000 320 205 61.0% 0 0 0 2 8 10

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Clara Tauson Elise Mertens
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2019 0–1 0.0% #272 1,469 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2020 1–1 50.0% #152 1,533 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2021 19–10 65.5% #44 1,800 0 2 — — — — — — —
19 2022 7–11 38.9% #96 1,751 0 2 — — — — — — —
20 2023 9–8 52.9% #107 1,666 0 2 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0
21 2024 14–17 45.2% #50 1,730 0 2 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1
22 2025 35–23 60.3% #12 1,862 0 2 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4
23 2026 16–21 43.2% #38 1,751 0 2 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5
24 — — — — — — — 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5
25 — — — — — — — 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6
26 — — — — — — — 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7
27 — — — — — — — 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8
28 — — — — — — — 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8
29 — — — — — — — 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10
30 — — — — — — — 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Clara Tauson Elise Mertens
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 2019 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2020 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2021 16 4 20 80.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2022 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2023 7 7 14 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0%
21 2024 10 12 22 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 2 2 0.0% 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0%
22 2025 22 14 36 61.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 6 3 9 66.7% 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0%
23 2026 14 14 28 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — —
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0%
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6%
Career — 76 60 136 55.9% 17 20 37 45.9% 8 12 20 40.0% — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 172/194 of Clara Tauson's and 495/526 of Elise Mertens's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Clara Tauson Elise Mertens
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 2019 1/1 4.0 3.0 68.3% 58.0% 46.9% 46.7% 50.0% 54.5% 40.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2020 2/2 0.5 2.5 66.0% 55.1% 40.5% 51.1% 51.2% 50.4% 36.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2021 29/29 4.5 2.9 56.6% 68.7% 49.0% 54.6% 49.1% 60.2% 45.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2022 17/18 3.1 2.4 59.3% 63.8% 49.8% 50.3% 45.8% 57.8% 41.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2023 17/18 2.4 2.9 58.9% 63.9% 47.0% 51.0% 44.8% 56.4% 41.3% 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4%
21 2024 30/31 5.8 5.2 57.9% 69.2% 43.2% 50.8% 49.3% 58.3% 42.7% 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7%
22 2025 43/58 5.7 3.7 58.6% 68.5% 48.5% 54.1% 48.3% 60.2% 42.4% 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0%
23 2026 33/37 5.6 3.9 63.1% 66.6% 42.6% 56.2% 40.0% 57.6% 41.0% 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2%
24 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6%
Career — 172/194 4.8 3.6 59.2% 67.2% 46.4% 53.3% 46.5% 58.6% 42.4% — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Clara Tauson Elise Mertens
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 2019 1469 101.7 -2.77 -5.38 0.895 47.5% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 1–0 — +0.16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2020 1533 98.2 -0.96 +2.49 0.735 44.5% — — — 40.0% -1.20 1–0 — — -0.20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2021 1800 138.3 +3.02 +1.94 1.139 52.5% +39 -253 — 63.1% +0.88 6–3 (67%) 3–4 (43%) 100.1 -0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2022 1752 138.5 +0.59 -0.35 0.983 49.6% +26 — — 48.5% -0.12 1–2 (33%) 1–3 (25%) 97.5 -1.24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2023 1666 125.2 +0.40 -1.13 0.946 48.9% +12 -118 — 59.4% +0.53 3–1 (75%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.38 2016 1546 114.6 +0.31 +2.24 1.071 51.6% — — +187 53.3% +0.73 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.48
21 2024 1730 137.7 +0.93 -0.46 1.025 50.4% -18 -20 — 48.1% +0.05 6–9 (40%) 4–4 (50%) 100.4 -1.46 2017 1734 133.6 +0.24 +2.71 1.057 51.3% -42 -32 -72 54.4% +0.38 10–6 (63%) 6–8 (43%) 104.5 -1.32
22 2025 1863 154.2 +3.22 +0.11 1.064 51.1% -13 -97 -226 59.4% +0.48 10–9 (53%) 13–12 (52%) 102.2 +0.20 2018 1820 149.2 +2.19 +3.65 1.136 52.8% -27 +78 -134 64.7% +1.14 11–6 (65%) 10–9 (53%) 102.7 +1.85
23 2026 1752 136.0 -0.04 -1.18 0.969 49.4% +26 -56 -129 47.1% -0.09 5–9 (36%) 5–6 (45%) 94.8 +2.19 2019 1841 151.4 +3.21 +3.08 1.150 52.7% +18 -36 -88 58.2% +0.82 9–12 (43%) 6–9 (40%) 95.6 -0.24
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1934 157.8 +3.90 +3.73 1.228 54.2% +19 -60 — 67.6% +1.38 7–5 (58%) 2–3 (40%) 98.9 -0.09
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1845 151.6 +1.62 +4.16 1.112 52.2% +60 +64 -104 60.3% +0.89 10–6 (63%) 8–6 (57%) 101.2 -0.07
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1789 144.1 +1.46 +3.03 1.134 52.5% +31 +82 -28 55.7% +0.70 7–9 (44%) 4–5 (44%) 94.2 +1.98
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1819 147.2 +0.37 +2.82 1.081 51.6% +29 +20 -94 56.6% +0.57 6–8 (43%) 7–3 (70%) 100.3 -0.17
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1789 149.2 +1.83 +1.03 1.051 50.7% +1 +82 -81 54.0% +0.28 8–9 (47%) 1–5 (17%) 96.0 -1.04
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1867 155.7 +3.19 +1.74 1.111 52.0% -32 +16 +59 63.3% +0.97 7–10 (41%) 10–7 (59%) 98.4 -1.11
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1899 147.2 +2.55 +2.23 1.122 52.2% -42 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.70
Career — 1961 146.3 +1.54 -0.10 1.024 50.4% +9 -112 -187 54.3% +0.27 32–34 (48%) 29–30 (49%) 100.2 -0.44 — 2000 153.9 +2.02 +2.84 1.116 52.2% +3 +18 -22 59.4% +0.80 82–79 (51%) 58–57 (50%) 98.9 +0.19

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.