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

Elise Mertens vs Ajla Tomljanovic H2H: 2-1

Elise Mertens holds a 2–1 lead over Ajla Tomljanovic in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on clay, while Ajla Tomljanovic leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2024 US Open second round 6-3 6-2.

Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
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3 main-draw meetings
Australia Age 33 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #35 6-3 6-2 Ajla Tomljanovic #118 Match data Aug 29, 2024* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Ajla Tomljanovic #72 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) Elise Mertens #17 Match data Jun 17, 2021* R32 Birmingham WTA 250 Grass
Elise Mertens #19 6-2 7-6(4) Ajla Tomljanovic #96 Match data May 5, 2018* F Morocco Open International modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. 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
Elise Mertens #20 #12 3,685 2,000 320 205 61.0% 0 0 0 2 8 10
Ajla Tomljanovic #103 #32 1,490 1,919 192 227 45.8% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Elise Mertens Ajla Tomljanovic
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2009 0–1 0.0% #301 1,484 0 0
17 2010 1–3 25.0% #164 1,465 0 0
18 2011 1–5 16.7% #149 1,435 0 0
19 2012 0–1 0.0% #493 1,420 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2013 7–7 50.0% #73 1,523 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2014 17–20 45.9% #63 1,587 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2015 18–21 46.2% #65 1,604 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2016 0–2 0.0% #929 1,581 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2017 5–10 33.3% #136 1,571 0 0
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2018 22–19 53.7% #46 1,713 0 0
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2019 25–29 46.3% #51 1,653 0 0
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2020 5–11 31.2% #68 1,615 0 0
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2021 24–22 52.2% #45 1,778 0 0
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2022 28–24 53.8% #33 1,867 0 0
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2023 1–2 33.3% #290 1,847 0 0
31 2024 9–15 37.5% #109 1,791 0 0
32 2025 17–22 43.6% #80 1,768 0 0
33 2026 12–13 48.0% #103 1,715 0 0

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 Elise Mertens Ajla Tomljanovic
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 2009 0 1 1 0.0%
17 2010 1 3 4 25.0%
18 2011 0 3 3 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
19 2012 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2013 6 4 10 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% 2014 11 13 24 45.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 0 2 2 0.0%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2015 11 12 23 47.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2016 0 2 2 0.0%
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% 2017 5 7 12 41.7% 0 3 3 0.0%
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2018 14 11 25 56.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2019 14 18 32 43.8% 7 7 14 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2020 5 8 13 38.5% 0 3 3 0.0%
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% 2021 13 14 27 48.1% 6 6 12 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% 2022 14 15 29 48.3% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 3 10 70.0%
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 2023 1 2 3 33.3%
31 2024 4 10 14 28.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
32 2025 11 14 25 44.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 0 3 3 0.0%
33 2026 8 5 13 61.5% 0 5 5 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
Career 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% 118 142 260 45.4% 45 57 102 44.1% 29 28 57 50.9%

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 495/526 of Elise Mertens's and 388/420 of Ajla Tomljanovic'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 Elise Mertens Ajla Tomljanovic
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 —/— 2009 1/1 1.0 7.0 58.7% 61.4% 35.5% 50.0% 66.7% 50.7% 28.6%
17 —/— 2010 4/4 2.5 4.3 56.4% 63.8% 45.0% 54.7% 49.3% 55.4% 38.5%
18 —/— 2011 6/6 3.0 4.7 56.9% 62.3% 39.8% 53.5% 54.9% 52.7% 48.2%
19 —/— 2012 1/1 0.0 8.0 54.2% 53.8% 27.3% 25.0% 44.4% 41.7% 42.6%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2013 11/14 4.5 4.5 56.5% 64.4% 45.5% 54.6% 49.4% 56.3% 44.4%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2014 32/37 4.2 4.3 56.7% 68.6% 43.3% 54.3% 46.9% 57.7% 41.4%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2015 33/39 4.1 4.3 62.9% 64.1% 48.0% 47.9% 47.0% 58.1% 39.9%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2016 2/2 2.0 5.0 54.1% 51.0% 30.3% 57.2% 70.8% 41.5% 43.0%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2017 15/15 2.1 5.7 58.1% 61.2% 36.9% 45.7% 39.5% 50.7% 41.8%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2018 41/41 3.4 4.9 58.4% 64.1% 43.8% 46.4% 51.9% 55.6% 44.1%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2019 53/54 3.5 4.3 57.9% 66.8% 41.5% 49.1% 46.9% 56.3% 44.0%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2020 16/16 3.3 4.3 55.0% 64.8% 46.2% 48.0% 40.7% 56.3% 40.8%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2021 44/46 2.5 4.0 61.8% 64.4% 45.8% 55.9% 46.4% 57.2% 43.6%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2022 52/52 2.6 4.2 62.5% 64.6% 43.8% 48.1% 52.0% 56.8% 44.1%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2023 2/3 3.0 5.0 65.3% 62.9% 47.1% 43.8% 48.0% 57.5% 43.1%
31 —/— 2024 22/24 2.9 7.5 64.1% 62.8% 38.0% 50.7% 40.5% 53.9% 42.4%
32 —/— 2025 28/39 2.2 5.6 65.8% 61.9% 42.1% 49.1% 51.2% 55.2% 43.4%
33 —/— 2026 25/26 1.9 5.7 67.2% 63.3% 44.0% 54.1% 53.1% 56.9% 45.4%
Career 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% 388/420 3.0 4.8 60.7% 64.4% 43.3% 50.2% 48.3% 56.1% 43.1%

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 Elise Mertens Ajla Tomljanovic
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 2009 1484 97.7 -3.11 -1.39 0.579 41.9% 0.0% -3.00 +0.12
17 2010 1465 98.9 -2.42 -2.23 0.863 47.3% +22 40.0% -1.10 0–2 1–2 (33%) +0.35
18 2011 1436 104.6 -1.59 +0.58 1.019 50.4% +18 37.5% -0.50 0–4 (0%) 0–2 +0.07
19 2012 1421 96.4 -2.81 -3.22 0.731 42.2% 0.0% -2.50 +0.17
20 2016 1546 114.6 +0.31 +2.24 1.071 51.6% +187 53.3% +0.73 1–2 (33%) 1–0 -0.48 2013 1524 117.9 -0.54 -0.01 1.015 50.1% +16 +14 50.0% -0.21 3–5 (38%) 3–0 (100%) 0.00
21 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 2014 1588 121.5 +0.93 -1.84 0.978 49.5% -16 +10 48.2% -0.12 6–7 (46%) 7–7 (50%) 102.5 +0.94
22 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 2015 1605 119.3 -0.59 -1.44 0.953 49.0% -12 +8 -87 45.1% -0.46 8–5 (62%) 12–3 (80%) 109.7 +0.57
23 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 2016 1581 102.8 -1.21 +0.88 0.734 42.1% 0.0% -3.25 0–1 -0.07
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 2017 1571 112.5 -3.75 +0.50 0.848 46.2% +16 -10 42.4% -0.94 3–4 (43%) 1–1 -0.62
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 2018 1714 128.3 -0.28 +0.61 0.992 49.8% -20 -131 -150 51.0% +0.03 12–8 (60%) 3–6 (33%) 103.1 -0.62
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 2019 1654 138.3 -0.07 +1.07 1.005 50.1% +8 -20 -47 50.0% +0.06 6–12 (33%) 6–11 (35%) 94.0 -0.88
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 2020 1615 130.7 +0.18 -1.12 0.935 48.5% +33 -43 36.8% -0.79 2–4 (33%) 2–1 (67%) 99.6 -0.53
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 2021 1779 141.3 +0.91 +0.76 1.019 50.3% -67 -93 -32 52.0% +0.04 7–7 (50%) 5–5 (50%) 103.3 -0.37
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 2022 1867 144.0 +0.10 +1.33 1.021 50.4% -31 -149 -23 53.0% +0.16 10–9 (53%) 8–7 (53%) 101.7 -1.02
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 2023 1848 99.8 -0.66 +1.44 1.016 50.2% -57 40.0% 0.00 1–0 0–1 +0.22
31 2024 1792 122.8 -1.50 -0.80 0.920 48.1% -16 -35 +106 41.1% -0.71 5–5 (50%) 4–5 (44%) 98.2 -0.89
32 2025 1769 134.0 -0.96 +0.30 0.968 49.2% -15 -12 +78 46.2% -0.34 8–9 (47%) 9–1 (90%) 104.4 -0.95
33 2026 1715 134.5 -0.15 +1.20 1.055 51.2% +100 -103 +130 50.0% +0.13 4–7 (36%) 2–4 (33%) 96.0 +0.07
Career 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 1919 136.5 -0.29 +0.21 0.982 49.6% -8 -55 -5 47.6% -0.20 75–88 (46%) 63–57 (53%) 103.1 -0.82

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.