H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Elise Mertens vs Angelique Kerber H2H: 2-0

Elise Mertens holds a 2–0 lead over Angelique Kerber in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on grass and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2022 Wimbledon third round 6-4 7-5.

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Angelique Kerber
GER Age 38 Left-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #31 6-4 7-5 Angelique Kerber #19 Match data Jul 3, 2022* R32 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Elise Mertens #21 6-4 2-6 6-1 Angelique Kerber #6 Match data Feb 16, 2019* SF Qatar Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard

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
Angelique Kerber #205 #1 9,080 2,055 477 277 63.3% 3 0 0 7 4 14

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 Angelique Kerber
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 2006 1–1 50.0% #172 1,516 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 2007 6–10 37.5% #88 1,549 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2008 7–14 33.3% #100 1,503 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2009 3–6 33.3% #117 1,512 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2010 23–19 54.8% #46 1,668 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2011 17–20 45.9% #32 1,673 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2012 60–21 74.1% #5 1,978 0 2
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2013 45–22 67.2% #9 1,944 0 3
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2014 43–22 66.2% #10 1,894 0 3
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2015 51–22 69.9% #10 1,924 0 7
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2016 60–19 75.9% #1 2,033 2 10
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2017 28–23 54.9% #21 1,770 2 10
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2018 46–17 73.0% #2 1,934 3 12
31 — — — — — — — 2019 29–20 59.2% #20 1,806 3 12
32 — — — — — — — 2020 7–6 53.8% #25 1,769 3 12
33 — — — — — — — 2021 29–15 65.9% #16 1,936 3 13
34 — — — — — — — 2022 13–9 59.1% #104 1,880 3 14
36 — — — — — — — 2024 9–11 45.0% #205 1,830 3 14

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 Angelique Kerber
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 2 6 8 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2008 5 7 12 41.7% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2009 2 4 6 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2010 9 8 17 52.9% 10 8 18 55.6% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2011 16 12 28 57.1% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — 2012 31 14 45 68.9% 12 4 16 75.0% 12 3 15 80.0% 5 0 5 100.0%
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2013 35 17 52 67.3% 8 3 11 72.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2014 29 14 43 67.4% 5 5 10 50.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2015 28 17 45 62.2% 16 4 20 80.0% 7 1 8 87.5% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2016 44 12 56 78.6% 8 5 13 61.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2017 21 17 38 55.3% 2 4 6 33.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2018 28 12 40 70.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 10 2 12 83.3% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 19 14 33 57.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 7 4 11 63.6% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 14 9 23 60.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 2 4 6 33.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 3 4 7 42.9% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — — — — — 296 176 472 62.7% 90 65 155 58.1% 85 34 119 71.4% 6 2 8 75.0%

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 670/754 of Angelique Kerber'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 Angelique Kerber
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%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 15/16 0.5 3.7 62.3% 62.0% 42.2% 43.7% 48.4% 54.8% 42.3%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2008 17/21 0.9 3.0 66.6% 56.4% 40.9% 45.9% 45.4% 51.0% 46.3%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2009 9/9 1.0 4.2 66.0% 58.4% 39.8% 42.7% 56.5% 51.7% 44.4%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2010 38/42 1.7 3.4 62.9% 63.0% 43.8% 49.4% 51.5% 55.9% 46.2%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2011 35/37 1.5 3.7 62.1% 62.7% 44.6% 54.1% 51.4% 55.9% 47.4%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2012 69/81 1.8 2.8 64.7% 65.8% 50.1% 56.8% 51.8% 60.0% 46.3%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2013 65/67 2.3 3.0 62.2% 65.8% 48.3% 54.4% 51.2% 59.4% 47.1%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2014 62/65 1.7 3.0 65.9% 63.7% 45.4% 57.8% 48.6% 57.3% 47.2%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2015 53/73 1.3 2.2 70.2% 64.1% 50.9% 52.5% 50.1% 60.0% 46.2%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2016 62/81 1.5 2.6 64.6% 65.4% 50.6% 55.3% 51.0% 60.3% 47.5%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2017 49/51 1.3 3.4 65.9% 64.8% 48.2% 49.7% 41.9% 59.2% 43.2%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2018 56/63 1.5 3.2 63.7% 65.7% 49.3% 54.9% 51.0% 59.7% 48.1%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 45/49 1.4 3.2 62.3% 64.1% 49.7% 56.1% 51.1% 58.4% 46.2%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 13/13 1.4 3.3 67.6% 61.8% 47.8% 60.6% 57.3% 57.0% 42.9%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 44/44 1.2 3.4 65.8% 63.0% 46.7% 55.9% 51.8% 57.4% 46.3%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 22/22 1.3 3.3 66.2% 62.0% 49.1% 64.1% 46.7% 57.5% 45.1%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 16/20 1.4 3.3 69.4% 60.3% 43.5% 58.8% 57.0% 55.0% 41.9%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 670/756 1.5 3.1 64.9% 64.0% 47.7% 54.4% 50.3% 58.2% 46.2%

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 Angelique Kerber
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
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1516 107.7 — — — — — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 1–0 — -0.26
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1549 124.6 +0.02 -1.44 0.935 48.4% -29 — +104 34.4% -0.87 1–1 0–1 — -0.88
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 2008 1504 112.7 -2.69 +0.78 0.944 48.5% +37 -41 +104 37.8% -0.69 2–3 (40%) 1–4 (20%) 96.8 -0.05
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 2009 1513 113.2 -1.90 +0.77 0.918 48.2% +14 -33 — 38.1% -0.71 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.11
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 2010 1668 127.6 +0.01 +1.81 1.048 51.1% -38 -116 +2 55.8% +0.35 6–7 (46%) 6–0 (100%) 107.4 +1.05
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 2011 1674 134.3 +0.19 +2.26 1.075 51.7% +34 -185 — 51.7% +0.20 3–12 (20%) 3–3 (50%) 92.9 +0.30
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 2012 1978 159.7 +4.77 +3.63 1.156 53.1% -43 -216 -93 65.7% +1.17 20–3 (87%) 8–8 (50%) 114.6 -5.25
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 2013 1944 154.5 +3.64 +3.42 1.160 53.2% +8 -94 -90 64.3% +1.08 11–11 (50%) 9–9 (50%) 95.6 +2.00
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 2014 1894 152.3 +1.64 +4.02 1.107 52.2% +8 -104 +54 62.8% +0.86 13–9 (59%) 12–6 (67%) 103.2 +1.84
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 2015 1925 151.7 +2.11 +5.08 1.156 52.9% -42 -27 +57 66.1% +1.10 15–11 (58%) 7–7 (50%) 98.5 +0.09
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 2016 2033 161.3 +4.59 +4.69 1.196 53.6% +9 -126 -3 71.2% +1.42 17–6 (74%) 10–2 (83%) 109.0 -2.44
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 2017 1771 141.8 +2.29 +0.81 1.058 50.8% +40 +66 +270 55.2% +0.35 8–8 (50%) 7–4 (64%) 96.9 +1.30
30 2026 1899 147.2 +2.55 +2.24 1.122 52.2% -42 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.70 2018 1934 162.5 +3.42 +5.45 1.194 53.8% -31 -15 +180 69.2% +1.29 12–9 (57%) 10–6 (63%) 101.8 -1.53
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1806 145.9 +1.58 +3.10 1.110 52.1% -9 +93 +300 59.6% +0.61 6–11 (35%) 8–4 (67%) 93.1 +0.82
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1769 128.3 -0.58 -0.32 0.999 50.1% +43 — — 53.6% +0.36 1–1 2–4 (33%) — +1.28
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1937 147.2 +1.85 +3.37 1.088 51.7% -71 -89 +351 58.2% +0.72 11–3 (79%) 3–4 (43%) 103.4 -0.34
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1880 133.0 +1.28 +1.93 1.061 51.3% -34 +12 +356 54.9% +0.43 5–4 (56%) 3–2 (60%) 99.6 -0.39
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1830 133.9 -0.86 +0.60 0.931 48.8% -1 +62 +281 46.7% -0.20 2–3 (40%) 2–2 (50%) 99.0 -0.68
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 — 2055 154.9 +2.20 +3.15 1.106 52.1% -7 -70 +130 60.6% +0.76 134–105 (56%) 93–66 (58%) 104.2 -0.44

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.