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

Elise Mertens vs Carla Suárez Navarro H2H: 1-0

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Carla Suárez Navarro in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2017 Bastad second round 6-3 6-7(2) 7-5.

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Carla Suárez Navarro
ESP Age 38 Right-Handed 162 cm / 5'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #55 6-3 6-7(2) 7-5 Carla Suárez Navarro #30 Match data Jul 28, 2017* R16 Bastad 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
Carla Suárez Navarro #342 #6 4,015 2,031 343 253 57.6% 0 1 0 0 1 2

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 Carla Suárez Navarro
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 — — — — — — — 2008 13–12 52.0% #49 1,556 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2009 29–25 53.7% #33 1,648 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2010 21–14 60.0% #57 1,696 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2011 15–12 55.6% #56 1,682 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2012 24–25 49.0% #34 1,685 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2013 41–26 61.2% #17 1,811 0 0
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2014 50–25 66.7% #17 1,829 0 1
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2015 41–25 62.1% #13 1,792 0 1
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2016 37–21 63.8% #12 1,804 0 2
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2017 26–23 53.1% #40 1,747 0 2
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2018 27–20 57.4% #23 1,812 0 2
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2019 16–18 47.1% #54 1,740 0 2
31 — — — — — — — 2020 2–3 40.0% #84 1,716 0 2
32 — — — — — — — 2021 1–4 20.0% #342 1,706 0 2

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 Carla Suárez Navarro
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 %
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 2 6 8 25.0% 10 5 15 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2009 11 12 23 47.8% 16 11 27 59.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2010 11 8 19 57.9% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — — — — —
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2011 8 8 16 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2012 10 15 25 40.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — 2013 17 16 33 51.5% 16 7 23 69.6% 6 2 8 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2014 30 17 47 63.8% 17 5 22 77.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2015 27 18 45 60.0% 12 4 16 75.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2016 23 14 37 62.2% 8 4 12 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2018 21 13 34 61.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2019 8 11 19 42.1% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — — — — — 182 156 338 53.8% 131 69 200 65.5% 27 25 52 51.9% 3 3 6 50.0%

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 519/597 of Carla Suárez Navarro'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 Carla Suárez Navarro
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 10/25 1.1 2.4 67.8% 60.0% 45.9% 46.1% 56.5% 55.3% 44.2%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2009 44/54 0.6 2.3 68.3% 58.3% 43.5% 48.8% 57.2% 53.5% 45.2%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2010 32/35 0.5 2.6 69.2% 60.2% 45.3% 57.5% 52.8% 55.6% 48.5%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2011 23/27 0.6 2.7 66.8% 58.5% 43.8% 46.3% 51.3% 53.5% 46.2%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2012 44/49 0.7 2.8 61.3% 57.8% 45.9% 47.7% 47.8% 53.5% 46.8%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2013 61/67 0.7 1.8 68.3% 59.6% 44.8% 49.5% 45.2% 54.8% 46.3%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2014 66/75 0.8 1.8 71.5% 61.3% 48.8% 59.3% 55.0% 57.6% 47.4%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2015 53/66 1.1 2.2 68.4% 59.9% 49.2% 52.3% 44.1% 56.5% 43.7%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2016 53/59 1.5 2.2 67.9% 65.0% 48.9% 55.9% 46.3% 59.6% 46.1%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2017 49/49 1.0 1.3 69.0% 61.2% 46.6% 51.4% 50.3% 56.7% 47.3%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2018 42/47 1.4 1.6 63.9% 63.3% 48.7% 48.5% 44.2% 57.8% 42.7%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2019 34/34 1.3 1.7 64.4% 61.0% 44.3% 53.0% 50.2% 54.9% 44.9%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 5/5 0.4 0.8 67.5% 62.6% 39.7% 54.8% 49.0% 54.7% 42.0%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 3/5 0.7 2.7 62.4% 55.1% 59.1% 31.7% 39.8% 56.1% 29.8%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 519/597 0.9 2.0 67.5% 60.7% 46.7% 52.0% 49.4% 56.0% 45.8%

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 Carla Suárez Navarro
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
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 1556 116.3 +0.04 -0.08 0.990 49.7% -80 +117 — 54.7% +0.13 2–3 (40%) 4–3 (57%) 99.2 +0.94
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 2009 1648 129.9 -1.19 +1.22 0.973 49.5% -65 +60 +12 53.2% +0.02 10–8 (56%) 4–2 (67%) 104.7 +0.91
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 2010 1696 132.9 -0.35 +4.10 1.091 51.9% -34 +34 — 56.1% +0.49 10–4 (71%) 4–3 (57%) 108.3 -0.61
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 2011 1683 118.9 -1.15 +1.17 0.992 49.9% -34 +61 — 57.1% +0.23 4–2 (67%) 2–1 (67%) 101.9 +1.59
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 2012 1685 129.6 -1.52 +2.21 1.006 50.0% -29 +66 -60 48.0% -0.18 5–7 (42%) 3–4 (43%) 97.9 -1.48
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 2013 1812 143.2 -0.34 +2.87 1.025 50.5% -61 +74 -102 58.9% +0.40 10–7 (59%) 7–3 (70%) 105.3 -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 2014 1829 148.3 +1.78 +3.55 1.120 52.6% -6 +106 -121 64.0% +0.85 13–9 (59%) 11–5 (69%) 105.5 +1.61
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 2015 1793 149.4 -0.63 +3.13 1.005 49.9% +26 +174 -122 55.3% +0.19 19–7 (73%) 11–4 (73%) 110.8 -1.27
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 2016 1804 145.7 +3.33 +2.65 1.140 52.6% +4 +149 -65 59.6% +0.74 15–9 (63%) 5–6 (45%) 101.4 +1.43
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 2017 1748 140.2 +0.64 +3.29 1.091 51.9% -5 +164 -30 52.8% +0.53 5–7 (42%) 2–8 (20%) 90.1 -1.34
29 2025 1867 155.8 +3.19 +1.74 1.111 52.0% -32 +16 +59 63.3% +0.97 7–10 (41%) 10–7 (59%) 98.4 -1.14 2018 1813 142.4 +1.11 +0.48 1.013 50.2% +26 +26 -114 50.0% -0.15 10–4 (71%) 6–5 (55%) 107.3 +0.39
30 2026 1899 147.1 +2.55 +2.24 1.122 52.2% -41 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.71 2019 1741 136.0 -1.30 +1.97 0.995 49.8% +15 +75 -3 50.0% -0.04 4–6 (40%) 3–3 (50%) 96.4 +1.09
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1716 126.2 +1.52 +0.87 0.929 48.4% +14 — — 50.0% -0.50 0–2 2–0 — -0.54
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1706 123.3 +1.01 +0.12 0.680 43.7% +26 — — 38.5% -1.15 0–3 (0%) 2–1 (67%) 97.3 -0.97
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 — 2031 144.8 +0.25 +2.46 1.041 50.8% -12 +94 -70 55.5% +0.30 107–78 (58%) 66–48 (58%) 107.8 +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.