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

Elise Mertens vs Kristina Kucova H2H: 1-0

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Kristina Kucova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2018 Morocco Open first round 6-0 6-0.

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Kristina Kucova
Slovak Republic Age 36 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #19 6-0 6-0 Kristina Kucova #281 Match data May 2, 2018* R32 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
Kristina Kucova #1,375 #71 899 1,697 40 68 37.0% 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 Kristina Kucova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 — — — — — — — 2009 1–3 25.0% #112 1,479 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2010 0–3 0.0% #228 1,447 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2011 2–2 50.0% #209 1,485 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 — — — — — — —
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2013 0–1 0.0% #147 1,472 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2014 4–3 57.1% #147 1,514 0 0
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2015 1–4 20.0% #146 1,490 0 0
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2016 12–9 57.1% #81 1,675 0 0
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2017 3–11 21.4% #245 1,567 0 0
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2018 2–5 28.6% #259 1,543 0 0
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2019 1–5 16.7% #175 1,543 0 0
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2020 0–1 0.0% #147 1,628 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 2021 10–8 55.6% #97 1,624 0 0
32 — — — — — — — 2022 4–8 33.3% #268 1,560 0 0
33 — — — — — — — 2023 0–5 0.0% #507 1,496 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 Kristina Kucova
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2010 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2011 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2013 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — 2014 1 2 3 33.3% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2015 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2016 6 5 11 54.5% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — —
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2017 1 3 4 25.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2018 2 2 4 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2019 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — — — — — 16 34 50 32.0% 20 28 48 41.7% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 1 2 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 102/108 of Kristina Kucova'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 Kristina Kucova
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 4/4 0.5 3.5 63.4% 53.3% 49.0% 36.3% 55.7% 51.8% 42.2%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2010 3/3 0.0 4.0 65.9% 49.5% 30.1% 36.1% 56.0% 42.2% 33.9%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2011 4/4 0.0 1.8 62.3% 52.3% 41.0% 45.8% 36.9% 48.1% 41.3%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2013 1/1 0.0 8.0 60.4% 55.7% 32.5% 25.0% 64.3% 46.5% 49.0%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2014 3/7 0.3 2.3 64.4% 61.5% 50.3% 34.4% 42.9% 56.7% 46.0%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2015 4/5 0.0 5.3 68.4% 57.0% 50.7% 57.3% 42.7% 55.1% 41.3%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2016 20/21 0.5 3.9 63.1% 58.5% 44.8% 49.6% 45.3% 52.8% 45.8%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2017 14/14 0.8 2.4 65.7% 51.7% 43.6% 42.7% 48.0% 48.3% 39.5%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2018 7/7 0.4 2.6 66.4% 53.5% 38.6% 42.0% 54.2% 48.8% 44.9%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2019 6/6 0.0 4.2 56.8% 54.3% 43.2% 51.3% 33.7% 50.0% 36.3%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2020 1/1 0.0 5.0 53.4% 45.2% 44.4% 44.4% 18.2% 44.8% 39.4%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 18/18 0.3 3.3 63.4% 62.0% 46.9% 46.5% 48.6% 56.6% 44.1%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 12/12 0.8 3.4 68.2% 57.9% 38.7% 43.8% 40.4% 52.1% 40.5%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 5/5 0.6 4.6 60.1% 54.3% 34.6% 46.1% 36.2% 46.8% 35.5%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 102/108 0.4 3.4 64.0% 56.5% 43.1% 45.3% 45.3% 51.6% 42.0%

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 Elise Mertens Kristina Kucova
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1480 100.8 -2.45 -1.32 0.875 46.9% — — — 22.2% -1.11 1–0 0–2 — +0.33
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 2010 1447 97.3 -2.20 -1.19 0.587 38.4% — — — 0.0% -3.83 — — — +0.09
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 2011 1485 109.5 -1.91 +0.52 0.796 44.8% +42 — — 57.1% +0.29 1–0 1–0 — -0.22
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2013 1472 100.2 -1.44 -3.90 0.916 47.7% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 0–1 — +0.05
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 2014 1515 114.8 +1.12 -0.31 1.062 51.2% -9 +53 — 56.3% +0.31 1–1 0–1 — +0.23
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 2015 1490 105.8 -1.50 +0.60 0.919 48.3% — +35 — 35.7% -0.93 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.16
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 2016 1676 125.2 -2.13 +1.39 0.970 49.6% -47 -40 — 52.0% -0.10 7–2 (78%) 1–4 (20%) 106.7 -0.02
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 2017 1567 106.6 -4.42 -2.38 0.765 43.8% +37 +13 -25 30.0% -1.50 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -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 2018 1544 107.0 -1.75 +0.58 0.878 46.9% +47 -42 — 26.7% -1.47 1–0 0–1 — -0.09
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 2019 1544 115.2 -2.55 -2.28 0.726 43.4% — -57 — 20.0% -2.20 — 0–1 — -0.35
30 2026 1899 147.2 +2.55 +2.23 1.122 52.2% -41 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.70 2020 1629 99.0 -1.17 +0.49 0.714 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.03
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1625 124.4 -0.01 +0.98 1.015 50.1% -47 +108 — 52.4% +0.02 4–2 (67%) 5–2 (71%) 103.9 +0.65
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1561 112.8 -3.79 -3.02 0.846 46.3% -8 +74 — 37.0% -0.63 1–2 (33%) 0–4 (0%) 95.6 +0.58
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1496 97.5 -3.95 -3.42 0.666 41.1% +3 — — 0.0% -3.30 — 0–1 — +0.24
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 — 1698 119.0 -2.22 -0.58 0.868 46.8% -11 +22 -25 39.0% -0.79 18–14 (56%) 9–19 (32%) 99.2 +1.18

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.