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

Elise Mertens vs Kristyna Pliskova H2H: 3-0

Elise Mertens holds a 3–0 lead over Kristyna Pliskova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Elise Mertens leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2020 Prague Open semifinal 7-5 7-6(4).

Want to explore more matchups? Advanced rivalry search lets you browse current and historical rivalries, unbeaten records, or every matchup for a player.

Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
3 – 0
3 main-draw meetings
Kristyna Pliskova
Czech Republic Age 34 Left-Handed 184 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #23 7-5 7-6(4) Kristyna Pliskova #69 Match data Aug 15, 2020* SF Prague Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Elise Mertens #26 6-2 6-2 Kristyna Pliskova #86 Match data Aug 29, 2019* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Elise Mertens #21 6-2 7-6(3) Kristyna Pliskova #90 Match data Feb 14, 2019* R16 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
Kristyna Pliskova #446 #35 1,343 1,755 92 139 39.8% 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Kristyna Pliskova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 2007 0–1 0.0% #854 1,491 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 2008 0–1 0.0% #748 1,477 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2010 0–2 0.0% #222 1,467 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 2011 2–5 28.6% #176 1,467 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2012 3–3 50.0% #104 1,505 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2013 3–10 23.1% #130 1,451 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2014 3–10 23.1% #121 1,424 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2015 2–4 33.3% #117 1,435 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2016 10–14 41.7% #60 1,590 0 1
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2017 23–23 50.0% #62 1,626 0 1
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2018 14–22 38.9% #94 1,627 0 1
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2019 18–21 46.2% #67 1,659 0 1
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2020 9–8 52.9% #69 1,667 0 1
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2021 5–15 25.0% #146 1,592 0 1
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 Elise Mertens Kristyna Pliskova
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 %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 2012 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% 2013 2 4 6 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2014 3 8 11 27.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2015 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — 2016 10 9 19 52.6% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2017 13 15 28 46.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2018 4 11 15 26.7% 10 7 17 58.8% 0 4 4 0.0%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2019 9 10 19 47.4% 7 8 15 46.7% 2 3 5 40.0%
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% 2020 4 5 9 44.4% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% 2021 1 7 8 12.5% 3 6 9 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3%
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — 49 77 126 38.9% 32 40 72 44.4% 11 22 33 33.3%

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 225/232 of Kristyna Pliskova'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 Kristyna Pliskova
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%
15 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 1/1 1.0 4.0 66.1% 59.5% 15.8% 37.5% — 44.6% 23.7%
16 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 1/1 0.0 4.0 58.1% 36.0% 27.8% 33.3% 100.0% 32.6% 25.7%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 2/2 3.5 3.0 61.9% 65.9% 33.8% 26.7% 14.3% 53.2% 38.1%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 7/7 3.9 4.4 57.9% 61.0% 39.8% 55.0% 49.4% 52.2% 38.4%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2012 5/6 3.8 3.0 61.4% 67.7% 50.8% 69.0% 45.1% 60.8% 40.3%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2013 12/13 5.9 3.8 57.6% 65.7% 47.6% 61.8% 26.7% 57.7% 36.0%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2014 13/13 8.7 4.2 53.8% 70.0% 48.4% 43.9% 46.2% 60.1% 36.0%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2015 4/6 9.0 5.5 60.6% 72.5% 42.8% 51.4% 43.3% 60.9% 39.4%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2016 24/25 11.4 4.5 56.7% 73.6% 46.6% 56.4% 50.6% 61.9% 39.1%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2017 45/46 8.2 3.8 57.7% 72.0% 47.1% 53.8% 46.9% 61.6% 40.4%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2018 35/36 7.5 3.5 57.3% 70.5% 43.0% 50.6% 45.1% 58.7% 38.6%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2019 39/39 8.6 4.2 59.6% 73.0% 44.9% 63.1% 37.5% 61.7% 38.3%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2020 17/17 8.1 3.4 60.8% 72.2% 44.6% 63.9% 44.2% 61.3% 37.8%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2021 20/20 8.0 4.5 60.6% 72.4% 38.9% 53.6% 49.2% 59.2% 35.5%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 225/232 8.0 4.0 58.3% 71.0% 44.7% 55.7% 44.0% 60.1% 38.2%

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 Kristyna Pliskova
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
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1491 94.2 +1.05 -0.51 0.428 36.2% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.15
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 1478 93.8 -0.69 -2.03 0.381 29.5% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — 0.00
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1468 107.5 +1.73 +0.32 0.814 45.2% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — 0–1 — -0.37
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1468 105.0 -1.40 -3.28 0.804 45.8% +57 +18 — 31.3% -1.25 1–1 0–2 — -0.06
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 2012 1505 115.6 +0.04 -1.09 1.028 50.7% +33 — — 53.8% +1.00 0–1 1–0 — +0.14
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 2013 1452 99.6 +0.13 -4.56 0.853 47.0% +58 -9 +81 30.0% -1.27 1–3 (25%) 2–3 (40%) 96.3 +0.60
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 2014 1424 111.3 +1.65 -4.96 0.903 48.0% +56 — — 38.2% -0.68 1–7 (13%) 5–0 (100%) 98.1 +0.03
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 2015 1435 104.1 +0.60 -0.65 1.008 49.2% +12 — +157 41.2% -0.53 2–3 (40%) — — +0.17
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 2016 1590 115.8 +2.97 -3.47 1.026 50.3% +37 -203 — 46.7% -0.15 4–10 (29%) 4–2 (67%) 97.5 +0.63
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 2017 1627 130.8 +3.78 -2.74 1.051 50.6% +3 -136 -51 51.9% +0.07 8–12 (40%) 12–10 (55%) 99.9 -0.48
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 2018 1628 130.1 +2.09 -3.62 0.935 48.6% -30 +55 -112 43.5% -0.39 4–9 (31%) 5–7 (42%) 95.2 -2.37
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 2019 1660 121.0 +4.09 -3.86 1.001 50.0% -45 -4 -44 47.8% -0.08 5–9 (36%) 5–5 (50%) 97.6 +1.67
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 2020 1667 130.6 +2.84 -2.53 0.976 49.9% -74 +61 — 54.1% +0.22 1–4 (20%) 0–2 — +0.25
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 2021 1592 119.5 +1.14 -5.56 0.869 47.5% -32 +85 +4 34.0% -0.89 1–6 (14%) 3–7 (30%) 91.5 +0.09
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1756 126.3 +2.51 -3.51 0.958 49.1% -1 +3 -10 44.2% -0.34 28–65 (30%) 37–39 (49%) 90.1 +0.07

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.