H2H data updated: 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC

Elise Mertens vs Mona Barthel H2H: 2-0

Elise Mertens holds a 2–0 lead over Mona Barthel in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2018 Lugano quarterfinal 6-4 5-7 7-6(0).

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Mona Barthel
Germany Age 36 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #20 6-4 5-7 7-6(0) Mona Barthel #68 Match data Apr 14, 2018* QF Lugano International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Elise Mertens #68 6-2 6-4 Mona Barthel #80 Match data Apr 14, 2017* R16 Biel International → modern equivalent WTA 250 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
Mona Barthel #205 #23 1,762 1,840 151 182 45.3% 0 0 0 1 3 4

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 Mona Barthel
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 — — — — — — — 2010 0–1 0.0% #195 1,493 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2011 5–6 45.5% #69 1,552 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2012 29–24 54.7% #39 1,682 0 1
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2013 24–22 52.2% #34 1,646 0 2
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2014 23–23 50.0% #42 1,713 0 3
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2015 24–26 48.0% #45 1,670 0 3
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2016 6–13 31.6% #158 1,560 0 3
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2017 17–18 48.6% #48 1,602 0 4
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2018 14–20 41.2% #77 1,625 0 4
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2019 6–13 31.6% #183 1,549 0 4
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 — — — — — — —
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2021 3–12 20.0% #275 1,457 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 2024 0–2 0.0% #171 1,525 0 4
35 — — — — — — — 2026 0–2 0.0% #205 1,556 0 4

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 Mona Barthel
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2011 4 2 6 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2012 21 14 35 60.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2013 16 14 30 53.3% 1 5 6 16.7% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 0 5 100.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2014 11 14 25 44.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — 2015 18 16 34 52.9% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2016 4 8 12 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2017 6 9 15 40.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — —
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2018 8 12 20 40.0% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2019 5 5 10 50.0% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2021 3 8 11 27.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 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% — — — — — 96 104 200 48.0% 38 51 89 42.7% 10 25 35 28.6% 7 2 9 77.8%

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 309/334 of Mona Barthel'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 Mona Barthel
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 1/1 6.0 2.0 64.3% 66.7% 52.0% 60.0% 0.0% 61.4% 31.3%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2011 11/11 2.1 4.2 61.8% 63.6% 38.0% 50.5% 45.8% 53.6% 43.1%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2012 50/53 4.2 5.7 53.8% 70.4% 46.7% 53.9% 50.1% 59.2% 46.4%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2013 46/46 3.3 3.4 61.5% 66.4% 45.6% 56.9% 46.0% 58.5% 43.7%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2014 43/46 2.5 4.0 61.4% 64.9% 45.0% 55.3% 46.4% 57.1% 43.0%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2015 35/50 3.5 3.7 59.3% 64.0% 49.5% 47.1% 42.6% 58.1% 41.4%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2016 18/20 3.8 5.6 55.2% 66.7% 43.9% 50.0% 46.3% 56.8% 39.4%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2017 34/35 4.1 5.1 61.2% 65.8% 43.6% 53.5% 46.5% 56.9% 42.2%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2018 34/34 5.0 6.3 57.7% 66.0% 43.3% 56.9% 45.8% 56.3% 39.8%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2019 19/19 4.1 6.3 57.6% 67.5% 41.5% 48.3% 42.4% 56.3% 38.3%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2021 14/15 5.4 6.3 53.6% 68.6% 42.3% 49.5% 37.8% 56.5% 37.1%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 2/2 2.5 10.0 51.7% 54.0% 44.0% 14.3% 32.5% 49.3% 42.7%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 2/2 1.0 7.5 59.7% 62.5% 38.1% 53.3% 30.6% 52.6% 43.5%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 309/334 3.8 4.9 58.5% 66.4% 44.9% 52.9% 45.4% 57.4% 42.2%

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 Mona Barthel
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1493 100.8 +1.29 +0.85 0.810 47.0% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.14
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 2011 1552 119.1 -0.55 -0.55 0.929 48.7% +28 -19 — 45.8% -0.46 1–1 1–3 (25%) — -0.58
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 2012 1682 144.4 +3.00 +2.35 1.139 52.8% +34 -50 -166 57.8% +0.69 3–11 (21%) 10–12 (45%) 92.9 -2.53
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 2013 1646 138.9 +2.09 +0.25 1.053 51.1% +80 -90 -184 53.4% +0.41 6–7 (46%) 6–7 (46%) 97.5 -0.66
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 2014 1713 124.3 +1.01 -0.81 1.002 50.2% -62 -24 -158 50.5% -0.09 5–6 (45%) 6–4 (60%) 101.5 -0.80
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 2015 1671 128.2 -0.49 -0.40 0.986 49.6% +10 -45 — 51.7% +0.24 10–14 (42%) 10–10 (50%) 96.5 +2.15
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 2016 1561 109.3 +0.53 -2.53 0.913 48.2% +29 +35 -55 37.8% -0.73 1–4 (20%) 2–1 (67%) 96.5 -0.82
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 2017 1602 121.9 +0.49 -0.40 0.977 49.6% -11 +63 -97 48.8% -0.34 6–8 (43%) 6–2 (75%) 100.9 -0.52
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 2018 1625 120.7 -0.13 -2.87 0.910 48.2% +7 -36 -60 42.2% -0.52 8–7 (53%) 3–4 (43%) 102.3 -0.60
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 2019 1550 122.1 -0.64 -2.56 0.876 47.5% +130 -29 — 32.6% -1.02 5–3 (63%) 2–3 (40%) 103.3 -0.70
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 2020 1535 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2026 1899 147.2 +2.55 +2.22 1.122 52.2% -41 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.70 2021 1457 106.9 -0.29 -3.24 0.854 46.7% +105 — — 26.5% -1.44 1–3 (25%) 1–2 (33%) 96.4 +0.65
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1420 94.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1525 110.3 -2.16 -0.17 0.843 45.9% — — — 20.0% -1.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.02
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1576 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1556 106.9 +0.24 -2.27 0.918 47.9% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–2 — -0.20
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 — 1841 131.0 +0.87 -0.58 0.990 49.8% +28 -20 -126 47.5% -0.11 46–65 (41%) 47–51 (48%) 95.2 -1.43

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.