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

Elise Mertens vs Nao Hibino H2H: 1-0

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Nao Hibino in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2024 Wimbledon first round 2-6 6-2 6-4.

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Nao Hibino
Japan Age 31 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #33 2-6 6-2 6-4 Nao Hibino #94 Match data Jul 3, 2024* R128 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass

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
Nao Hibino #228 #56 1,050 1,726 80 121 39.8% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Nao Hibino
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2015 6–2 75.0% #66 1,559 0 1
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2016 19–22 46.3% #94 1,639 0 1
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2017 11–17 39.3% #97 1,544 0 1
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2018 5–10 33.3% #114 1,597 0 1
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2019 6–5 54.5% #106 1,619 0 2
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2020 9–6 60.0% #73 1,647 0 2
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2021 5–17 22.7% #129 1,527 0 2
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2022 4–6 40.0% #138 1,578 0 2
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2023 9–12 42.9% #94 1,657 0 3
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2024 4–16 20.0% #145 1,603 0 3
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2025 2–7 22.2% #174 1,514 0 3
31 — — — — — — — 2026 0–1 0.0% #228 1,557 0 3

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 Nao Hibino
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 %
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 2015 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% 2016 13 15 28 46.4% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 3 4 25.0%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2017 11 11 22 50.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2018 5 9 14 35.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — 2019 6 5 11 54.5% — — — — — — — —
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2020 5 4 9 55.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2021 1 9 10 10.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2022 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% 2023 9 9 18 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% 2024 4 9 13 30.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 2025 1 4 5 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — 65 83 148 43.9% 13 27 40 32.5% 2 11 13 15.4%

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 180/195 of Nao Hibino'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 Nao Hibino
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%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2016 39/41 1.4 2.8 65.7% 58.2% 49.2% 50.1% 54.8% 54.9% 41.0%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2017 26/28 1.8 3.6 64.7% 58.6% 45.9% 54.7% 42.0% 53.9% 38.7%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2018 13/15 2.2 2.8 61.4% 60.0% 45.3% 59.2% 40.6% 54.4% 41.1%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2019 11/11 2.6 2.8 64.0% 64.7% 45.9% 56.5% 43.7% 57.7% 43.6%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2020 15/15 1.1 2.7 65.5% 62.6% 45.8% 52.9% 41.8% 56.6% 46.8%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2021 21/23 1.8 2.9 65.0% 55.1% 36.6% 39.9% 47.2% 48.2% 39.1%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2022 10/10 1.6 2.4 70.4% 59.9% 44.7% 43.5% 51.8% 55.2% 46.5%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2023 21/21 1.4 2.2 67.4% 58.0% 47.2% 47.1% 60.3% 54.4% 42.1%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2024 20/20 1.3 3.1 65.6% 55.3% 43.7% 48.7% 50.3% 51.1% 38.4%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2025 3/9 2.0 3.0 64.6% 58.9% 48.8% 52.8% 45.8% 54.6% 43.7%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 1/2 2.0 3.0 63.2% 68.8% 32.1% 71.4% 25.0% 55.3% 41.6%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 180/203 1.6 2.9 65.5% 58.6% 45.3% 50.1% 48.9% 53.8% 41.3%

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 Nao Hibino
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
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 2015 1560 105.6 — — — — +14 — — 66.7% +0.60 1–0 — — +0.71
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 2016 1639 113.6 -1.11 -1.79 0.909 48.3% -18 -53 -78 44.0% -0.55 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) 104.3 +0.05
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 2017 1544 109.2 -2.04 -3.51 0.840 47.2% +35 -50 — 39.0% -0.76 4–5 (44%) 1–1 — +0.77
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 2018 1597 121.9 -0.94 -1.44 0.902 47.8% +21 — — 40.0% -0.87 0–2 2–2 (50%) — -0.36
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 2019 1619 112.2 -0.45 -0.48 1.031 50.5% +13 — — 45.8% -0.04 3–1 (75%) 2–2 (50%) — +1.01
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 2020 1648 124.3 +0.36 +2.53 1.079 51.6% -35 -88 — 57.6% +0.73 2–1 (67%) 4–2 (67%) 104.2 +0.20
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 2021 1528 96.1 -6.17 -3.62 0.754 44.2% -45 -13 -10 22.7% -2.09 2–2 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 98.9 +0.88
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 2022 1578 112.0 -0.72 +0.28 1.038 50.9% -34 — — 47.6% +0.19 1–2 (33%) 1–2 (33%) 98.9 +0.93
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 2023 1658 122.0 -1.96 -1.76 0.923 48.2% -9 — — 43.5% -0.33 2–2 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 99.9 +0.98
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 2024 1603 118.1 -4.14 -2.60 0.784 44.9% +36 -97 -114 28.6% -1.57 3–6 (33%) 1–1 — -0.24
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 2025 1514 109.3 -1.77 -0.47 0.962 49.4% -11 +10 — 30.0% -1.65 0–2 — — -0.04
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1557 107.7 -0.02 +0.29 0.929 48.4% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.10
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 — 1726 117.5 -2.08 -1.72 0.893 47.8% 0 -46 -68 40.3% -0.70 25–27 (48%) 18–19 (49%) 101.7 +2.42

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.