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

Elise Mertens vs Samantha Stosur H2H: 1-0

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Samantha Stosur in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elise Mertens leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Elise Mertens won the 2019 Mallorca second round 6-3 6-3.

Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 0
1 main-draw meetings
AUS Age 42 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #21 6-3 6-3 Samantha Stosur #115 Match data Jun 21, 2019* R16 Mallorca International modern equivalent WTA 250 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
Samantha Stosur #531 #4 6,195 2,072 459 345 57.1% 1 0 0 2 6 9

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 Samantha Stosur
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 2002 0–2 0.0% #245 1,475 0 0
19 2003 2–4 33.3% #163 1,493 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2004 17–17 50.0% #65 1,605 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2005 18–22 45.0% #46 1,588 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2006 29–24 54.7% #29 1,747 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2007 15–15 50.0% #46 1,724 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2008 18–12 60.0% #52 1,754 0 0
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2009 38–20 65.5% #13 1,887 0 1
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2010 43–19 69.4% #6 1,931 0 2
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2011 46–21 68.7% #6 1,967 1 3
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2012 40–24 62.5% #9 1,873 1 3
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2013 40–22 64.5% #18 1,904 1 5
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2014 32–22 59.3% #22 1,860 1 6
31 2015 34–22 60.7% #27 1,782 1 8
32 2016 30–23 56.6% #21 1,702 1 8
33 2017 22–19 53.7% #41 1,731 1 9
34 2018 17–24 41.5% #74 1,655 1 9
35 2019 15–17 46.9% #99 1,631 1 9
36 2020 1–3 25.0% #112 1,607 1 9
37 2021 1–10 9.1% #382 1,518 1 9
38 2022 1–3 25.0% #529 1,506 1 9

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 Samantha Stosur
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 %
18 2002 0 2 2 0.0%
19 2003 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2004 12 11 23 52.2% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0%
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% 2005 12 13 25 48.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2006 18 15 33 54.5% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2007 6 7 13 46.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7%
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% 2008 11 7 18 61.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 2009 29 14 43 67.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2010 22 14 36 61.1% 18 3 21 85.7% 3 2 5 60.0%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2011 31 14 45 68.9% 12 5 17 70.6% 3 2 5 60.0%
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% 2012 25 16 41 61.0% 14 5 19 73.7% 1 3 4 25.0%
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% 2013 31 15 46 67.4% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 2 5 60.0%
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 2014 23 14 37 62.2% 8 5 13 61.5% 1 3 4 25.0%
31 2015 16 15 31 51.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 2 2 4 50.0%
32 2016 11 15 26 42.3% 18 6 24 75.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
33 2017 10 13 23 43.5% 12 6 18 66.7%
34 2018 3 13 16 18.8% 9 7 16 56.3% 5 4 9 55.6%
35 2019 9 11 20 45.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0%
36 2020 1 3 4 25.0%
37 2021 1 7 8 12.5% 0 3 3 0.0%
38 2022 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% 274 224 498 55.0% 143 76 219 65.3% 36 41 77 46.8% 6 4 10 60.0%

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 648/803 of Samantha Stosur'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 Samantha Stosur
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 —/— 2003 1/6 6.0 5.0 49.4% 74.4% 35.0% 33.3% 33.3% 54.4% 38.2%
20 2016 6/6 2.8 4.7 55.3% 61.0% 47.1% 44.4% 67.4% 54.9% 48.4% 2004 5/34 2.2 2.4 49.6% 64.1% 45.0% 55.6% 30.1% 54.4% 34.4%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2005 9/40 4.7 4.4 56.5% 70.7% 48.7% 49.9% 46.1% 61.2% 40.8%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2006 36/53 4.1 2.3 61.8% 64.6% 47.1% 51.1% 39.0% 58.2% 38.5%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2007 29/30 4.4 2.9 60.9% 66.0% 45.8% 59.0% 45.7% 57.6% 38.6%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2008 24/30 5.1 3.5 51.9% 71.1% 51.5% 59.2% 42.5% 61.4% 42.9%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2009 52/58 4.8 3.5 58.8% 68.8% 50.7% 61.2% 53.9% 61.1% 43.5%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2010 59/62 4.8 3.2 60.0% 70.7% 51.5% 57.8% 49.4% 63.0% 42.8%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2011 59/67 3.2 2.1 63.5% 71.2% 53.3% 62.1% 48.8% 64.6% 42.2%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2012 57/64 3.8 3.2 64.6% 68.1% 51.2% 59.1% 44.5% 62.1% 43.0%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2013 56/62 2.9 3.7 61.8% 68.1% 48.2% 61.2% 50.2% 60.3% 45.1%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2014 51/54 4.4 2.8 61.7% 69.1% 51.1% 55.0% 50.9% 62.3% 42.9%
31 —/— 2015 43/56 4.7 3.4 60.4% 69.7% 59.1% 58.6% 45.0% 65.5% 41.4%
32 —/— 2016 40/53 3.5 4.8 60.5% 64.9% 45.1% 52.4% 46.1% 57.1% 40.0%
33 —/— 2017 39/41 3.8 2.9 62.6% 67.3% 48.7% 54.2% 47.9% 60.4% 44.2%
34 —/— 2018 40/42 4.1 3.3 60.6% 65.0% 47.7% 50.5% 45.7% 58.2% 37.6%
35 —/— 2019 30/32 4.2 4.5 58.8% 65.9% 40.1% 52.8% 41.5% 55.3% 40.2%
36 —/— 2020 4/4 2.3 3.8 69.9% 61.3% 34.5% 40.5% 31.5% 53.8% 36.7%
37 —/— 2021 10/11 2.8 3.7 64.7% 59.4% 36.6% 53.1% 31.7% 51.3% 32.8%
38 —/— 2022 4/4 3.8 4.3 59.3% 59.0% 38.3% 25.7% 34.2% 51.4% 38.4%
Career 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% 648/805 4.0 3.3 60.9% 67.9% 49.4% 56.7% 46.6% 60.6% 41.7%

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 Samantha Stosur
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
18 2002 1476 94.7 20.0% -3.20 0–1 +0.06
19 2003 1493 117.7 +0.87 +0.74 0.837 46.5% +24 35.7% 0.00 1–1 0–5 (0%) -0.19
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 2004 1606 118.2 -0.27 -2.88 0.756 44.8% +5 -91 -21 51.3% -0.46 3–5 (38%) 7–2 (78%) 102.6 -1.27
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 2005 1589 131.3 +2.67 -1.67 1.051 50.5% +30 -61 -33 44.9% -0.27 5–8 (38%) 6–10 (38%) 95.4 -0.78
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 2006 1748 143.1 +1.45 -3.76 0.920 48.0% +2 -155 -135 52.2% +0.09 7–6 (54%) 3–8 (27%) 98.8 -0.70
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 2007 1724 135.6 +1.83 -2.92 0.911 48.6% -2 -43 -124 50.7% +0.19 5–4 (56%) 2–6 (25%) 98.6 -2.25
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 2008 1755 134.8 +4.41 +0.22 1.111 52.1% -11 -77 -81 58.1% +0.69 2–4 (33%) 2–2 (50%) 96.0 -0.47
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 2009 1888 154.7 +5.39 +0.57 1.119 52.5% -7 -129 -180 63.0% +0.94 10–11 (48%) 10–5 (67%) 104.0 -1.65
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 2010 1932 159.5 +7.09 +0.23 1.156 52.9% -40 +78 -207 63.9% +1.12 14–6 (70%) 10–9 (53%) 107.5 -1.75
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 2011 1968 158.2 +8.42 -0.10 1.193 53.4% -20 +28 -223 64.2% +1.11 12–7 (63%) 8–6 (57%) 102.1 -0.95
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 2012 1873 150.5 +5.95 +0.23 1.134 52.5% +7 +160 -197 58.8% +0.71 13–11 (54%) 8–14 (36%) 93.9 +1.71
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 2013 1904 152.1 +4.49 +1.51 1.138 52.7% +14 +46 -214 63.6% +1.01 11–9 (55%) 6–4 (60%) 99.3 +1.39
30 2026 1899 147.2 +2.55 +2.23 1.122 52.2% -42 -27 +78 59.2% +0.78 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 101.1 +1.70 2014 1860 149.0 +5.95 +0.29 1.140 52.5% +6 +80 -205 59.0% +0.65 6–12 (33%) 7–6 (54%) 90.0 -1.01
31 2015 1783 141.4 +5.95 +0.02 1.201 53.3% -26 +170 -121 55.7% +0.79 10–6 (63%) 3–8 (27%) 96.9 -0.45
32 2016 1702 133.6 +1.07 -2.01 0.933 48.8% -49 +307 -57 50.9% -0.12 12–4 (75%) 7–8 (47%) 102.9 -0.09
33 2017 1732 137.4 +3.91 +0.24 1.115 52.4% -86 +251 55.6% +0.41 6–11 (35%) 6–0 (100%) 99.3 +0.51
34 2018 1655 126.0 +1.35 -4.20 0.900 48.1% -67 +228 +30 40.0% -0.64 3–4 (43%) 2–7 (22%) 93.2 -0.94
35 2019 1631 116.9 -0.46 -2.06 0.900 47.9% -38 +150 +51 46.7% -0.59 6–5 (55%) 6–0 (100%) 106.9 +0.48
36 2020 1607 111.3 -1.57 -0.87 0.795 45.4% -26 25.0% -2.25 2–0 -0.08
37 2021 1518 99.9 -2.40 -3.51 0.673 42.9% -10 +80 20.0% -2.40 0–3 (0%) +0.44
38 2022 1506 100.9 -2.15 -2.55 0.791 45.1% +8 22.2% -1.55 1–0 0–3 (0%) +0.30
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 2072 148.5 +4.28 -0.68 1.059 51.2% -13 +101 -98 55.2% +0.39 127–118 (52%) 95–103 (48%) 95.8 -0.97

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.