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

Elise Mertens vs Varvara Lepchenko H2H: 1-0

Elise Mertens holds a 1–0 lead over Varvara Lepchenko 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 Roland Garros first round 6-7(9) 7-6(4) 6-0.

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Elise Mertens
Belgium Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Varvara Lepchenko
United States Age 40 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elise Mertens #16 6-7(9) 7-6(4) 6-0 Varvara Lepchenko #92 Match data May 29, 2018* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam 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
Varvara Lepchenko #181 #19 1,875 1,802 156 220 41.5% 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 Varvara Lepchenko
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 2001 0–1 0.0% — 1,482 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 2005 2–1 66.7% #132 1,509 0 0
20 2016 3–3 50.0% #125 1,545 0 0 2006 2–6 25.0% #98 1,491 0 0
21 2017 30–21 58.8% #35 1,734 0 1 2007 2–10 16.7% #139 1,452 0 0
22 2018 44–20 68.8% #12 1,820 0 4 2008 2–4 33.3% #121 1,448 0 0
23 2019 35–25 58.3% #17 1,840 0 5 2009 5–12 29.4% #102 1,456 0 0
24 2020 32–13 71.1% #20 1,934 0 5 2010 4–10 28.6% #74 1,469 0 0
25 2021 33–19 63.5% #21 1,845 0 6 2011 6–12 33.3% #127 1,508 0 0
26 2022 28–21 57.1% #29 1,789 0 7 2012 25–20 55.6% #21 1,712 0 0
27 2023 26–21 55.3% #29 1,818 0 8 2013 16–25 39.0% #54 1,606 0 0
28 2024 27–25 51.9% #34 1,788 0 8 2014 27–19 58.7% #35 1,753 0 0
29 2025 36–20 64.3% #20 1,866 0 10 2015 17–22 43.6% #47 1,637 0 0
30 2026 26–17 60.5% #20 1,898 0 10 2016 15–17 46.9% #90 1,608 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 2017 17–21 44.7% #63 1,705 0 0
32 — — — — — — — 2018 6–13 31.6% #129 1,631 0 0
33 — — — — — — — 2019 2–10 16.7% #173 1,522 0 0
34 — — — — — — — 2020 0–2 0.0% #181 1,483 0 0
35 — — — — — — — 2021 3–5 37.5% #127 1,582 0 0
38 — — — — — — — 2024 3–5 37.5% #129 1,638 0 0
39 — — — — — — — 2025 0–2 0.0% #147 1,605 0 0
40 — — — — — — — 2026 2–3 40.0% #181 1,525 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 Varvara Lepchenko
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 %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2006 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2017 18 11 29 62.1% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2007 1 5 6 16.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
22 2018 26 14 40 65.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2008 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
23 2019 24 15 39 61.5% 4 6 10 40.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2009 0 6 6 0.0% 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — — — — —
24 2020 23 9 32 71.9% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — 2010 0 5 5 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
25 2021 22 11 33 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2011 3 6 9 33.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
26 2022 19 14 33 57.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2012 15 12 27 55.6% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2023 20 15 35 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2013 7 17 24 29.2% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
28 2024 18 16 34 52.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2014 20 12 32 62.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
29 2025 22 13 35 62.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2015 16 13 29 55.2% 1 5 6 16.7% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — —
30 2026 14 9 23 60.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2016 10 11 21 47.6% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 10 13 23 43.5% 5 4 9 55.6% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 5 9 14 35.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 0 3 3 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 2 3 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 2 4 6 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 206 128 334 61.7% 74 44 118 62.7% 40 33 73 54.8% — — — — — 95 131 226 42.0% 50 63 113 44.2% 11 25 36 30.6% 0 1 1 0.0%

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 343/373 of Varvara Lepchenko'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 Varvara Lepchenko
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% 2006 6/8 0.8 4.0 64.2% 50.1% 45.8% 48.2% 45.8% 49.2% 39.0%
21 2017 49/51 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 2007 11/12 1.6 3.0 70.2% 56.8% 37.3% 52.7% 47.3% 50.7% 37.1%
22 2018 60/64 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 2008 3/6 1.3 2.0 63.0% 53.9% 56.6% 58.3% 16.7% 55.1% 31.7%
23 2019 57/60 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 2009 15/17 1.2 2.5 70.0% 59.4% 49.2% 53.3% 49.4% 55.7% 41.6%
24 2020 45/45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 2010 13/14 2.8 2.8 63.9% 59.9% 45.7% 44.4% 44.4% 54.9% 41.7%
25 2021 50/52 3.8 5.9 58.5% 68.3% 43.7% 49.4% 51.2% 57.9% 46.8% 2011 17/18 2.0 3.6 66.2% 56.3% 43.0% 48.5% 48.8% 51.6% 43.0%
26 2022 47/49 3.3 5.7 57.9% 69.3% 44.9% 46.9% 52.3% 58.8% 46.7% 2012 42/45 2.6 3.0 63.3% 63.2% 48.3% 51.9% 50.2% 57.7% 41.5%
27 2023 47/47 3.8 6.6 54.0% 68.2% 43.7% 49.7% 48.3% 57.0% 46.4% 2013 37/41 2.0 3.3 65.0% 60.6% 45.5% 49.4% 42.0% 55.3% 42.4%
28 2024 52/52 3.5 4.8 54.9% 67.7% 47.2% 49.2% 43.5% 58.6% 43.5% 2014 43/46 1.9 2.9 67.1% 62.3% 47.9% 56.8% 47.8% 57.6% 44.8%
29 2025 42/57 4.7 4.2 55.7% 70.9% 46.7% 61.7% 45.9% 60.1% 44.3% 2015 31/39 2.2 2.8 69.3% 59.5% 51.1% 44.3% 43.0% 56.4% 40.3%
30 2026 40/43 4.0 4.4 59.7% 71.5% 43.3% 59.2% 45.6% 60.2% 44.6% 2016 32/32 2.6 2.9 64.5% 63.3% 45.7% 55.2% 43.4% 57.0% 42.0%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 38/38 2.1 2.4 69.9% 60.4% 48.5% 47.0% 50.2% 56.9% 40.2%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 19/19 1.6 2.6 68.0% 58.5% 44.8% 56.1% 42.6% 53.9% 40.4%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 12/12 1.2 2.6 63.6% 58.2% 37.6% 50.1% 46.0% 50.8% 37.5%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 2/2 1.5 2.5 68.2% 52.0% 36.3% 51.9% 51.1% 47.2% 44.6%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 8/8 1.9 2.0 66.5% 59.2% 44.8% 56.7% 35.9% 54.6% 37.9%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 8/8 2.3 1.1 64.8% 61.3% 57.4% 54.5% 30.5% 59.9% 41.5%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2025 1/2 1.0 1.0 77.8% 62.5% 50.0% 60.0% 0.0% 59.7% 27.7%
40 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 5/6 1.8 2.6 61.9% 65.6% 41.1% 54.4% 35.5% 56.1% 41.0%
Career — 495/526 3.5 4.7 58.6% 67.9% 45.9% 53.8% 48.7% 58.8% 46.0% — 343/377 2.0 2.8 66.5% 60.4% 46.7% 51.4% 45.2% 55.7% 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 Varvara Lepchenko
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1482 95.8 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.17
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1510 108.8 — — — — +23 — — 71.4% +1.43 0–1 1–0 — +0.39
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 2006 1491 104.2 -2.19 -2.82 0.768 44.5% +4 — — 30.0% -0.75 2–2 (50%) 0–1 — -0.12
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 2007 1452 106.5 -3.00 -3.30 0.753 44.4% +14 +82 — 27.6% -1.72 1–4 (20%) 1–1 — -0.51
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 2008 1449 99.7 -0.21 -4.92 0.705 44.7% +22 +58 — 33.3% -1.08 — — — +0.44
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 2009 1456 112.8 +0.34 -2.03 0.939 48.7% -40 +79 — 37.5% -0.85 1–5 (17%) 2–2 (50%) 96.2 -0.04
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 2010 1470 112.5 -1.47 -1.40 0.925 48.1% -77 +74 — 41.9% -0.77 0–5 (0%) 2–0 — +0.15
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 2011 1509 110.7 -2.49 +0.09 0.889 47.1% -86 +42 — 36.4% -0.93 4–4 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 101.3 -0.38
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 2012 1712 134.0 +1.37 -1.53 0.982 49.5% -96 -36 -106 55.4% +0.30 9–6 (60%) 8–8 (50%) 109.1 +1.09
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 2013 1607 133.5 -0.39 -0.95 0.948 48.8% -50 +122 — 43.2% -0.48 6–11 (35%) 6–5 (55%) 100.0 +0.01
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 2014 1754 139.8 +1.35 +1.85 1.057 51.0% -27 -11 -174 55.0% +0.39 11–6 (65%) 5–5 (50%) 105.6 +0.56
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 2015 1637 128.4 -0.98 -0.70 0.925 48.4% +64 -24 -123 44.7% -0.36 5–4 (56%) 5–8 (38%) 96.0 +1.03
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 2016 1608 123.0 +0.49 -0.93 0.978 49.5% +29 +2 -112 46.1% -0.30 7–9 (44%) 6–4 (60%) 101.3 -0.47
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1706 124.1 +0.80 -2.00 0.932 48.5% -5 -69 -238 47.4% -0.55 8–11 (42%) 11–3 (79%) 103.5 -2.00
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1631 122.6 -1.36 -1.05 0.877 47.4% +16 -20 — 39.1% -1.02 2–6 (25%) 5–5 (50%) 96.5 -1.14
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1523 100.7 -2.66 -3.16 0.762 44.4% +1 -2 — 23.1% -1.85 0–2 1–3 (25%) — +0.05
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1483 108.5 -2.16 -1.70 0.843 45.7% — — — 0.0% -2.75 — 0–1 — -0.09
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1583 103.2 -1.31 -3.66 0.835 46.7% +24 -127 — 35.3% -1.12 1–2 (33%) 3–1 (75%) 101.2 +0.34
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1611 105.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1639 109.6 +0.88 -1.47 1.034 48.3% +66 — — 31.3% -1.19 1–1 — — +0.03
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1606 101.7 +0.56 +1.40 0.687 44.5% — — — 20.0% -2.40 0–1 0–1 — +0.27
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1526 107.9 -0.55 -2.09 0.933 48.6% — +56 — 38.5% -0.54 2–1 (67%) — — +0.41
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 — 1803 125.9 -0.16 -1.09 0.933 48.5% -13 +21 -156 43.9% -0.47 60–81 (43%) 58–52 (53%) 102.3 +0.05

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.