Elise Mertens def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova — Round of 64, Qatar Open 2026

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Qatar Open 2026

WTA 1000HardDoha, Qatar

Played8 Feb 2026

Rounds
  1. R64
  2. R32
  3. R16
  4. QF
  5. Semifinal
  6. Final

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 22 going into this drawWon

Elise Mertens seeded 16 6 6

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A. Pavlyuchenkova 2 1

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensvA. PavlyuchenkovaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova🇷🇺

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

🇷🇺Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

1

1

Double faults

5

71%

1st serve in

52%

90%

1st serve points won

59%

33%

2nd serve points won

33%

74%

Service points won

46%

1/1

Break points saved

5/10

Return

54%

Return points won

26%

5/10

Break points won

0/1

61

Total points won

37

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchDoha R64won by Mertens
  2. 2024HardLinz QFwon by Pavlyuchenkova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

2–8

3–2

Last 30 days

0–2

By surface

13–9

Hard

1–6

By round

4–1

R64

0–3

3–3

R32

0–2

7–2

First match at an event

1–5

2–3

At WTA 1000s

0–1

How their matches go

21

Completed matches

7

48%

Won in straight sets

0%

14%

Won after losing a set

14%

24%

Lost after winning a set

29%

14%

Lost in straight sets

57%

3–3

Tiebreaks

1–3

3–5

Deciding sets

1–2

11/15

Won after winning set 1

–

2/6

Won after losing set 1

1/7

Serve and return, last 5 matches

–

1st serve in

57%

–

1st serve points won

70%

–

2nd serve points won

43%

–

Break points saved

57%

–

Return points won

35%

–

Break points won

36%

–

Aces a match

3.8

–

Double faults a match

6.6

Last 14 days

1

Matches

1

2

Sets

2

13

Days since last match

7

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElise MertensAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 26 JanMelbourne R16 · 26 JanLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 37No. 37 · 1 FebAbu Dhabi R32 · 1 Feb
2Won🇨🇿N. BartunkovaNikola BartunkovaNo. 126No. 126 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 JanLost🇨🇳Z. BaiZhuoxuan BaiR128 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 Jan
3Won🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 87No. 87 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 JanLost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 43No. 43 · 4 JanBrisbane R64 · 4 Jan
4Won🇹🇭L. TararudeeLanlana TararudeeNo. 131No. 131 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanLost🇧🇾V. AzarenkaVictoria AzarenkaR64 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 Aug
5Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 11No. 11 · 10 JanPerth & Sydney SF · 10 JanWon🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 32No. 32 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug
6Won🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 65No. 65 · 8 JanPerth & Sydney QF · 8 JanLost🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 84No. 84 · 19 AugMonterrey R32 · 19 Aug
7Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 18No. 18 · 6 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 6 JanLost🇯🇵A. ItoAoi ItoR64 · 9 AugCincinnati R64 · 9 Aug
8Won🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuRR · 3 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 3 JanLost🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 62No. 62 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 Jul
9Lost🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 76No. 76 · 16 OctOsaka R16 · 16 OctLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 13No. 13 · 8 JulLondon QF · 8 Jul
10Won🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 70No. 70 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 OctWon🇬🇧S. KartalSonay KartalNo. 49No. 49 · 6 JulLondon R16 · 6 Jul