Paula Badosa Gibert def. Elise Mertens — Round of 32, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2025
WTA 1000HardDubai, UAE
Played18 Feb 2025
🇪🇸ranked WTA number 10 going into this drawWon
Paula Badosa Gibert seeded 9 6 6
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 32 going into this draw
Elise Mertens 2 1
Form going in
7–3
Won–lost, last 10 matches
8–2
4–3
Won–lost, last 30 days
8–1
🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 43
No. 43 · R64Dubai R64
L. FernandezLeylah Fernandez🇨🇦No. 27
No. 27 · R64Dubai R64
🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 40
No. 40 · R32Doha R32
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺No. 25
No. 25 · R16Doha R16
🇲🇽R. ZarazuaRenata ZarazuaNo. 66
No. 66 · R64Doha R64
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 98
No. 98 · R32Doha R32
🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 38
No. 38 · R16Abu Dhabi R16
C. TausonClara Tauson🇩🇰No. 34
No. 34 · R64Doha R64
🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1
No. 1 · SFMelbourne SF
A. LiAnn Li🇺🇸No. 84
No. 84 · FSingapore F
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3
No. 3 · QFMelbourne QF
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 37
No. 37 · SFSingapore SF
🇷🇸O. DanilovicOlga Danilovic
R16Melbourne R16
M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio Serrano🇨🇴No. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 18
No. 18 · R32Melbourne R32
T. MariaTatjana Maria🇩🇪No. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
🇦🇺T. GibsonTalia GibsonNo. 150
No. 150 · R64Melbourne R64
T. TownsendTaylor Townsend🇺🇸No. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 37
No. 37 · R128Melbourne R128
J. PegulaJessica Pegula🇺🇸No. 7
No. 7 · R64Melbourne R64
All 10 matches
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3
No. 3 · QFMelbourne QF
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 37
No. 37 · SFSingapore SF
🇷🇸O. DanilovicOlga Danilovic
R16Melbourne R16
M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio Serrano🇨🇴No. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 18
No. 18 · R32Melbourne R32
T. MariaTatjana Maria🇩🇪No. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
🇦🇺T. GibsonTalia GibsonNo. 150
No. 150 · R64Melbourne R64
T. TownsendTaylor Townsend🇺🇸No. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 37
No. 37 · R128Melbourne R128
J. PegulaJessica Pegula🇺🇸No. 7
No. 7 · R64Melbourne R64
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
2–0
2 players
2–0
Won6-3 4-6 6-2Doha R64 · No. 66
Won6-4 6-3Hobart R16
Won6-3 7-6Melbourne R128 · No. 37
Won6-3 6-4Singapore SF · No. 37
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
8–5
Hard
13–3
By round
2–2
R32
3–0
1–2
R16
2–1
2–1
At WTA 1000s
3–1
How their matches go
13
Completed matches
15
38%
Won in straight sets
60%
23%
Won after losing a set
20%
15%
Lost after winning a set
7%
23%
Lost in straight sets
13%
3–2
Tiebreaks
1–1
3–2
Deciding sets
3–1
7/7
Won after winning set 1
10/10
1/6
Won after losing set 1
2/5
Last 14 days
4
Matches
4
9
Sets
7
2
Days since last match
2