Elise Mertens def. Leylah Fernandez — Round of 64, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2025
WTA 1000HardDubai, UAE
Played16 Feb 2025
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 32 going into this drawWon
Elise Mertens 6 6
🇨🇦ranked WTA number 27 going into this draw
Leylah Fernandez 2 2
Form going in
8–2
Won–lost, last 10 matches
6–4
7–1
Won–lost, last 30 days
4–3
🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 25
No. 25 · R16Doha R16
A. AnisimovaAmanda Anisimova🇺🇸No. 40
No. 40 · R16Doha R16
🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 98
No. 98 · R32Doha R32
E. NavarroEmma Navarro🇺🇸No. 9
No. 9 · R32Doha R32
🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 34
No. 34 · R64Doha R64
G. MinnenGreetje Minnen🇧🇪No. 87
No. 87 · R64Doha R64
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 84
No. 84 · FSingapore F
A. KruegerAshlyn Krueger🇺🇸No. 50
No. 50 · QFAbu Dhabi QF
🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 37
No. 37 · SFSingapore SF
L. SunLulu Sun🇳🇿No. 45
No. 45 · R16Abu Dhabi R16
🇨🇴M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio SerranoNo. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
M. UchijimaMoyuka Uchijima🇯🇵No. 60
No. 60 · R32Abu Dhabi R32
🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
C. GauffCoco Gauff🇺🇸No. 3
No. 3 · R32Melbourne R32
🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 101
No. 101 · R64Melbourne R64
🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7
No. 7 · R64Melbourne R64
Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia Starodubtseva🇺🇦No. 100
No. 100 · R128Melbourne R128
🇨🇭V. GolubicViktorija GolubicNo. 90
No. 90 · R128Melbourne R128
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺
R32Adelaide R32
All 10 matches
🇨🇴M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio SerranoNo. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
M. UchijimaMoyuka Uchijima🇯🇵No. 60
No. 60 · R32Abu Dhabi R32
🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
C. GauffCoco Gauff🇺🇸No. 3
No. 3 · R32Melbourne R32
🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 101
No. 101 · R64Melbourne R64
🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7
No. 7 · R64Melbourne R64
Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia Starodubtseva🇺🇦No. 100
No. 100 · R128Melbourne R128
🇨🇭V. GolubicViktorija GolubicNo. 90
No. 90 · R128Melbourne R128
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺
R32Adelaide R32
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
1–1
2 players
1–1
Lost4-6 2-6Doha R16 · No. 25
Lost4-6 6-3 2-6Adelaide R32
Won6-2 6-3Doha R32 · No. 98
Won3-6 6-4 6-4Melbourne R64 · No. 101
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
12–3
Hard
6–4
By round
1–1
R64
2–0
3–0
R32
2–2
4–0
First match at an event
3–1
2–1
At WTA 1000s
2–1
How their matches go
14
Completed matches
10
57%
Won in straight sets
50%
21%
Won after losing a set
10%
7%
Lost after winning a set
20%
14%
Lost in straight sets
20%
1–1
Tiebreaks
2–0
3–1
Deciding sets
1–2
9/9
Won after winning set 1
5/5
2/5
Won after losing set 1
1/5
Last 14 days
4
Matches
6
7
Sets
13
4
Days since last match
4