Elise Mertens def. Ekaterina Alexandrova — Semifinal, Libema Open 2025

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Libema Open 2025

WTA 250Grass's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Played14 Jun 2025

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

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 24 going into this drawWon

Elise Mertens seeded 3 2 7 6

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 20 going into this draw

E. Alexandrova seeded 2 6 67 4

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This match's-Hertogenbosch SFwon by Mertens
  2. 2025HardDoha R16won by Alexandrova

Form going in

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensE. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺

6–4

Won–lost, last 10 matches

8–2

3–1

Won–lost, last 30 days

6–1

🇨🇳Y. YuanYue Yuan

No. 87 · QF

WonWon

V. KudermetovaVeronika Kudermetova🇷🇺

QF

🇬🇷M. SakkariMaria Sakkari

No. 90 · R16

WonWon

A. BlinkovaAnna Blinkova🇫🇷

No. 62 · R16

🇧🇬V. TomovaViktoriya Tomova

R32

WonWon

M. BolkvadzeMariam Bolkvadze🇬🇪

R32

🇫🇷L. BoissonLois Boisson

R128

LostLost

C. GauffCoco Gauff🇺🇸

No. 2 · R16

🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider

No. 13 · R16

LostWon

V. KudermetovaVeronika Kudermetova🇷🇺

R32

All 10 matches

🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica Pegula

No. 3 · R32

WonWon

E. CocciarettoElisabetta Cocciaretto🇮🇹

No. 81 · R64

🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan Lamens

No. 73 · R64

WonWon

L. BronzettiLucia Bronzetti🇮🇹

No. 54 · R128

🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna Sabalenka

No. 1 · R32

LostLost

M. UchijimaMoyuka Uchijima🇯🇵

No. 60 · R16

🇨🇴M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio Serrano

No. 52 · R64

WonWon

D. KasatkinaDaria Kasatkina🇦🇺

No. 14 · R32

🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna Sabalenka

No. 1 · QF

LostWon

O. DanilovicOlga Danilovic🇷🇸

R64

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensE. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺

6–5

8 players

10–2

Won6-1 0-6 6-2Hobart QF

🇷🇺Kudermetova

Won5-7 6-4 6-2's-Hertogenbosch QF

Won6-2 6-2Paris R32

Lost6-3 4-6 3-6Dubai R64

Lost2-6 3-6Rome R16 · No. 13

Won6-2 7-6Stuttgart R16 · No. 13

🇷🇺Shnaider

Won6-2 6-1Charleston R16 · No. 13

Won7-5 6-1Rome R32 · No. 3

Lost4-6 2-6Melbourne R64 · No. 7

🇺🇸Pegula

Won6-0 6-4Stuttgart QF · No. 3

Lost2-6 6-2 5-7Charleston SF · No. 4

Won4-6 6-1 6-1Doha QF · No. 6

Lost6-3 2-6 1-6Madrid R32 · No. 1

Lost4-6 1-6Stuttgart QF · No. 1

🇧🇾Sabalenka

Won3-6 6-3 7-6Doha R32 · No. 1

Won7-6 6-2Stuttgart R32 · No. 109

🇧🇾Sasnovich

Won6-3 6-2Linz R16 · No. 145

Lost3-6 6-3 3-6Charleston R16 · No. 9

🇨🇳Zheng

Won6-1 6-4Charleston QF · No. 9

All 8 players

Won6-1 6-4Singapore F · No. 84

🇺🇸Li

Won6-3 6-0Charleston R32 · No. 66

Won6-2 6-2Dubai R64 · No. 27

🇨🇦Fernandez

Won6-4 3-6 6-2Adelaide R32

Stats, 6 months going in

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensE. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺

By surface

3–0

Grass

3–0

15–6

Hard

9–7

6–5

Clay

11–4

By round

2–0

SF

1–3

1–1

F

1–0

12–1

At WTA 250s

3–0

How their matches go

34

Completed matches

34

56%

Won in straight sets

50%

12%

Won after losing a set

18%

15%

Lost after winning a set

6%

18%

Lost in straight sets

26%

4–2

Tiebreaks

2–5

4–5

Deciding sets

6–2

20/21

Won after winning set 1

19/20

3/13

Won after losing set 1

4/14

Last 14 days

3

Matches

5

6

Sets

11

1

Days since last match

1