Elise Mertens def. Kimberly Birrell — Round of 64, Indian Wells Open 2025
WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA
Played8 Mar 2025
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 28 going into this drawWon
Elise Mertens seeded 28 6 7
🇦🇺ranked WTA number 76 going into this draw
Kimberly Birrell 4 5
Form going in
8–2
Won–lost, last 10 matches
6–4
3–2
Won–lost, last 30 days
2–1
🇪🇸P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa GibertNo. 10
No. 10 · R32Dubai R32
V. GolubicViktorija Golubic🇨🇭No. 104
No. 104 · R128Indian Wells R128
🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27
No. 27 · R64Dubai R64
E. ShibaharaEna Shibahara🇺🇸
R16Austin R16
🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 25
No. 25 · R16Doha R16
Y. YuanYue Yuan🇨🇳No. 49
No. 49 · R32Austin R32
🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 98
No. 98 · R32Doha R32
A. LiAnn Li🇺🇸No. 84
No. 84 · QFSingapore QF
🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 34
No. 34 · R64Doha R64
H. BaptisteHailey Baptiste🇺🇸No. 88
No. 88 · R16Singapore R16
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 84
No. 84 · FSingapore F
P. KudermetovaPolina Kudermetova🇺🇿No. 57
No. 57 · R32Singapore R32
🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 37
No. 37 · SFSingapore SF
E. LysEva Lys🇩🇪No. 129
No. 129 · R128Melbourne R128
🇨🇴M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio SerranoNo. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
A. KalininaAnhelina Kalinina🇺🇦
QFBrisbane QF
🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
A. PotapovaAnastasia Potapova🇦🇹
R16Brisbane R16
🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
E. NavarroEmma Navarro🇺🇸
R32Brisbane R32
All 10 matches
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 84
No. 84 · FSingapore F
P. KudermetovaPolina Kudermetova🇺🇿No. 57
No. 57 · R32Singapore R32
🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 37
No. 37 · SFSingapore SF
E. LysEva Lys🇩🇪No. 129
No. 129 · R128Melbourne R128
🇨🇴M. Osorio SerranoMaria Camila Osorio SerranoNo. 59
No. 59 · QFSingapore QF
A. KalininaAnhelina Kalinina🇺🇦
QFBrisbane QF
🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 90
No. 90 · R16Singapore R16
A. PotapovaAnastasia Potapova🇦🇹
R16Brisbane R16
🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 85
No. 85 · R32Singapore R32
E. NavarroEmma Navarro🇺🇸
R32Brisbane R32
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
2–0
2 players
1–1
Won4-6 7-6 6-4Melbourne R128 · No. 90
Won6-4 6-4Indian Wells R128 · No. 104
Won6-1 6-4Singapore F · No. 84
Lost6-7 6-7Singapore QF · No. 84
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
13–4
Hard
7–4
By round
2–1
R64
1–0
3–1
R32
3–0
3–2
At WTA 1000s
1–0
How their matches go
16
Completed matches
11
56%
Won in straight sets
45%
19%
Won after losing a set
18%
6%
Lost after winning a set
18%
19%
Lost in straight sets
18%
1–1
Tiebreaks
3–3
3–1
Deciding sets
2–2
10/10
Won after winning set 1
5/6
2/6
Won after losing set 1
2/5
Last 14 days
0
Matches
3
0
Sets
7
18
Days since last match
2