Elise Mertens def. Donna Vekic — Round of 16, Abierto GNP Seguros 2025
WTA 500HardMonterrey, Mexico
Played20 Aug 2025
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 22 going into this drawWon
Elise Mertens seeded 5 6 6
🇭🇷ranked WTA number 55 going into this draw
Donna Vekic 3 3
Form going in
6–4
Won–lost, last 10 matches
4–6
2–2
Won–lost, last 30 days
1–1
🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 77
No. 77 · R32Monterrey R32
M. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷No. 65
No. 65 · R32Monterrey R32
🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 12
No. 12 · R32Cincinnati R32
S. CirsteaSorana Cirstea🇷🇴No. 138
No. 138 · R128Cincinnati R128
🇺🇸C. NgounoueClervie Ngounoue
R64Cincinnati R64
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 101
No. 101 · R64London R64
🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 48
No. 48 · R64Canada R64
K. BirrellKimberly Birrell🇦🇺No. 77
No. 77 · R128London R128
🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1
No. 1 · R16London R16
L. NoskovaLinda Noskova🇨🇿No. 32
No. 32 · R16Bad Homburg R16
🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 14
No. 14 · R32London R32
D. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider🇷🇺No. 12
No. 12 · R32Bad Homburg R32
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64
No. 64 · R64London R64
D. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider🇷🇺No. 12
No. 12 · R32Berlin R32
🇨🇿L. FruhvirtovaLinda FruhvirtovaNo. 150
No. 150 · R128London R128
A. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺No. 108
No. 108 · R32London R32
🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 14
No. 14 · R32Bad Homburg R32
B. PeraBernarda Pera🇺🇸
R64Paris R64
🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 80
No. 80 · F's-Hertogenbosch F
A. BlinkovaAnna Blinkova🇫🇷No. 65
No. 65 · R128Paris R128
All 10 matches
🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 14
No. 14 · R32London R32
D. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider🇷🇺No. 12
No. 12 · R32Bad Homburg R32
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64
No. 64 · R64London R64
D. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider🇷🇺No. 12
No. 12 · R32Berlin R32
🇨🇿L. FruhvirtovaLinda FruhvirtovaNo. 150
No. 150 · R128London R128
A. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺No. 108
No. 108 · R32London R32
🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 14
No. 14 · R32Bad Homburg R32
B. PeraBernarda Pera🇺🇸
R64Paris R64
🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 80
No. 80 · F's-Hertogenbosch F
A. BlinkovaAnna Blinkova🇫🇷No. 65
No. 65 · R128Paris R128
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
4–2
5 players
4–3
Won6-4 6-3Monterrey R32 · No. 77
Won7-5 6-7 6-1Paris R128 · No. 65
Won6-3 6-0's-Hertogenbosch R16 · No. 90
Won6-2 6-3Monterrey R32 · No. 65
Won6-4 7-5Indian Wells R64 · No. 76
Won6-0 6-4London R128 · No. 77
Lost2-6 3-6Rome R16 · No. 13
Won6-2 7-6Stuttgart R16 · No. 13
Won6-3 6-3Bad Homburg R32 · No. 12
Lost2-6 4-6Berlin R32 · No. 12
Lost2-6 7-6 4-6Indian Wells R32 · No. 5
Lost2-6 3-6Madrid R16 · No. 5
Lost6-4 6-7 3-6Indian Wells R16 · No. 5
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
4–4
Hard
3–4
6–5
Clay
3–4
8–2
Grass
2–4
By round
2–3
R16
0–4
1–1
QF
–
4–3
At WTA 500s
2–5
How their matches go
29
Completed matches
20
48%
Won in straight sets
30%
14%
Won after losing a set
10%
21%
Lost after winning a set
25%
17%
Lost in straight sets
35%
7–4
Tiebreaks
1–4
4–6
Deciding sets
2–5
14/17
Won after winning set 1
7/9
4/12
Won after losing set 1
1/11
Last 14 days
3
Matches
2
8
Sets
5
2
Days since last match
2