Leylah Fernandez vs Elise Mertens — Round of 16, Toray Pan Pacific Open 2026

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Toray Pan Pacific Open 2026

WTA 500HardTokyo, Japan

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

🇨🇦ranked WTA number 30 going into this draw

Leylah Fernandez

29 Oct 2026 at UTC

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 15 going into this draw

Elise Mertens seeded 5

🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezvE. MertensElise Mertens🇧🇪

🇨🇦Leylah Fernandez

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

Stats, last 6 months

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

5–5

8–3

Last 30 days

5–3

By surface

17–7

Hard

11–8

3–4

Clay

3–2

1–4

Grass

7–4

By round

4–4

R16

3–4

2–2

QF

2–2

14–5

At WTA 500s

6–5

How their matches go

36

Completed matches

35

39%

Won in straight sets

37%

19%

Won after losing a set

23%

17%

Lost after winning a set

11%

25%

Lost in straight sets

29%

0–7

Tiebreaks

4–0

7–6

Deciding sets

8–4

17/21

Won after winning set 1

16/18

4/15

Won after losing set 1

5/17

Serve and return, last 5 matches

63%

1st serve in

64%

64%

1st serve points won

69%

52%

2nd serve points won

45%

54%

Break points saved

43%

47%

Return points won

41%

44%

Break points won

52%

2.2

Aces a match

3.4

3.2

Double faults a match

2.8

Last 14 days

8

Matches

3

20

Sets

7

0

Days since last match

1

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. 2026HardNingbo R32won by Fernandez
  2. 2025HardDubai R64won by Mertens

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, last 6 months

OpponentLeylah FernandezElise Mertens
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 1
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 1LostNingbo FWonLondon R32
🇨🇿BouzkovaNo. 26
🇨🇿BouzkovaNo. 26WonNingbo SFWonLondon R16
🇱🇻OstapenkoNo. 24
🇱🇻OstapenkoNo. 24LostWuhan R16WonBeijing R32
🇵🇱ChwalinskaNo. 11
🇵🇱ChwalinskaNo. 11WonSingapore SFLostSingapore QFLostParis R64
🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 3
🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 3WonSingapore QFWonCanada R32LostMadrid QFLostRome R16
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 19
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 19LostCanada R16LostNew York R32LostCanada R32LostBad Homburg R16
Total
Total4–54–6

Last 10 matches

LatestLeylah FernandezElise Mertens
1Won🇯🇵H. SakatsumeHimeno SakatsumeNo. 115No. 115 · 27 OctTokyo R32 · 27 OctWon🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 121No. 121 · 26 OctTokyo R32 · 26 Oct
2Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 1No. 1 · 25 OctNingbo F · 25 OctLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 25No. 25 · 19 OctNingbo R32 · 19 Oct
3Won🇨🇿M. BouzkovaMarie BouzkovaNo. 28No. 28 · 24 OctNingbo SF · 24 OctLost🇺🇦D. SnigurDaria SnigurNo. 46No. 46 · 13 OctWuhan R64 · 13 Oct
4Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 24No. 24 · 23 OctNingbo QF · 23 OctLost🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen ZhengNo. 54No. 54 · 10 OctBeijing SF · 10 Oct
5Won🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 118No. 118 · 21 OctNingbo R16 · 21 OctWon🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 9No. 9 · 9 OctBeijing QF · 9 Oct
6Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 14No. 14 · 19 OctNingbo R32 · 19 OctWon🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 4No. 4 · 7 OctBeijing R16 · 7 Oct
7Lost🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 32No. 32 · 15 OctWuhan R16 · 15 OctWon🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 32No. 32 · 5 OctBeijing R32 · 5 Oct
8Won🇨🇳H. ShiHan ShiNo. 231No. 231 · 14 OctWuhan R32 · 14 OctWon🇺🇸K. VolynetsKatie VolynetsNo. 74No. 74 · 3 OctBeijing R64 · 3 Oct
9Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 28No. 28 · 12 OctWuhan R64 · 12 OctLost🇵🇱M. ChwalinskaMaja ChwalinskaNo. 26No. 26 · 25 SepSingapore QF · 25 Sep
10Lost🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 76No. 76 · 3 OctBeijing R64 · 3 OctLost🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13No. 13 · 5 SepNew York R32 · 5 Sep

At the Toray Pan Pacific Open

YearLeylah FernandezElise Mertens
2025R16Round of 1660 pts–
2024QFQuarterfinal108 pts–