Elise Mertens def. Barbora Krejcikova — Quarterfinal, United Cup 2026

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United Cup 2026

United CupHardPerth & Sydney, Australia

Played8 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. QF
  2. Semifinal
  3. Final

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 20 going into this drawWon

Elise Mertens 5 6 7

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 65 going into this draw

Barbora Krejcikova 7 1 5

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensvB. KrejcikovaBarbora Krejcikova🇨🇿

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

🇨🇿Barbora Krejcikova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

7–3

2–0

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

9–8

Hard

13–5

By round

0–1

QF

0–2

2–0

At United Cups

2–0

How their matches go

16

Completed matches

17

44%

Won in straight sets

41%

13%

Won after losing a set

35%

31%

Lost after winning a set

0%

13%

Lost in straight sets

24%

3–3

Tiebreaks

2–0

2–5

Deciding sets

6–0

8/13

Won after winning set 1

9/9

1/3

Won after losing set 1

4/8

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

5

Sets

4

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentElise MertensBarbora Krejcikova
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 18
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 18WonPerth & Sydney RRWonNew York R128
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 31
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 31LostBeijing R64LostBeijing R32
🇫🇷BlinkovaNo. 62
🇫🇷BlinkovaNo. 62WonMonterrey R32WonBeijing R128
Total
Total2–12–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElise MertensBarbora Krejcikova
1Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 18No. 18 · 6 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 6 JanWon🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 32No. 32 · 6 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 6 Jan
2Won🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuRR · 3 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 3 JanWon🇳🇴M. HelgoMalene HelgoRR · 5 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 5 Jan
3Lost🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 76No. 76 · 16 OctOsaka R16 · 16 OctLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 38No. 38 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 Sep
4Won🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 70No. 70 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 OctWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
5Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 16No. 16 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 71No. 71 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 Sep
6Won🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 76No. 76 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 OctLost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 20 SepSeoul QF · 20 Sep
7Lost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 38No. 38 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 34No. 34 · 18 SepSeoul R16 · 18 Sep
8Lost🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 11 SepGuadalajara R16 · 11 SepWon🇷🇺T. ProzorovaTatiana ProzorovaNo. 190No. 190 · 16 SepSeoul R32 · 16 Sep
9Lost🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 93No. 93 · 29 AugNew York R32 · 29 AugLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 4No. 4 · 2 SepNew York QF · 2 Sep
10Won🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunR64 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 143No. 143 · 31 AugNew York R16 · 31 Aug