Elise Mertens def. Victoria Mboko — Round robin, United Cup 2026

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United Cup 2026

United CupHardPerth & Sydney, Australia

Played6 Jan 2026

Round
  1. RR

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 20 going into this drawWon

Elise Mertens 6 3 6

🇨🇦ranked WTA number 18 going into this draw

Victoria Mboko 3 6 3

🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensvV. MbokoVictoria Mboko🇨🇦

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

🇨🇦Victoria Mboko

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

8–2

1–0

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

8–8

Hard

16–6

0–1

Grass

–

By round

1–0

RR

1–0

1–0

R128

1–1

1–0

At United Cups

1–0

How their matches go

16

Completed matches

21

44%

Won in straight sets

33%

6%

Won after losing a set

38%

31%

Lost after winning a set

0%

19%

Lost in straight sets

29%

3–4

Tiebreaks

1–5

1–5

Deciding sets

8–0

7/12

Won after winning set 1

8/8

1/4

Won after losing set 1

7/13

Last 14 days

1

Matches

1

2

Sets

3

3

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentElise MertensVictoria Mboko
🇨🇳Zhu
🇨🇳ZhuWonPerth & Sydney RRWonPerth & Sydney RR
🇪🇸BucsaNo. 51
🇪🇸BucsaNo. 51WonOsaka R32LostNew York R32WonHong Kong F
🇷🇺KalinskayaNo. 33
🇷🇺KalinskayaNo. 33LostCanada R64WonHong Kong QF
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 5
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 5LostCincinnati R32LostTokyo QFWonCanada SFLostWashington R16
Total
Total2–34–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElise MertensVictoria Mboko
1Won🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuRR · 3 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 3 JanWon🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuRR · 4 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 4 Jan
2Lost🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 76No. 76 · 16 OctOsaka R16 · 16 OctWon🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 72No. 72 · 2 NovHong Kong F · 2 Nov
3Won🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 70No. 70 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 OctWon🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 22No. 22 · 1 NovHong Kong SF · 1 Nov
4Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 16No. 16 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 38No. 38 · 31 OctHong Kong QF · 31 Oct
5Won🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 76No. 76 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 OctWon🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 53No. 53 · 30 OctHong Kong R16 · 30 Oct
6Lost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 38No. 38 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepWon🇦🇺T. GibsonTalia GibsonNo. 130No. 130 · 28 OctHong Kong R32 · 28 Oct
7Lost🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 11 SepGuadalajara R16 · 11 SepLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 9No. 9 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 Oct
8Lost🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 93No. 93 · 29 AugNew York R32 · 29 AugWon🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 44No. 44 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 Oct
9Won🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunR64 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇨🇦B. AndreescuBianca Vanessa AndreescuNo. 170No. 170 · 21 OctTokyo R32 · 21 Oct
10Won🇺🇸A. AhnAlyssa AhnR128 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugLost🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 31No. 31 · 14 OctNingbo R32 · 14 Oct