Belinda Bencic def. Elise Mertens — Round of 32, Wuhan Open 2025

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Wuhan Open 2025

WTA 1000HardWuhan, China

Played8 Oct 2025

Rounds
  1. R64
  2. R32
  3. R16
  4. QF
  5. Semifinal
  6. Final

🇨🇭ranked WTA number 16 going into this drawWon

Belinda Bencic seeded 13

W/O

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 22 going into this draw

Elise Mertens

🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicvE. MertensElise Mertens🇧🇪

🇨🇭Belinda Bencic

🇧🇪Elise Mertens

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

5–5

3–1

Last 30 days

1–2

By surface

5–4

Hard

6–6

3–2

Clay

5–4

5–2

Grass

8–2

By round

3–2

R32

5–4

1–2

R16

3–3

7–5

At WTA 1000s

5–5

How their matches go

20

Completed matches

31

40%

Won in straight sets

48%

25%

Won after losing a set

13%

10%

Lost after winning a set

23%

25%

Lost in straight sets

16%

6–2

Tiebreaks

7–5

5–2

Deciding sets

4–7

11/13

Won after winning set 1

15/21

2/7

Won after losing set 1

4/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

62%

1st serve in

–

69%

1st serve points won

–

46%

2nd serve points won

–

56%

Break points saved

–

42%

Return points won

–

49%

Break points won

–

1.6

Aces a match

–

3.0

Double faults a match

–

Last 14 days

4

Matches

2

10

Sets

4

1

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentBelinda BencicElise Mertens
🇭🇷VekicNo. 69
🇭🇷VekicNo. 69WonWuhan R64WonMonterrey R16
🇫🇷JacquemotNo. 65
🇫🇷JacquemotNo. 65WonLondon R64LostGuadalajara R16
🇺🇸LiNo. 47
🇺🇸LiNo. 47LostNew York R64WonLondon R64
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11WonLondon R16LostBad Homburg R32Won's-Hertogenbosch SF
🇬🇷SakkariNo. 56
🇬🇷SakkariNo. 56LostRome R128Won's-Hertogenbosch R16
Total
Total3–34–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestBelinda BencicElise Mertens
1Won🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 69No. 69 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctWon🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 76No. 76 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 Oct
2Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 38No. 38 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
3Won🇦🇺P. HonPriscilla HonR32 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 SepLost🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 11 SepGuadalajara R16 · 11 Sep
4Won🇺🇸K. VolynetsKatie VolynetsNo. 108No. 108 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepLost🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 93No. 93 · 29 AugNew York R32 · 29 Aug
5Lost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 69No. 69 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 102No. 102 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 Aug
6Won🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 114No. 114 · 24 AugNew York R128 · 24 AugWon🇺🇸A. AhnAlyssa AhnR128 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug
7Lost🇷🇺V. KudermetovaVeronika KudermetovaR64 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 AugLost🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 20No. 20 · 21 AugMonterrey QF · 21 Aug
8Lost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 14No. 14 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 AugWon🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 55No. 55 · 20 AugMonterrey R16 · 20 Aug
9Won🇨🇦E. BouchardEugenie BouchardR64 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 JulWon🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 77No. 77 · 18 AugMonterrey R32 · 18 Aug
10Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 8No. 8 · 10 JulLondon SF · 10 JulLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 12No. 12 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 Aug