Elise Mertens vs Victoria Mboko — United Cup Round Robin
United Cup · WTA · Round Robin
#22WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$2.2MYTD
$20MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2026 ·
hard
#17WTA
2006ELO
2006Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$3.3MCAREER
19 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Mertens E.6-3 3-6 6-3
Mboko V.
Mertens E.
6362
Mboko V.
3631
Elise Mertens defeated Victoria Mboko 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the United Cup round robin on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Victoria Mboko came in ranked #17.
Key context
- Match story: Elise Mertens closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Even
60%
60%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Even
4.3
4.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.9
4.4
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (33 vs 32). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Dominant
69
97
Break points saved·Dominant
65
95
Break points won·Even
97
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
63
100
Tiebreaks·
71
—
Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About
Freshness
Recent loadFreshness·
89
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Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 1 match, 24 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast