Elise Mertens rolls over Harriet Dart 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to come up against Lin Zhu in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money £ 27,000 after winning this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Mertens was pleased about the outcome. She commented:

“I’ve always liked playing on grass. Four years ago, I would say that it was my favourite surface. But after my results on hard courts I couldn’t say anything else other than hard courts, and I still like playing on hard courts more.”

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Harriet Dart Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Dart
6-1 6-3
1h:17
64
64
Total points
48
48
21
21
Winners
16
16
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
19
19
Unforced
30
30
39%
39%
Ratio Unforced
61%
61%
7/12
7/12
Net Approaches
7/11
7/11
58%
58%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
56%
56%
1st in
43%
43%
72%
72%
1st won
62%
62%
21/29
21/29
1st won
16/26
16/26
52%
52%
2nd won
38%
38%
12/23
12/23
2nd won
13/34
13/34
186
186
Fastest serve
160
160
173
173
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
118
118
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
1/3
1/3
38%
38%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 64 points vs. Dart’s 48.

Mertens

Mertens won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Dart

On the other side, the Brit was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Dart is 2-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Lin Zhu – stats

Mertens will compete against Zhu in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 7-68 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in February 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Mertens didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Harriet Dart in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Belgian to win the set as Dart succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Elise won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Elise converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).

They contested 52 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Dart (31-21). Elise surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Dart conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

Elise won the set after she broke the Brit 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Dart tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Nevertheless, Mertens kept the focus to win the set 6-3.

An important stage of this set was when Mertens won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Mertens converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Dart converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-4 15-40).

They contested 60 points. Elise won 6 points more than Dart (33-27). Mertens conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the court, Dart conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).

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