Elena Rybakina defeats Elise Mertens 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Saturday. Rybakina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Elina Svitolina in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Paris
Rybakina's Record

The Kazakhstani added to her prize money € 92,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 250,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 165,000 to her earnings to get in total € 415,000 in total.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Elise Mertens French Open – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina
Mertens
6-4 6-2
1h:07
58
58
Total points
41
41
27
27
Winners
13
13
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
19
19
Unforced
15
15
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
6/17
6/17
Net Approaches
5/8
5/8
35%
35%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
62%
62%
75%
75%
1st won
46%
46%
27/36
27/36
1st won
13/28
13/28
44%
44%
2nd won
53%
53%
8/18
8/18
2nd won
9/17
9/17
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/3
2/3
83%
83%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Elena scored 58 points vs. Mertens’s 41.

Rybakina

Rybakina served pretty well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 44% points (8/18) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).

Mertens

On the other side, Mertens was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Mertens is 5-1 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Rybakina will take on Svitolina in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Svitolina won 1-6 7-65 6-4 in the Bro. in Tokyo back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rybakina 6-4
RybakinaMertens
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaMertens
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
RybakinaMertens
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
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3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
RybakinaMertens
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
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2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
RybakinaMertens
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RybakinaMertens
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaMertens
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
RybakinaMertens
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Rybakina won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The Kazakhstani broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.

Rybakina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Also, on the other side, Mertens converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th

(2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40).

They played 59 points. Elena was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Belgian (32-27). The Kazakhstani surrendered 16 points on serve (19-16). on the other side of the net, Mertens conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

2nd Set -
Rybakina 6-2
RybakinaMertens
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RybakinaMertens
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaMertens
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RybakinaMertens
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaMertens
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaMertens
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaMertens
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RybakinaMertens
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

The Kazakhstani in this set was too strong for Elise and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Belgian in the 4th

(3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Kazakhstani was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 40 points. Rybakina won 12 points more than the Belgian (26-14). Elena was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Mertens conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

1st
Rybakina
Mertens
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Rybakina
Mertens
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

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