
Yue Yuan is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Hertogenbosch. Yuan has defeated Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-3 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Kimberly Birrell.
Draw prediction with head to head records
This is Yue Yuan’s projected draw andherprojected opponents in Libema Open – ‘s. The Chinese has a neutral record (2-2) with the presumable opposition.
R2 – Kimberly Birrell’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 1-0 for Kimberly Birrell
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 28-17 | 18-5 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
2024 | 41-30 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 12-4 | 5-0 |
2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 8-15 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2018 | 31-28 | 22-18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Kimberly Birrell has a 25-13 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on grass. In connection to the previous 4 years, Birrell has a 16-12 record on grass. Birrell won 4 of her last 10 matches.
Birrell’s best achievement of the year was reaching the final the W75 Brisbane.
Last year in Libema Open – ‘s Birrell didn’t play in this event.
H2H Yue Yuan vs. Kimberly Birrell
This would be the 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Kimberly Birrell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Birrell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass in major tournaments.
1/4 – Elise Mertens’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 1-0 for Yue Yuan
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 28-12 | 10-6 | 6-5 | 5-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
2024 | 28-25 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 35-27 | 23-14 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
2018 | 46-21 | 25-13 | 16-2 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Elise Mertens has a 22-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass. In connection to the previous 14 years, the Belgian has a 35-31 record on grass (Click here to see full career record). Mertens won 6 of her last 10 matches.
Her most significant result of the season was conquering the title in Singapore where she overcame Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.
Last year in Libema Open – ‘s Elise lost to Naomi Osaka in the 1st round 6-2 6-4.
H2H Yue Yuan vs. Elise Mertens
This contest would be 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass in major tournaments.
Yet, Yue Yuan may come up against Maria Sakkari. Their H2H record is 3-0 for Maria Sakkari.
1/2 – Ekaterina Alexandrova’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 1-1
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 26-13 | 5-7 | 11-4 | 4-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 42-27 | 16-12 | 3-7 | 18-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
2018 | 29-24 | 7-10 | 8-7 | 11-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ekaterina Alexandrova has a 22-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass. As for the previous 11 years, Ekaterina has a 40-19 record on grass (Click here to see full career record). Alexandrova won 7 of her last 10 matches.
Her best achievement of the current season was winning the tournament in Linz where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Last year in Libema Open – ‘s Alexandrova lost to Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal 6-3 6-7(1) 6-1.
H2H Yue Yuan vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This contest would be 3rd time that Yue Yuan and Ekaterina Alexandrova play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Yuan and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass in major tournaments.
However, Yue Yuan may play Veronika Kudermetova. Their head to head is 0-0.
Final – Lulu Sun’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 12-19 | 7-9 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
2024 | 41-21 | 17-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-20 | 23-10 | 4-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 32-24 | 16-12 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 2-1 |
2021 | 27-13 | 19-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 25-11 | 24-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 19-3 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
2018 | 20-13 | 12-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-4 |
Lulu Sun has a 11-15 record in 2025, 1-0 on grass. In the previous 2 years, Sun has a 9-3 record on grass. The Kiwi won 5 of her last 10 matches.
Last year in Libema Open – ‘s the Kiwi was overcome by Robin Montgomery in the qualifications 7-6(4) 7-5.
H2H Yue Yuan vs. Lulu Sun
There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Lulu Sun since this would be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yet, Yue Yuan could come up against Ann Li. Their head to head is 0-0.