Shots' Ranking 2020
Elise Mertens' Strengths
Serve
4 Stars
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
- * 20% more Aces/Service Winners than her Rivals on Average
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- * First Serve Won Points (68%)
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- * Second Serve Won Points (48%)
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Return
2 Stars
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
- * Same Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors & Unforced Errors as her Rivals on Average
- * Same Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors & Unforced Errors as her Rivals on Average
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- * Low Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors with the Forehand & Backhand Return
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- * First Serve Return Won Points (34%)
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Forehand
3 Stars
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
- * 10% fewer Unforced Errors with the Forehand than her Rivals on Average
- * 20% fewer Winners/Forcing Errors with the Forehand than her Rivals on Average
- * High Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors with the Forehand Down the Line
- * Low Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors with the Forehand Cross, Inside Out & Inside In
- * Low Ratio of Unforced Errors with the Forehand Cross
- * Forehand Effectiveness in the Medium Rallies (5-8 shots)
- * Wins 56% of the Rallies after playing a Forehand Down the Line
- * Forehand Drop Shot (not really played)
- * Wins 60% of the Rallies after playing 2 Forehands Cross in a row
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- * Forehand Touch on a short ball
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- * Forehand Attacks on a short ball
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Backhand
4 Stars
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
- * 40% fewer Unforced Errors with the Backhand than her Rivals on Average
- * 15% fewer Winners/Forcing Errors with the Backhand than her Rivals on Average
- * High Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors with the Backhand Down the Line
- * Low Ratio of Winners/Forcing Errors with the Backhand Cross
- * Low Ratio of Unforced Errors with the Backhand Cross
- * High Ratio of Unforced Errors with the Backhand Down the Line
- * Win 53% of the Rallies after playing a Backhand Down the Line
- * Backhand Drop Shot (47% of the points won when played)
- * Wins 60% of the Rallies after playing 2 Backhands Cross in a row
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- * Backhand Effectiveness in the short & Medium Rallies (3-8 shots)
- * Backhand Pass
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Volley
3 Stars
Strengths:
- * Percentage & Total Points Won in the Average (70%/11%)
- * 1-2 Punch Approach (76% of the points won; 6% of her total points won)
- * Volley Winners-Forcing Errors/Unforced Errors Ratio (82%)
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Weaknesses:
- * 40% fewer Winners/Forcing Errors with the Volley than her Rivals on Average
- * Percentage & Total Points Won in the Average (70%/11%)
- * Serve & Volley (not really played)
- * Chip and Charge (not really played)
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Elise Mertens' Game Style
Server
Medium
Elise Mertens's Serve is in the average of the WTA players. She gets an edge with that shot against the weakest players but is dominated by the big Servers. If she gets a high first & second serve won points this is more thanks to the quality of her groundstrokes than the one of her Serve.
Puncher
Medium-low
Elise Mertens is more a Tempo Player than a Puncher. She makes on average 20% fewer winners/forcing errors with the forehand than her opponents. Usually, Punchers make the difference against their rivals with their forehand attacks and this is not her case.
Tempo Player
Medium-high
Elise Mertens is a dominant Retriever with the Tempo as a second category. It means that first of all, she wins her matches because she makes on average fewer unforced errors than her opponents with her forehand & backhand. But her court position close to the baseline and the way she hits her ball is like a Tempo Player.
Offensive Player
Medium
Elise Mertens knows when she has to use the forehand or the backhand approach to get an edge. Nonetheless, she cannot be regraded as an Offensive player because 11% of her points are won at the net (with or without a volley to play) and this number is in the average of the WTA players and not above.
