beaten in the opening round of Eastbourne in last two campaigns

WTA Eastbourne

Pliskova vs Mertens

Head-to-head: Karolina Pliskova leads 2-1. While Elise Mertens won their latest match-up in Cincinnati last year, 7-6, 6-3, the former Wimbledon finalist won their Eastbourne clash in 2019 with a hefty 6-1, 6-2 margin. While the former has never been a quarterfinalist in this event, the latter carries a solid 16-5 main draw record

Elise Mertens started her grass-court swing in 's-Hertogenbosch but withdrew from the doubles quarterfinals due to a lower back injury and skipped the singles campaign altogether

Pliskova 1.67

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