Diane Parry def. Elise Mertens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 — Cincinnati Open 2026 R64

Match recap

Diane Parry defeated Elise Mertens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the R64 of the Cincinnati Open 2026.

A Wimbledon quarterfinalist last month, Mertens arrived in Cincinnati as a 73 percent favorite with the betting market and lost anyway. Her first-serve points won collapsed after the opening set, from 82 percent to 41 in the second. Parry, the 23-year-old one-hander at WTA No. 64, took 48 percent of her first-serve return points to the Belgian's 31. The third-set break landed in game 6 for 4-2, and the Frenchwoman finished on another break in game 8, Mertens having saved two match points, 2 hours 16 minutes in. It is her third win over a top-25 opponent this season, after Amanda Anisimova in Paris and Clara Tauson in Berlin.

Match stats

Elise Mertens: 1 ace, 54% first serves, 5 double faults, 3/6 break points. Diane Parry: 1 ace, 58% first serves, 4 double faults, 5/12 break points.

Profiles: Elise Mertens · Diane Parry — Cincinnati Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Elise Mertens and Diane Parry.