WTA Doha | 02/14 18:55 | 27 | [8] Kiki Bertens v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/13 14:05 | 26 | Elise Mertens v Karolina Pliskova | Cancelled | |
WTA Doha | 02/13 14:00 | 26 | [21] Elise Mertens v Kristyna Pliskova [90] | 6-2,7-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/12 14:15 | 25 | [21] Elise Mertens v Katerina Siniakova [44] | 6-4,6-2 | |
2019 Fed Cup | 02/10 12:25 | 27 | [21] Elise Mertens v Caroline Garcia [19] | 2-6,3-6 | |
2019 Fed Cup | 02/09 15:50 | 27 | [21] Elise Mertens v Alize Cornet [51] | 6-7,2-6 | |
Austraalia lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 01/19 04:45 | 25 | [14] Elise Mertens v Madison Keys [17] | 3-6,2-6 | |
Austraalia lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 01/17 01:15 | 24 | [14] Elise Mertens v Margarita Gasparyan [91] | 6-1,7-5 | |
Austraalia lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 01/15 00:00 | 23 | [14] Elise Mertens v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova [59] | 6-2,7-5 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/10 04:30 | 27 | [15] Ashleigh Barty v Elise Mertens [12] | 6-3,6-3 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/09 08:35 | 26 | [20] Anett Kontaveit v Elise Mertens [12] | 3-6,1-6 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/08 07:50 | 25 | [36] Katerina Siniakova v Elise Mertens [12] | 6-7,6-2,2-6 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/08 01:00 | - | Anett Kontaveit v Elise Mertens | Cancelled | |
WTA Brisbane | 12/31 05:15 | 25 | [12] Elise Mertens v Kiki Bertens [9] | 2-6,7-6,4-6 | |
WTA Zhuhai | 11/01 08:55 | 1 | [13] Elise Mertens v Julia Goerges [14] | 2-6,6-7 | |
WTA Zhuhai | 10/30 08:35 | 1 | [13] Elise Mertens v Anett Kontaveit [20] | 6-3,6-1 | |
WTA Moskva | 10/16 10:00 | 25 | [44] Johanna Konta v Elise Mertens [16] | 6-3,7-5 | |
WTA Tianjin | 10/12 09:35 | 27 | [30] Su-Wei Hsieh v Elise Mertens [15] | Retired | |
WTA Tianjin | 10/11 07:55 | 26 | [273] Jana Cepelova v Elise Mertens [15] | 2-6,3-6 | |
WTA Tianjin | 10/09 03:30 | 25 | [106] Lin Zhu v Elise Mertens [15] | 5-7,1-6 | |
WTA Peking | 10/01 07:35 | 24 | [45] Shuai Zhang v Elise Mertens [14] | 6-1,3-6,6-3 | |
WTA Wuhan | 09/23 09:20 | 24 | [15] Elise Mertens v Aliaksandra Sasnovich [31] | 6-7,6-7 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/02 23:00 | 26 | [3] Sloane Stephens v Elise Mertens [15] | 6-3,6-3 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 08/31 15:00 | 25 | [23] Barbora Strycova v Elise Mertens [15] | 3-6,6-7 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 08/29 15:00 | 24 | [72] Vera Lapko v Elise Mertens [15] | 2-6,0-6 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 08/27 15:00 | 23 | [99] Kurumi Nara v Elise Mertens [15] | 2-6,7-6,5-7 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/17 19:05 | 27 | [6] Petra Kvitova v Elise Mertens [14] | 7-5,5-7,6-3 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/16 21:45 | 26 | [14] Elise Mertens v Sloane Stephens [3] | 7-6,6-2 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/15 15:00 | 25 | [14] Elise Mertens v Rebecca Petersson [72] | 3-6,6-2,7-6 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/14 15:00 | 24 | [14] Elise Mertens v Magdalena Rybarikova [29] | 6-4,6-2 |
Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛrtəns]; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player and former world No.1 in doubles. She reached world No. 1 for the first time in May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or doubles after Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. Mertens is a four-time Major champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering Aryna Sabalenka, and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open with Hsieh Su-wei. She also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Zhang Shuai and at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Storm Hunter.
Mertens has won 20 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2022 WTA Finals with Veronika Kudermetova, six at the WTA 1000 level, and finished runner-up at the 2021 WTA Finals alongside Hsieh.
Mertens is also a successful singles player, and reached her first major semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open, followed by two US Open quarterfinals in 2019 and 2020. Mertens achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in November 2018, and has won eight WTA Tour titles, including two at the WTA 500 level. She has represented Belgium in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2017, and competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in both singles and doubles.