WTA Bogota | 04/04 19:00 | 25 | [29] Elise Mertens v Mirjam Bjorklund [133] | 1-6,6-4,6-7 | |
WTA Miami | 03/27 20:05 | 26 | [7] Elena Rybakina v Elise Mertens [39] | 6-4,6-3 | |
WTA Miami | 03/26 03:30 | 25 | [41] Petra Martic v Elise Mertens [39] | 4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Miami | 03/23 15:00 | 24 | [39] Elise Mertens v Darya Kasatkina [8] | 4-6,6-2,6-2 | |
WTA Miami | 03/21 17:50 | 23 | [39] Elise Mertens v Alycia Parks [56] | 6-1,6-4 | |
WTA Indian Wells | 03/08 21:00 | 23 | [67] Xinyu Wang v Elise Mertens [37] | 6-3,6-1 | |
WTA Monterrey | 03/05 00:20 | 28 | [5] Caroline Garcia v Elise Mertens [42] | 6-3,6-4 | |
WTA Monterrey | 03/04 02:20 | 27 | [42] Elise Mertens v Elisabetta Cocciaretto [49] | 6-2,6-2 | |
WTA Monterrey | 03/02 23:20 | 26 | [42] Elise Mertens v Elena Gabriela Ruse [160] | 6-3,3-6,6-2 | |
WTA Monterrey | 02/28 18:00 | 25 | [42] Elise Mertens v Diana Shnaider [94] | 6-0,6-4 | |
WTA Doha | 02/14 11:00 | 25 | [37] Elise Mertens v Danielle Collins [42] | 4-6,6-7 | |
WTA Doha | 02/13 12:30 | - | [143] Elena Gabriela Ruse v Elise Mertens [37] | 4-6,6-2,4-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/12 12:30 | 19 | [104] Magdalena Frech v Elise Mertens [32] | 2-6,6-3,0-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/11 11:00 | 14 | Mubaraka Al-Naimi v Elise Mertens | 0-6,0-6 | |
WTA Abu Dhabi | 02/08 13:15 | 26 | [11] Veronika Kudermetova v Elise Mertens [32] | 6-1,7-5 | |
WTA Abu Dhabi | 02/06 11:00 | 25 | [32] Elise Mertens v Martina Trevisan [25] | 6-0,6-2 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/21 03:55 | 25 | [5] Aryna Sabalenka v Elise Mertens [32] | 6-2,6-3 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/19 02:15 | 24 | [57] Lauren Davis v Elise Mertens [32] | 4-6,3-6 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/17 00:00 | 23 | [73] Garbine Muguruza v Elise Mertens [32] | 6-3,6-7,1-6 | |
WTA Hobart | 01/10 07:30 | 25 | [87] Maryna Zanevska v Elise Mertens [27] | 6-4,6-4 | |
United Cup Women | 01/03 02:00 | - | [6] Maria Sakkari v Elise Mertens [29] | 6-1,7-5 | |
United Cup Women | 01/01 02:00 | - | [29] Elise Mertens v Gergana Topalova [323] | 6-4,3-6,6-0 | |
United Cup Women | 01/01 02:00 | - | [29] Elise Mertens v Viktoriya Tomova [90] | Cancelled | |
Billie Jean King Cup | 11/10 11:35 | 2 | [33] Ajla Tomljanovic v Elise Mertens [29] | Retired | |
WTA Tampico | 10/27 20:00 | 27 | [30] Elise Mertens v Magda Linette [55] | 5-7,2-6 | |
WTA Tampico | 10/27 00:00 | 26 | [30] Elise Mertens v Ashlyn Krueger [199] | 6-7,6-3,6-1 | |
WTA Tampico | 10/25 04:10 | 25 | [30] Elise Mertens v Elvina Kalieva [216] | 6-2,7-5 | |
WTA Guadalajara | 10/19 18:15 | 25 | [34] Elise Mertens v Anna Kalinskaya [73] | 4-6,6-0,5-7 | |
WTA Guadalajara | 10/17 20:20 | 24 | [185] Asia Muhammad v Elise Mertens [34] | 3-6,2-6 | |
WTA Monastir | 10/09 12:00 | 29 | [42] Elise Mertens v Alize Cornet [37] | 6-2,6-0 |
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.