WTA Dubai | 03/09 12:50 | 25 | [49] Shelby Rogers v Elise Mertens [18] | 3-6,3-6 | |
WTA Dubai | 03/08 17:00 | 24 | [140] Viktoriya Tomova v Elise Mertens [18] | 6-4,2-6,4-6 | |
WTA Dubai | 03/08 17:00 | 24 | Fiona Ferro v Elise Mertens | Cancelled | |
WTA Adelaide | 02/24 00:30 | 26 | [17] Elise Mertens v Anastasija Sevastova [56] | Cancelled | |
Australian Open Women | 02/15 07:00 | 26 | [16] Elise Mertens v Karolina Muchova [27] | 6-7,5-7 | |
Australian Open Women | 02/13 05:40 | 25 | [12] Belinda Bencic v Elise Mertens [16] | 2-6,1-6 | |
Australian Open Women | 02/11 00:00 | 24 | [94] Lin Zhu v Elise Mertens [16] | 6-7,1-6 | |
Australian Open Women | 02/09 00:00 | 23 | [86] Leylah Fernandez v Elise Mertens [16] | 1-6,3-6 | |
WTA Gippsland Trophy | 02/07 02:05 | 29 | [94] Kaia Kanepi v Elise Mertens [20] | 4-6,1-6 | |
WTA Gippsland Trophy | 02/06 04:00 | 28 | Elise Mertens v Naomi Osaka | Walkover | |
WTA Gippsland Trophy | 02/05 09:25 | 27 | [20] Elise Mertens v Elina Svitolina [5] | 6-3,5-7,10-6 | |
WTA Gippsland Trophy | 02/02 23:30 | 26 | [20] Elise Mertens v Caroline Garcia [44] | 7-6,6-3 | |
WTA Gippsland Trophy | 02/01 23:30 | 25 | [20] Elise Mertens v Mayo Hibi [182] | 6-2,6-2 | |
WTA Abu Dhabi | 01/07 09:35 | 24 | Elise Mertens v Alize Cornet | Cancelled | |
WTA Linz | 11/15 14:00 | 29 | [11] Aryna Sabalenka v Elise Mertens [21] | 7-5,6-2 | |
WTA Linz | 11/14 13:30 | 28 | [33] Ekaterina Alexandrova v Elise Mertens [21] | 6-2,1-6,5-7 | |
WTA Linz | 11/13 16:10 | 27 | [46] Veronika Kudermetova v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,1-6 | |
WTA Linz | 11/12 19:45 | 26 | [173] Vera Zvonareva v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,7-5,2-6 | |
WTA Linz | 11/11 16:40 | 25 | [163] Anhelina Kalinina v Elise Mertens [21] | 6-2,1-6,2-6 | |
WTA Ostrava | 10/23 13:55 | 27 | [14] Victoria Azarenka v Elise Mertens [21] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Ostrava | 10/22 14:15 | 26 | [28] Karolina Muchova v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,2-6 | |
WTA Ostrava | 10/21 10:00 | 25 | [30] Amanda Anisimova v Elise Mertens [21] | 2-6,3-6 | |
French Open Women | 10/02 12:55 | 25 | [45] Caroline Garcia v Elise Mertens [20] | 1-6,6-4,7-5 | |
French Open Women | 09/30 13:50 | 24 | [106] Kaia Kanepi v Elise Mertens [20] | 4-6,5-7 | |
French Open Women | 09/27 09:00 | 23 | [122] Margarita Gasparyan v Elise Mertens [20] | 2-6,3-6 | |
WTA Rome | 09/19 17:00 | 27 | [20] Elise Mertens v Karolina Pliskova [4] | 3-6,6-3,0-6 | |
WTA Rome | 09/18 09:00 | 26 | [86] Danka Kovinic v Elise Mertens [20] | 4-6,4-6 | |
WTA Rome | 09/16 09:00 | 25 | [35] Magda Linette v Elise Mertens [20] | 2-6,4-6 | |
WTA Rome | 09/14 14:45 | 24 | [62] Su-Wei Hsieh v Elise Mertens [20] | 3-6,1-6 | |
US Open Women | 09/09 23:00 | 27 | [27] Victoria Azarenka v Elise Mertens [18] | 6-1,6-0 |
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.