US Open Women | 09/08 01:05 | 26 | [18] Elise Mertens v Sofia Kenin [4] | 6-3,6-3 | |
US Open Women | 09/05 17:00 | 25 | [18] Elise Mertens v Catherine McNally [124] | 7-5,6-1 | |
US Open Women | 09/03 22:10 | 24 | [18] Elise Mertens v Sara Sorribes Tormo [82] | 6-3,7-5 | |
US Open Women | 09/01 15:00 | 23 | [18] Elise Mertens v Laura Siegemund [64] | 6-2,6-2 | |
WTA New York | 08/28 15:00 | 28 | [22] Elise Mertens v Naomi Osaka [10] | 2-6,6-7 | |
WTA New York | 08/26 15:00 | 27 | [22] Elise Mertens v Jessica Pegula [83] | 6-1,6-3 | |
WTA New York | 08/25 15:00 | 26 | [41] Veronika Kudermetova v Elise Mertens [22] | 2-6,3-6 | |
WTA New York | 08/24 16:20 | 25 | [43] Kristina Mladenovic v Elise Mertens [22] | 1-6,7-6,3-6 | |
WTA New York | 08/23 15:00 | 24 | [46] Rebecca Peterson v Elise Mertens [22] | 0-6,2-6 | |
WTA Prague | 08/16 11:30 | 29 | [2] Simona Halep v Elise Mertens [23] | 6-2,7-5 | |
WTA Prague | 08/15 10:50 | 28 | [23] Elise Mertens v Kristyna Pliskova [69] | 7-5,7-6 | |
WTA Prague | 08/14 10:15 | 27 | [330] Eugenie Bouchard v Elise Mertens [23] | 4-6,6-1,4-6 | |
WTA Prague | 08/12 13:00 | 26 | [71] Camila Giorgi v Elise Mertens [23] | 4-6,2-6 | |
WTA Prague | 08/11 08:00 | 25 | [95] Jasmine Paolini v Elise Mertens [23] | 5-7,6-4,3-6 | |
WTA Palermo | 08/04 14:00 | 25 | [119] Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Elise Mertens [23] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Doha | 02/25 14:15 | 25 | [23] Elise Mertens v Yulia Putintseva [32] | 6-4,3-6,2-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/23 11:00 | 24 | [22] Elise Mertens v Qiang Wang [28] | 6-1,6-2 | |
WTA Dubai | 02/19 14:20 | 26 | [22] Elise Mertens v Aryna Sabalenka [13] | 4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Dubai | 02/17 10:55 | 25 | [22] Elise Mertens v Qiang Wang [28] | 6-3,6-0 | |
2020 Fed Cup | 02/08 12:15 | - | [19] Elise Mertens v Yulia Putintseva [34] | 6-1,7-6 | |
2020 Fed Cup | 02/07 15:30 | - | [19] Elise Mertens v Zarina Diyas [63] | 1-6,6-2,6-1 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/27 00:00 | 26 | [17] Elise Mertens v Simona Halep [3] | 4-6,4-6 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/25 04:50 | 25 | Elise Mertens v Catherine Bellis | 6-1,6-7,6-0 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/23 05:20 | 24 | [17] Elise Mertens v Heather Watson [75] | 6-3,6-0 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/22 02:30 | 23 | [17] Elise Mertens v Danka Kovinic [86] | 6-2,6-0 | |
WTA Hobart | 01/16 04:30 | 27 | [17] Elise Mertens v Heather Watson [101] | 7-6,4-6,5-7 | |
WTA Hobart | 01/15 10:10 | 26 | [17] Elise Mertens v Viktoria Kuzmova [61] | 6-1,6-0 | |
WTA Hobart | 01/14 07:40 | 25 | [17] Elise Mertens v Christina McHale [81] | 6-1,6-1 | |
WTA Shenzhen | 01/09 07:50 | 27 | [36] Elena Rybakina v Elise Mertens [17] | 6-4,4-6,6-2 | |
WTA Shenzhen | 01/07 06:50 | 26 | [140] Xiyu Wang v Elise Mertens [17] | 4-6,3-6 |
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.