WTA Shenzhen | 01/05 04:00 | 25 | [73] Lesia Tsurenko v Elise Mertens [17] | 3-6,3-6 | |
WTA Zhuhai | 10/25 11:30 | 3 | [14] Aryna Sabalenka v Elise Mertens [18] | 6-4,3-6,7-5 | |
WTA Zhuhai | 10/23 07:10 | 2 | [18] Elise Mertens v Maria Sakkari [22] | 6-2,3-6,6-1 | |
WTA Luxembourg | 10/17 14:10 | 26 | [19] Elise Mertens v Jelena Ostapenko [63] | 6-4,2-6,2-6 | |
WTA Luxembourg | 10/15 16:00 | 25 | [19] Elise Mertens v Bibiane Schoofs [157] | 6-0,6-3 | |
WTA Luxembourg | 10/15 16:00 | 25 | Elise Mertens v Stefanie Voegele | Cancelled | |
WTA Luxembourg | 10/15 16:00 | 25 | Elise Mertens v Ysaline Bonaventure | Cancelled | |
WTA Luxembourg | 10/15 10:00 | - | Elise Mertens v Kateryna Kozlova | Cancelled | |
WTA Beijing | 10/02 07:45 | 25 | [6] Bianca Andreescu v Elise Mertens [23] | 6-3,7-6 | |
WTA Beijing | 09/30 04:30 | 24 | [24] Elise Mertens v Petra Martic [22] | 6-2,6-3 | |
WTA Wuhan | 09/24 07:30 | 25 | [24] Elise Mertens v Sofia Kenin [17] | 6-4,4-6,6-7 | |
WTA Wuhan | 09/23 08:55 | 24 | [41] Katerina Siniakova v Elise Mertens [24] | 4-6,0-6 | |
WTA Osaka | 09/21 06:45 | 28 | [4] Naomi Osaka v Elise Mertens [24] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Osaka | 09/21 03:00 | 27 | [54] Camila Giorgi v Elise Mertens [24] | 4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Osaka | 09/18 06:00 | 26 | [33] Su-Wei Hsieh v Elise Mertens [24] | 3-6,6-1,2-6 | |
WTA Osaka | 09/16 02:00 | 25 | [110] Whitney Osuigwe v Elise Mertens [24] | 3-6,1-6 | |
WTA Osaka | 09/16 02:00 | 25 | Elise Mertens v Anastasija Sevastova | Cancelled | |
US Open Women | 09/04 23:00 | 27 | [15] Bianca Andreescu v Elise Mertens [26] | 3-6,6-2,6-3 | |
US Open Women | 09/02 20:35 | 26 | [141] Kristie Ahn v Elise Mertens [26] | 1-6,1-6 | |
US Open Women | 08/31 15:00 | 25 | [26] Elise Mertens v Andrea Petkovic [88] | 6-3,6-3 | |
US Open Women | 08/29 18:00 | 24 | [26] Elise Mertens v Kristyna Pliskova [86] | 6-2,6-2 | |
US Open Women | 08/27 20:35 | 23 | [26] Elise Mertens v Jil Teichmann [60] | 6-2,6-2 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/14 15:00 | 25 | [7] Elina Svitolina v Elise Mertens [23] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/12 15:00 | 24 | [23] Elise Mertens v Catherine McNally [121] | 7-5,6-0 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/07 23:05 | 25 | [10] Serena Williams v Elise Mertens [20] | 6-3,6-3 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/05 15:00 | 24 | [20] Elise Mertens v Aliaksandra Sasnovich [46] | 3-6,6-3,6-1 | |
WTA San Jose | 08/01 19:20 | 26 | [178] Kristie Ahn v Elise Mertens [20] | 6-3,6-3 | |
Wimbledon Women | 07/08 10:00 | 26 | [54] Barbora Strycova v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,7-5,6-2 | |
Wimbledon Women | 07/06 10:00 | 25 | [21] Elise Mertens v Qiang Wang [15] | 6-2,6-7,6-4 | |
Wimbledon Women | 07/04 12:30 | 24 | [21] Elise Mertens v Monica Niculescu [111] | 7-5,6-0 |
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.