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Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [eːˈlizə ˈmɛrtəns]; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became the world No. 1 in women's doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold a top ranking in either singles or doubles (after Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin). She has won 33 WTA Tour-level titles.
Mertens is a five-time major champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering Aryna Sabalenka, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open with Hsieh Su-wei and the 2025 Wimbledon Championships with Veronika Kudermetova. 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 23 doubles titles overall, including the 2022 and 2025 WTA Finals titles 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 a 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 ten 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.
Mertens was born in Leuven, the second daughter of Liliane Barbe, a teacher, and Guido Mertens, who makes furniture for churches. She was home-schooled and enjoyed studying languages, speaking French, English, and Flemish Dutch. Her older sister, Lauren, is currently an airline pilot and introduced the then four-year-old Elise to tennis. While growing up, Mertens looked up to Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, and was a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she was training from 2015 until it shut down in 2022.
Mertens was a doubles finalist at the New Delhi Open, alongside Marina Melnikova.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Copa Colsanitas in the doubles event, partnering Nastja Kolar.
She won her first career doubles title at the 2016 Auckland Open, partnering An-Sophie Mestach.
In January, Mertens won the Hobart International, beating Monica Niculescu in the final. As a result of this she broke into the WTA top 100 for the first time, on 16 January 2017.
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Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [eːˈlizə ˈmɛrtəns]; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became the world No. 1 in women's doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold a top ranking in either singles or doubles (after Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin). She has won 33 WTA Tour-level titles.
Mertens is a five-time major champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering Aryna Sabalenka, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open with Hsieh Su-wei and the 2025 Wimbledon Championships with Veronika Kudermetova. 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 23 doubles titles overall, including the 2022 and 2025 WTA Finals titles 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 a 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 ten 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.
Mertens was born in Leuven, the second daughter of Liliane Barbe, a teacher, and Guido Mertens, who makes furniture for churches. She was home-schooled and enjoyed studying languages, speaking French, English, and Flemish Dutch. Her older sister, Lauren, is currently an airline pilot and introduced the then four-year-old Elise to tennis. While growing up, Mertens looked up to Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, and was a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she was training from 2015 until it shut down in 2022.
Mertens was a doubles finalist at the New Delhi Open, alongside Marina Melnikova.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Copa Colsanitas in the doubles event, partnering Nastja Kolar.
She won her first career doubles title at the 2016 Auckland Open, partnering An-Sophie Mestach.
In January, Mertens won the Hobart International, beating Monica Niculescu in the final. As a result of this she broke into the WTA top 100 for the first time, on 16 January 2017.
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