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 | |
Wimbledon Women | 07/02 10:00 | 23 | [21] Elise Mertens v Fiona Ferro [100] | 6-2,6-0 | |
WTA Eastbourne | 06/26 12:35 | 26 | [21] Elise Mertens v Karolina Pliskova [3] | 1-6,2-6 | |
WTA Eastbourne | 06/25 12:50 | 25 | [16] Marketa Vondrousova v Elise Mertens [21] | 1-6,7-5,2-6 | |
WTA Eastbourne | 06/23 15:25 | 24 | [53] Monica Puig v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,6-7 | |
WTA Mallorca | 06/21 10:00 | 27 | [30] Sofia Kenin v Elise Mertens [21] | 1-6,6-1,6-3 | |
WTA Mallorca | 06/19 12:00 | 26 | [115] Samantha Stosur v Elise Mertens [21] | 3-6,3-6 | |
WTA Mallorca | 06/17 16:30 | 25 | [71] Andrea Petkovic v Elise Mertens [21] | 2-6,2-6 | |
WTA Hertogenbosch | 06/11 14:05 | 25 | [52] Ekaterina Alexandrova v Elise Mertens [21] | 6-4,6-2 | |
French Open Women | 05/31 09:00 | 25 | [20] Elise Mertens v Anastasija Sevastova [12] | 7-6,4-6,9-11 | |
French Open Women | 05/29 09:00 | 24 | [20] Elise Mertens v Diane Parry [457] | 6-1,6-3 | |
French Open Women | 05/27 13:05 | 23 | [20] Elise Mertens v Tamara Zidansek [60] | 6-4,3-6,6-2 | |
WTA Rome | 05/13 14:45 | 24 | [50] Venus Williams v Elise Mertens [20] | 7-5,3-6,7-6 | |
WTA Madrid | 05/05 11:45 | 24 | [18] Elise Mertens v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova [103] | 5-7,6-7 | |
WTA Rabat | 05/02 16:15 | 27 | [18] Elise Mertens v Maria Sakkari [51] | 4-6,6-7 | |
WTA Rabat | 05/01 16:05 | 26 | [18] Elise Mertens v Ivana Jorovic [99] | 6-4,6-0 | |
WTA Rabat | 04/30 16:35 | 25 | [18] Elise Mertens v Kirsten Flipkens [59] | 6-3,6-1 | |
WTA Stuttgart | 04/23 09:30 | 25 | [18] Elise Mertens v Daria Kasatkina [22] | 6-7,5-7 | |
WTA Charleston | 04/03 17:15 | 25 | [82] Kaia Kanepi v Elise Mertens [17] | 0-6,6-0,7-5 | |
WTA Miami | 03/24 19:50 | 25 | [14] Elise Mertens v Marketa Vondrousova [59] | 4-6,6-7 | |
WTA Miami | 03/22 15:00 | 24 | [14] Elise Mertens v Pauline Parmentier [55] | 6-2,7-5 | |
WTA Indian Wells | 03/10 18:00 | 25 | [16] Elise Mertens v Qiang Wang [18] | 6-7,7-6,3-6 | |
WTA Indian Wells | 03/09 00:40 | 24 | [16] Elise Mertens v Amanda Anisimova [67] | 6-4,6-2 | |
WTA Dubai | 02/18 12:55 | 24 | [107] Lin Zhu v Elise Mertens [16] | 5-7,6-4,7-5 | |
WTA Doha | 02/16 15:00 | 29 | [3] Simona Halep v Elise Mertens [21] | 6-3,4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/15 15:55 | 28 | [6] Angelique Kerber v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,6-2,1-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/14 18:55 | 27 | [8] Kiki Bertens v Elise Mertens [21] | 4-6,3-6 | |
WTA Doha | 02/13 14:05 | 26 | Elise Mertens v Karolina Pliskova | Cancelled |
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.