WTA Birmingham | 0-15 | 25 | [114] Caroline Wozniacki vs Elise Mertens [32] | 4-6,0-2 |
WTA Hertogenbosch | 06/11 10:15 | 25 | [32] Elise Mertens v Naomi Osaka [125] | 2-6,4-6 | |
French Open Women | 06/01 10:00 | 25 | [27] Elise Mertens v Elena Rybakina [4] | 4-6,2-6 | |
French Open Women | 05/30 15:15 | 24 | [27] Elise Mertens v Petra Martic [81] | 6-4,6-3 | |
French Open Women | 05/28 14:00 | 23 | [27] Elise Mertens v Maria Lourdes Carle [82] | 6-3,7-6 | |
WTA Rome | 05/12 09:00 | 25 | [30] Elise Mertens v Irina-Camelia Begu [161] | 2-6,0-6 | |
WTA Rome | 05/10 09:00 | 24 | [30] Elise Mertens v Katerina Siniakova [36] | 6-1,6-4 | |
WTA Madrid | 04/25 16:05 | 24 | [29] Elise Mertens v Sloane Stephens [33] | 6-3,3-6,1-6 | |
WTA Stuttgart | 04/18 15:20 | 26 | [1] Iga Swiatek v Elise Mertens [30] | 6-3,6-4 | |
WTA Stuttgart | 04/16 16:45 | 25 | [66] Tatjana Maria v Elise Mertens [30] | 1-6,6-4,0-6 | |
WTA Charleston | 04/05 20:50 | 27 | [30] Elise Mertens v Danielle Collins [22] | 3-6,4-6 | |
WTA Charleston | 04/04 23:40 | 26 | [17] Elina Svitolina v Elise Mertens [30] | 4-6,1-6 | |
WTA Charleston | 04/04 16:00 | 25 | [100] Varvara Gracheva v Elise Mertens [30] | 4-6,6-3,2-6 |
Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛrtəns]; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player and current 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 in her career, 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.