Belgium's #1 female tennis player
WTA #20 in singles / WTA #6 in doubles
Belgium's #1 female tennis player
WTA #20 in singles / WTA #6 in doubles
Elise Mertens punctuated her 2020 season with a return to the Top 20 and a runner-up finish at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, but has no plans to rest on her laurels with a busy off-season spent at the Kim Clijsters Academy starting next week.
15 November 2020
Elise and Aryna Sabalanka, the top seeds, met the unseeded duo of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani in the doubles final at the Ostrava Open, which ended with a victory for the Belgian and Belarusian 6-1, 6-3.
25 October 2020
Elise got off to a flying start in the 2020 post-lockdown season. She moved into her first final of 2020 as she overcame home favorite Pliskova at the Prague Open semifinals. At the Western & Southern Open, Elise needed just over an hour to seal a spot in her maiden Premier 5 semifinal.
28 August 2020
No.4 seeds Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka followed up their "Sunshine Double" from earlier in the season with a maiden major title at the US Open, after edging No.8 seeds Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty in two tight sets.
8 September 2019