Elise Mertens

Belgium's #1 female tennis player

WTA #20 in singles / WTA #6 in doubles

Elise finishes a great 2020 season with a return to the top20

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

Doubles crown for Elise and Sabalenka at Ostrava Open

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

Post-lockdown Elise: final in Prague, semifinal in Cincinnati

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

Mertens & Sabalenka capture first Grand Slam title in women's doubles at US Open

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