Elise Mertens is a Belgian professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles. A top 15 player in both singles and doubles, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 on 26 November 2018. On 10 May 2021, she became world No. 1 in women’s doubles for the first time.
Mertens has six WTA Tour singles titles and 15 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles: the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open with Aryna Sabalenka, and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with Hsieh Su-Wei. On the ITF Circuit, she has 11 singles and 13 doubles titles.
Who is Else Merten’s father?
Elise was born to parents Liliane Barbe (Mother), who is a teacher, and Guido Mertens (Father), who is a furniture maker for churches. Elise is their second daughter. She was home-schooled and enjoyed studying languages, having learned to speak French, English, and Dutch/Flemish.
Her older sister, Lauren, is currently an airline pilot and introduced the then four-year-old Elise to tennis. Elise Mertens is currently a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she has been training since 2015.