MERTENS Elise

Date of Birth: 17 Nov 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LEUVEN

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : HAMONT

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Women's Singles	33
	Women's Doubles BEL Mertens / van Uytvanck	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Women's Singles First Round ROC ALEKSANDROVA EALEKSANDROVA Ekaterina 4 6 6 BEL MERTENS EMERTENS Elise 6 4 4	Finished
3rd on Court 9	Ariake Tennis Park Court 9	Women's Doubles First Round ESP Muguruza / Suarez Navarro 6 7 BEL Mertens / van Uytvanck 3 6⁴	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	R16	WR	R32	R16	R32	WR	-	-
2020	R16	QF	R32	R32	-	-	QF	QF
2019	R32	R16	R32	SF	R16	QF	QF	WR
2018	SF	R64	R16	R64	R32	R16	R16	QF
2017	-	R32	R32	R64	R128	R16	R128	R32
2016	-	-	-	-	-	R32	R128	-

2021 Tournament Results - Singles

Result
Winner	Melbourne
Runner-up	Istanbul
Semifinal	Dubai

2021 Tournament Results - Doubles

Result
Winner	Australian Open,Istanbul,Wimbledon
Runner-up	-
Semifinal	Birmingham

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Taking care of her pets. "I just love all sorts of animals. We have five dogs at home, as well as chickens, ducks, other birds, fish." (tennishead.net, 22 Jan 2021; elisemertens.be, 01 Jan 2021)

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, French

Robbe Ceyssens [personal]

Right (elisemertens.be, 01 Jan 2021)

Turned professional in 2013

She withdrew from the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open in the United Arab Emirates due to a right shoulder injury. (sportstar.thehindu.com, 07 Jan 2021)

She began playing tennis at age four. (elisemertens.be, 01 Jan 2021)

She was introduced to the sport by her older sister Lauren. "My sister played tennis and my mum dragged me on to the court with her. She said, 'If your sister's playing, you can play as well'." (tennishead.net, 22 Jan 2021; wtatennis.com, 01 Jan 2021)

Winning the singles event at the 2017 Hobart International in Australia. "I went through qualifying and by winning the title there I moved into the world's top 100 for the first time, so it feels like everything started for me there." (tennishead.net, 22 Jan 2021)

Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters, US tennis player Billie Jean King. (tennishead.net, 22 Jan 2021)

Her family. (WTA YouTube channel, 26 Apr 2019)

She brings a pillow with her while travelling for competitions. "I always take my own pillow when I travel. Because we need to perform at 100%, a good night's sleep is really important for me." (tennishead.net, 22 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
FOCUSING ON SINGLES
Despite reaching number one in the Women's Tennis Association [WTA] world doubles rankings in May 2021, she says her focus in on singles. "I am very happy to become world number one in doubles. It is definitely a dream come true. Singles is and remains my priority, but it is a very nice feeling to be the number one in the world." (wtatennis.com, 10 May 2021; tenniskrant.be, 10 May 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/elisemertens
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mertenselise17
https://instagram.com/mertenselise/
https://twitter.com/elise_mertens
Athlete Website: https://www.elisemertens.be/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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