Elise Mertens [SEP] date of birth
Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Mertens, who reached a career-high juniors ranking of No. 7 in 2013, has won five singles and eight doubles WTA titles as well as 24 ITF titles to date. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12, achieved on 26 November 2018, and a best doubles ranking of No. 6, achieved on 1 April 2019.
Mertens made her WTA main-draw debut at
Lauren Davis before being defeated by Venus Williams in the second round. She subsequently withdrew from the Eastbourne International. At Wimbledon, she was seeded fifteenth. She defeated Vera Lapko and Tamara Zidanšek before being defeated by Elise Mertens in the third round. This was her best result at the tournament to date.
She achieved a series of new career high rankings over the course of the year, achieving the world No. 15 ranking prior to Wimbledon.
Performance timelines.
"Only main-draw results on WTA Tour