Elise Mertens is a member of the Belgian national team. She has five women’s singles titles and nine doubles victories, including the US Open Grand Slam doubles triumph in 2019.
She also defeated Elina Svitolina in the 2018 quarterfinals, her first victory over a top-five-rated player.
Mertens was beaten in three sets in the first round of the Brisbane event by a top-10 tennis player and sixth seed Kiki Bertens.
Elise Mertens siblings: Meet older sister Lauren Mertens
Lauren, her older sister, is an airline pilot who introduced tennis to Elise when she was four years old.
She was born in Leuven. Her parents were Liliane Barbé and Guido Mertens
Liliane Barbe was a teacher and Guido Mertens was a church furniture maker.
Her sister Elise was homeschooled and liked language studies, speaking French, English, and Flemish Dutch.
Mertens looked up to Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters as a child and is now a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she has been training since 2015
