Elise Mertens
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Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: ; 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 the 2015 Copa Colsanitas in the doubles event, partnering Nastja Kolar. She won her first WTA doubles title at the 2016 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, partnering An-Sophie Mestach.

Mertens was born in Leuven, the second daughter of Liliane Barbe, a teacher, and Guido Mertens, who makes furniture for churches. 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 4-year-old Elise to tennis. While growing up, Mertens looked up to Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, and is currently a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she has been training since 2015. She is not related to Belgium’s international footballer Dries Mertens or fellow tennis player Yannick Mertens.