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This is a list of the main career statistics of Belgian professional tennis player Elise Mertens since her professional debut in 2010. So far, Mertens has won eight WTA singles titles and 21 career doubles titles, including four Grand Slam titles, as well as one doubles title at WTA Challenger level and 11 singles titles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 12, while in doubles, she was the world No. 1.

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Career achievements

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Mertens won most of her titles on hardcourts, including the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open in doubles.

Mertens made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Copa Colsanitas, in the doubles event. The following year, she started winning the title at the Auckland Open, partnering with An-Sophie Mestach. In June of the same year, she made her WTA Tour singles debut at the Rosmalen Championships as a qualifier. At Wimbledon, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut in doubles, and then at the 2016 US Open, also in singles. Mertens started into the 2017 season, winning her first title in singles at the Hobart International defeating Monica Niculescu.[1] In April 2017, she reached another WTA Tour final, but this time finished runner-up at the İstanbul Cup, losing to Elina Svitolina.[2] At the 2017 French Open, she recorded her first Grand Slam match win defeating Daria Gavrilova in the first round.[3] In October 2017, she recorded her first top-10 win over world No. 10, Dominika Cibulková, in the first round of the Premier Mandatory-level China Open.

In the 2018 season, Mertens recorded big improvements. She defended her title at the Hobart International, defeating Mihaela Buzărnescu in the final.[4] There, she also won the title in doubles.[5] She followed this up with her first and so far only major semifinal in singles at the Australian Open. There, she en-route also defeated world No. 4, Elina Svitolina.[2] In April, she continued with good performances, winning titles in both singles and doubles at the Ladies Open Lugano.[6] Soon after that, she won the Morocco Open by defeating Ajla Tomljanović in the final.[7] During the grass season, Mertens had success in doubles. First, she won Rosmalen Championships with Demi Schuurs and then reached the final of the Premier-level Birmingham Classic, also with Schuurs.[5] During the U.S. hardcourt tour, she first reached semifinals of the Premier-level Silicon Valley Classic, and then quarterfinals at the Premier 5-levels Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open. In Cincinnati, she also made top 10 win over world No. 3, Sloane Stephens, and reached the final in doubles. Then, on the Asian hardcourt swing, she won the Premier 5-level Wuhan Open and entered the final of the Premier Mandatory-level China Open, both in doubles with Schuurs.[8] At the end of the year, she competed at the WTA Elite Trophy in singles, and the WTA Finals in doubles, losing both times in the round-robin stage.

Mertens continued to progress in 2019. In February, she won her first Premier singles title at the Qatar Ladies Open by defeating world No. 3, Simona Halep, in the final. En-route she realized two more top-10 wins, over world No. 8, Kiki Bertens, and No. 6, Angelique Kerber.[9] Soon after that, she won the Sunshine Doubles (Indian Wells and Miami Open), both in doubles alongside Aryna Sabalenka.[10] Mertens continued with good performances in doubles, reaching semifinals of the French Open and quarterfinals at Wimbledon. At the US Open, she reached quarterfinals in singles and won the title in doubles alongside Sabalenka.[11][12] At the 2020 US Open, she reached quarterfinals for the second year in-a-row, and finished on the same stage in doubles.[13] Mertens started 2021 season winning the title at the WTA 500-level Gippsland Trophy in Melbourne, right before the Australian Open[14] where she also defeated world No. 5 Elina Svitolina.[15] At the Australian Open, she won her second Grand Slam doubles title, again with Sabalenka.[16] Mertens ascended to world No. 1 in doubles, on 10 May 2021.

Mertens would go onto win her third doubles slam at Wimbledon with Hsieh Su-wei later that year. The following year she won her first WTA Finals title with another new partner, Veronika Kudermetova.

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Performance timelines

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W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[17]

Singles

Current through the 2025 National Bank Open.

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Doubles

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Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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WTA Finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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WTA Tour finals

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Mertens made her WTA Tour debut in 2015 at the Copa Colsanitas. In 2016, she reached and won her first WTA Tour final, in doubles at the Auckland Open. In 2017, she reached her first tour singles final at the Hobart International, where she succeeded to win the title.[18] In 2019, she continued to progress and won her first major title at the 2019 US Open, alongside Aryna Sabalenka; in the final they defeated Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka.[18] At the 2021 Australian Open, they won another Grand Slam title, this time defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.[19] On the WTA Tour, Mertens has won nine singles and 21 doubles titles in total.[18]

Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Doubles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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WTA Challenger finals

Mertens made her debut at the WTA Challenger Tour at the Taipei Open in November 2015, where she also reached final in doubles. She lost in that final alongside Marina Melnikova, but year later she won her first doubles title at the Open de Limoges, partnering with Mandy Minella.[18]

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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ITF Circuit finals

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Mertens made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2010. Since then, she reached 13 singles finals, winning 11 of them. In doubles, she done even better, with 13 titles out of the 23 finals that she reached. In Singles, she won two $50/60k titles, while in doubles she won four $50/60K titles and played two $70K/80k finals.[20]

Singles: 13 (11 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner–ups)

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WTA Tour career earnings

Current after the 2022 Wimbledon[18]

Year Grand Slam
titles
WTA
titles
Total
titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
2015 0 0 0 61,272 219
2016 0 0 0 140,327 157
2017 0 1 1 549,215 64
2018 0 3 3 2,364,006 17
2019 0 1 1 2,796,400 12
2020 0 0 0 1,123,558 10
2021 0 1 1 2,098,133 9
2022 0 1 1 1,344,235 13
Career 0 7 7 10,522,571 54

Career Grand Slam statistics

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Career Grand Slam seedings

The tournaments won by Mertens are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Mertens are in italics.[18]

Singles

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Best Grand Slam results details

Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups are in italics.[18]

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Head-to-head statistics

Wins against top 10 players

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Double bagel matches

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Longest winning streaks

13 match win streak (2018)

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Notes

  1. WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  3. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  4. 2013: WTA ranking–577, 2014: WTA ranking–264.
  5. Withdraw during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
  6. Mertens' and Sabalenka's withdrawal before the quarterfinals against Lucie Hradecká and Andreja Klepač is not counted as a loss.
  7. Mertens' and Kudermetova's withdrawal before the quarterfinals against Storm Sanders and Luisa Stefani is not counted as a loss.
  8. Doubles: 2013: WTA ranking–725, 2014: WTA ranking–259.
  9. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  10. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

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