Elise Mertens surely has a remarkable career, and she is one of the legends when it comes to doubles. She has won many doubles titles in her career. Elise Mertens is currently competing. The question is How Elise Mertens Became a Grand Slam Doubles Legend and Elite Singles Threat?
She was born in Leuven, Belgium. Elise Mertens basically turned pro in 2013. In her career, she has won a total of ten singles titles. She was a semi-finalist in the Australian Open 2018 and a quarter-finalist in 2019 and 2020. Apart from this, she has won 22 doubles 22 titles. She has won Wimbledon twice, the Australian Open twice, and the US Open as well.
How Elise Mertens Became a Grand Slam Doubles Legend and Elite Singles Threat
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka won back-to-back titles at Indian Wells and the Miami Open in 2019. She has won a total of five Grand Slam titles in her career. The first she won was in 2019, and the competition was the US Open. Aryna Sabalenka, the current world number one, was her partner. It was 2021 when she won two Grand Slam titles. One was the Wimbledon and the other was the Australian Open. Aryna Sabalenka was her partner in the Australian Open 2021, and Hsieh Su-wei was her partner in Wimbledon 2021.
Three years later, she again won the Australian Open. This was her second Australian Open title. Hsieh Su-wei was her partner. This year, she won the Wimbledon Women’s doubles. Veronika Kudermetova from Russia was her partner.
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Elise Mertens became the World number one in doubles in 2021, which was her highest ranking in her career. She held the World number one spot for almost two weeks. 10th May was the date when she became the World Number One in Women’s doubles. Currently, in 2025, she is in the ninth position in the Women’s Doubles Ranking.
