Elise Mertens

Keeping up with Elise Mertens…

• Won the 2019 Sunshine Double (Indian Wells and Miami Open), US Open Women’s Doubles, and 2021 Australian Open Women’s Doubles titles with Aryna Sabalenka; won 2021 Wimbledon Women’s Doubles title and achieved no. 1 ranking with current partner, Su Wei Hsieh
• Earliest memory is watching Kim Clijsters playing live, and later went on to train at her academy
• Loves animals: has four dogs, several birds, and supports the efforts of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to aid mountain gorillas, which are critically endangered