Elise Mertens (born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player who reached a career-high juniors ranking of No. 7 in 2013, has won five singles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour as well as 24 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit to date. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12, achieved on 26 November 2018, and the best doubles ranking of No. 6, achieved on 1 April 2019.
Elise Mertens is best famous for reaching career-high juniors ranking of No. 7 in 2013 and for her outstanding career record wins of five singles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour as well as 24 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit to date.
Mertens is a baseline player. She is a consistent groundstroke on both her forehand and backhand. She is quick laterally and she has precise timing on her groundstrokes which allows her to take the ball on the rise as well as redirect it. Her serve not that powerful.
Elise Mertens is 24 years old as of 2019 since she was born on 17 November 1995 in Leuven, Belgium to parents Liliane Barbe, a teacher, and Guido Mertens, who makes furniture for churches. She has an older sister, Lauren, who is currently an airline pilot and she was the one who 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 was home-schooled and enjoyed studying languages, having learned to speak French, English and Dutch/Flemish. She is not related to Belgium’s international footballer Dries Mertens or fellow tennis player Yannick Mertens.
Mertens plays from her Belgium national team and is currently a member of the Kim Clijsters Academy, where she has been training since 2015. Mertens started her professional career playing from juniors tennis division where she reached a ranking of No. 7 in 2013. Mertens made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2015 Copa Colsanitas in the doubles event and won her first WTA doubles title at the 2016 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. In January 2017, Mertens won the Hobart International, beating No. 3 seed Monica Niculescu in the final and got entry into the WTA top 100 for the first time, on 16 January 2017. During the year she participated in multiple events that included St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Dubai Tennis Championships, Malaysia Open, Indian Wells, Miami Open and Ladies Open Biel Bienne. She did not score titles at these events but honed her skills and experience. Mertens made her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open in 2018. She won her two singles titles at the Ladies Open Lugano in Switzerland and the Morocco Open. She also scored one double title at Ladies Open Lugano. In 2019, she won her first Premier title at Qatar Open and won her two biggest doubles title to date at Indian Wells and Miami Open.
Mertens earned a total of $845,390 from competition according to Wikipedia as of 2019 which might not be limited to her tennis career earnings but may include sponsorships, businesses, and promotions. Elise's net worth must have been in million by now. However factual numbers of her net worth and salary are still not known. Further information regarding her cars, houses, businesses and other assets' worth is still under speculation.
Elise Mertens is still not married however she is currently dating her boyfriend and coach at the Kim Clijsters Academy, Robbe Ceyssens. The exact date of their love story is still not known but the tennis star’s Twitter profile has photos of them together dating back to April 2016.
Jeon Jungkook is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall. Further information regarding her body measurements, shoe and dress sizes are still not known. She has a straight sexual orientation.