Watch the Match Highlights from Elise Mertens vs. Simona Halep, 01/27/2020
In This Story: Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
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In This Story: Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens is a Belgian professional tennis player. A top 15 player in both singles and doubles, she achieved a her career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 on 26 November 2018. On 10 May 2021, she became world No. 1 in women’s doubles for the first time. In doubles, alongside Aryna Sabalenka, Mertens has won the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open.
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In This Story: Simona Halep
Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018.