ELISE MERTENS and Veronika Kudermetova have powered by means of to semi-finals of the women’ doubles, the place they face Olivia Gadecki and Desiree Krawczyk.

Right here we get to know Elise’s tennis coach and off-court companion Christopher Heyman — who is not the one tennis coach she has dated.

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Seeded eight for Wimbledon 2025, Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova opened with a convincing straight-sets win over British wildcards Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic.

They carried their sturdy kind into spherical two, defeating Marie Bouzková and Anna Danilina 6-2, 6-4.

Their dominant kind continued in spherical three, beating Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi 6-3, 6-4, as soon as once more with out dropping a set.

In spherical three, they’d a walkover towards Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund — the latter withdrew from doubles to give attention to her singles quarter-final towards Aryna Sabalenka.

In a good quarter-final contest, they defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), showcasing their resilience within the essential moments of the second-set tiebreak.

New up they’re taking up Olivia Gadecki and Desirea Krawczyk on July 11, 2025, for a spot within the Wimbledon 2025 women’ doubles showpiece. 

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Who’s Elise Mertens’ boyfriend Christopher Heyman?

Christopher Heyman was born in Eupen, Belgium, on October 8, 1993.

He’s the boyfriend of fellow Belgian tennis ace Elise Mertens.

Per Primarily Sports activities, their relationship turned public in 2023, when Elise formally confirmed it.

Chris is a former ATP tennis professional with 19 ITF titles to his identify and a career-high singles rating of 258.

He stays energetic within the tennis world, having taken on a training function for his girlfriend Elise.

Chris has been a continuing and supportive presence at Elise’s matches.

After her 2024 Australian Open doubles victory with Hsieh Su-wei, Chris shared a celebratory picture of himself and Elise with the trophy on Instagram.

He wrote: “To dwell by means of these moments collectively is magical. Moments I’ll cherish for a really very long time #australianopen.”

Elsie responded to the publish with coronary heart and infinity emojis. 

Extra lately, after Elise triumphed within the women’ singles at Libema Open in June 2025, Chris once more posted a pic of the completely satisfied couple with the trophy.

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He wrote: “This title is a fruits of the relentless preventing spirit Elise has each time she steps out onto the court docket.

“Saving 11 match factors within the semi ultimate, then occurring to play the subsequent day and push by means of is one thing one can’t train.

“It’s inspiring to witness. I’m so completely satisfied for you and us as a crew. We’ve earned it!

To which Elise replied: “Thanks for all the time being there for us, on & off court docket”, once more adopted by a purple coronary heart and infinity emoji.

Earlier than relationship Chris, Elise was in a long-term relationship together with her former coach Robbe Ceyssens.

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Who’s her ex Robbe Ceyssens?

Robbe Ceyssens, Elise’s ex, was born in Belgium on April 6, 1993.

They first met in 2015 on the Kim Clijsters Academy, the place Robbe was working as a tennis coach and Elise was coaching as a participant.

He’s a former tennis participant himself, having competed primarily on the ITF circuit, attaining some junior-level wins earlier than transitioning into teaching.

Robbe coached Elise for a number of years, together with throughout the early a part of her skilled profession, however they ended their formal coach-player relationship in 2021.

In December of that yr, Elise posted on social media: “Robbe and I’ve determined to finish our coach-player partnership.

“It has been an unimaginable journey collectively. No phrases can describe how a lot we discovered from one another. I want Robbe one of the best for the longer term.”

And whereas this will additionally sound like they ended their romantic relationship as nicely, that was fortunately not the case — a minimum of not then.

Nevertheless, nothing has been reported on precisely when or why they determined to name time on their romantic relationship.