PLAYER PROFILE

Ellen Perez

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“It’s good to focus on getting one per cent better, rather than being consumed in the long-term results.”

Won the 2012 Gallipoli Youth Cup
Won the doubles and singles events at the 2011 ACT Open, 2012 Griffith University AMT and the 2012 Plexipave Queensland Open
Semifinalist at the 2012 Oceania Closed Junior Championships in Fiji and won the doubles event
In 2016, won the women’s wildcard playoff for a berth in the US Open main draw
Cracked the WTA singles top 200 in October 2018; reached five Pro Tour singles finals that season
Won seven ITF doubles titles in 2018, cracking the WTA doubles top 100 in June 2018
Qualified at a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon 2021, defeating three higher-ranked opponents to earn main draw spot
Represented Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Made Billie Jean King Cup debut at the 2021 Finals in Prague
Enjoyed a magnificent year in doubles in 2022, reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals and US Open semifinals, plus WTA 1000 finals in Canada and Cincinnati, with Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Made her top-10 debut in doubles in June 2023
Became first Australian in 15 years to contest a doubles final at the WTA Finals in 2023

Says if she wasn’t playing tennis she would be a soccer player
Tennis heroes are Rafael Nadal and Justin Henin but her ideal mixed doubles partner would be Bob Bryan.

2019 Ashland 60K ITF

2016 Brussels 10K ITF

2018 Canberra ITF, Darwin ITF, Brisbane ITF, Toowoomba ITF, Bendigo ITF

2017 Gatineau ITF

2016 Rebecq ITF