PLAYER PROFILE

Ellen Perez

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  • Age28
  • Born10 October 1995
  • Birth Place(New South Wales)
  • LivesWollongong, (New South Wales)
  • Height168 cm
  • PlaysLeft-handed
“It’s good to focus on getting one per cent better, rather than being consumed in the long-term results.”

— Ellen Perez, 8 Mar 2024

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On court

  • 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

Off court

  • 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.

Year-end singles ranking history

2023 500
2022 363
2021 193
2020 234
2019 241
2018 181
2017 343
2016 629
2015 1199
2014 655
2013 891

Titles/Finals

Titles

2019 Ashland 60K ITF

2016 Brussels 10K ITF

Finals

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

2017 Gatineau ITF

2016 Rebecq ITF

Ellen Perez in the news

Aussies face tough test at Paris Olympics
Alex de MInaur prepares for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; Getty Images
26 July, 2024

The nine Australian tennis players at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have discovered their first-round opponents.
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Five days to go: All you need to know about the Olympic Tennis event
Australia's Olympic Tennis Team. (Getty Images)
22 July, 2024

The nine-person Australian tennis team have started to arrive in the Olympic Village ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis event, staged on clay at Roland Garros from…
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Aussie weekly wrap: McCabe wins first pro title
James McCabe. (Getty Images)
22 July, 2024

James McCabe did not drop a set en route to his first ITF Futures title, one of several great results for Australian players around the globe last week.
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Vukic, Bolt into Newport quarterfinals
Aleksandar Vukic (L) and Alex Bolt are ATP Newport quarterfinalists. (Getty Images)
18 July, 2024

Australian duo Aleksandar Vukic and Alex Bolt progress to the ATP Newport quarterfinals in straight sets, while in Palermo, Astra Sharma reaches her first WTA-level…
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