PLAYER PROFILE
Ellen Perez
10
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
RANKING
244
WTA
RANKING
RANKING
- Age24
- Born10 October 1995
- Birth Place(New South Wales)
- LivesWollongong, (New South Wales)
- Height168 cm
- PlaysLeft-handed
- CoachColin Ebelthite
“I've definitely seen what it takes to do well ... I think I know what it takes now and I'm ready to put that into action.”
— Ellen Perez, 7 Mar 2019
» Perez setting a high bar in 2019
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
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
| 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
Tennis stars contribute to combating Coronavirus
26 March, 2020
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu will donate funds as tennis stars react to the impact of Coronavirus.
Read moreRoger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu will donate funds as tennis stars react to the impact of Coronavirus.
Woodbridge: players can benefit from time at home
26 March, 2020
With professional tennis suspended until early June, Todd Woodbridge believes players can take advantage of extra, and extremely rare, time off.
Read moreWith professional tennis suspended until early June, Todd Woodbridge believes players can take advantage of extra, and extremely rare, time off.
Social round-up: Aussie players get creative
24 March, 2020
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from the past week to keep fans up to date.
Read moreWhat have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from the past week to keep fans up to date.
Sanders into WTA Hua Hin last 16
11 February, 2020
Storm Sanders has equalled the best tour-level result of her career with a first-round victory at the WTA event in Hua Hin on Monday.
Read moreStorm Sanders has equalled the best tour-level result of her career with a first-round victory at the WTA event in Hua Hin on Monday.
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