PLAYER PROFILE
Ellen Perez
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AUSTRALIAN
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186
WTA
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- 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
Aussie women thriving in Asian doubles events
13 September, 2019
Four Australian women -- Ellen Perez, Monque Adamczak, Jess Moore and Storm Sanders -- have advanced to semifinals at various WTA events across Asia this week.
Read moreFour Australian women -- Ellen Perez, Monque Adamczak, Jess Moore and Storm Sanders -- have advanced to semifinals at various WTA events across Asia this week.
Aussies in action, and Asia bound
10 September, 2019
Several of Australia's women are in action this at tournaments in China and Japan as the WTA tour begins its post-US Open Asian swing.
Read moreSeveral of Australia's women are in action this at tournaments in China and Japan as the WTA tour begins its post-US Open Asian swing.
Aussies in action: US Open Day 7
1 September, 2019
Ash Barty and Alex de Minaur look to continue their inspiring US Open campaigns when they play Wang Qiang and Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday for a place in the quarterfinals.
Read moreAsh Barty and Alex de Minaur look to continue their inspiring US Open campaigns when they play Wang Qiang and Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday for a place in the quarterfinals.
Three Aussies remaining in US Open qualifying
23 August, 2019
Australians Ellen Perez, Zoe Hives and Akira Santillan will miss out on the US Open main draw after being falling in the second round of qualifying on Thursday.
Read moreAustralians Ellen Perez, Zoe Hives and Akira Santillan will miss out on the US Open main draw after being falling in the second round of qualifying on Thursday.
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