PLAYER PROFILE
Ellen Perez
10
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
RANKING
234
WTA
RANKING
RANKING
- Age25
- 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
| 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
Social round-up: Title wins, sharing advice and holiday fun
3 December, 2020
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this 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 this week to keep fans up to date.
Social round-up: Stars enjoying end-of-season adventures
26 November, 2020
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this 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 this week to keep fans up to date.
UTR Pro Tennis Series update: Title wins and impressive streaks
24 November, 2020
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Storm Sanders have claimed the latest UTR Pro Tennis Series titles in Melbourne.
Read moreThanasi Kokkinakis and Storm Sanders have claimed the latest UTR Pro Tennis Series titles in Melbourne.
Barty confirmed as year-end No.1 for 2020
17 November, 2020
Australia's Ash Barty has finished as the WTA Tour's year-end No.1 for the second season in a row.
Read moreAustralia's Ash Barty has finished as the WTA Tour's year-end No.1 for the second season in a row.
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