
PLAYER PROFILE
Ellen Perez
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AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
RANKING
233
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
Aussies qualify at Adelaide International

22 February, 2021
Maddison Inglis and Storm Sanders have sealed main draw spots at the Adelaide International with impressive qualifying wins against higher-ranked opponents today.
Read moreMaddison Inglis and Storm Sanders have sealed main draw spots at the Adelaide International with impressive qualifying wins against higher-ranked opponents today.
Sanders records sensational Adelaide International qualifying win

21 February, 2021
Australia's Storm Sanders was among the winners in the first round of singles qualifying today at Adelaide International 2021.
Read moreAustralia's Storm Sanders was among the winners in the first round of singles qualifying today at Adelaide International 2021.
Draws revealed for Adelaide International 2021

21 February, 2021
The draws have been set for this week's Adelaide International, a WTA 500 tournament held at Adelaide's Memorial Drive Tennis Centre.
Read moreThe draws have been set for this week's Adelaide International, a WTA 500 tournament held at Adelaide's Memorial Drive Tennis Centre.
Tomljanovic, Stosur and Gadecki receive Adelaide International wildcards

20 February, 2021
Three more Australians receive main draw singles wildcards for next week's Adelaide International tournament.
Read moreThree more Australians receive main draw singles wildcards for next week's Adelaide International tournament.