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Ellen Perez
Australian female tennis player

Ellen Perez

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Australian female tennis player
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Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Age
29 years
Residence
Wollongong, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Stats
Height:
169 cm
Education
University of Georgia
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Biography

Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is a tennis player from Australia.

She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Circuit, as well as two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are 162 and 41 respectively, achieved in August 2019 and March 2020.

Perez made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 Australian Open in doubles with Belinda Woolcock; they lost in the first round to Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders. She made her first singles Grand Slam appearance at the 2016 US Open after winning the Australian Wildcard Playoff. She attended the University of Georgia in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017.

Personal life

Ellen is the daughter of John and Mitz Perez and sister to Matt Perez. She picked up a tennis racket at the age of three after receiving a totem tennis pole as a Christmas gift, and she started regular coaching at the age of seven. In 2012, she won the Gallipoli Youth Cup held in Ipswich, Queensland.

Career

2012–2014: The beginnings

Perez made her ITF debut in March 2012 in Bundaberg, losing in three sets to Jennifer Elie. In September 2013, she recorded her first main-draw singles win in Toowoomba after qualifying. Perez reached the quarterfinals losing to Azra Hadzic. In December 2013, she won her first ITF doubles title in Hong Kong with Abbie Myers.

In 2014, Perez reached the quarterfinal of the Burnie International and Melbourne, and then competed on the ITF circuit in Europe until June when she started attending college in the United States. Perez ended 2014 with a singles rank of 655 and a doubles rank of 517.

2015–2016: First Grand Slam appearance

In June 2015, Perez returned to play at Bethany Beach where she qualified and reached the singles quarterfinals and the doubles final. The following week in Charlotte, she reached the doubles final. She played across U.S. ITF events for the remainder of 2015.

Perez started her 2016 season in June in U.S. without qualifying for the main draw. In July, she qualified for and won her first singles ITF title in Brussels without dropping a set. She reached a semifinal and final at two subsequent events. Perez won four doubles titles in five weeks across June and July 2016.

In August, Perez won an Australian wildcard playoff to make her Grand Slam single debut at the US Open. She lost to Zhang Shuai in straight sets. Perez said of the experience "It definitely didn’t go as planned, or as hoped, but it was great to be able to have my Grand Slam debut and get out on court in front of all the fans and what-not. It was nice." She ended 2016 with asingles rank of 632 and doubles rank of 414.

2017–present: First WTA win

Perez began the season with a wild card into the Sydney International qualifying where she defeated Kateryna Kozlova ranked 101 in the world. She lost to Naomi Broady in the second round. At the Australian Open qualifying, Perez defeated Tadeja Majerič, then lost to Ana Bogdan.

She returned to play in June where she reached three consecutive doubles finals, winning one. Doubles success continued throughout the rest of the year. In July, Perez qualified for and reached the singles final of Gatineau. This increased her singles ranking to a career high of 363. Perez returned to Australia and reached the semi final of Toowoomba and quarter final of Cairns.

Perez began the 2018 season after being given wild card into the Sydney International where she upset world No. 11 Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. Her first win on the WTA Tour came when Mladenovic retired with the score 4–6, 2–4. Perez lost in round two to Ashleigh Barty.

At the Australian Open, Perez lost in the first round of qualifying to Valentini Grammatikopoulou. Perez made the second round of Burnie, Launceston and Perth, and then reached the final of the ACT Clay Court International in April, losing to Jaimee Fourlis. Perez traveled to Europe and North America's ITF circuit with limited success. In September, she attempted to qualify for two WTA tournaments in Asia before returning to Australia in October where she reached four consecutive ITF finals.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#APZ#POGF-SSF-BNMSNH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament20162017201820192020W–L
Australian OpenAQ2Q11RQ10–1
French OpenAAAA0–0
WimbledonAAAQ1NH0–0
US Open1RAAQ20–1
Win–Loss0–10–00–00–10–00–2
Year-end ranking632343181

Doubles

Tournament201620172018W–L
Australian Open1R1R2R1–3
French OpenAAA0–0
WimbledonAAQ10–0
US OpenAAA0–0
Win–Loss0–10–11–11–3
Year-end ranking41420588

WTA finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Finals by surface
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinMay 2019Internationaux de Strasbourg,
France
InternationalClay Daria Gavrilova Duan Yingying
Han Xinyun
6–4, 6–3
LossJun 2019Nottingham Open,
England
InternationalGrass Arina Rodionova Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos
6–7, 5–7
LossFeb 2020Hua Hin Championships,
Thailand
InternationalHard Barbara Haas Arina Rodionova
Storm Sanders
3–6, 3–6

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinNov 2019WTA Houston, United StatesHard Luisa Stefani Sharon Fichman
Ena Shibahara
1–6, 6–4, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Finals by surface
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
WinJul 2016ITF Brussels, Belgium10,000Clay Kimberley Zimmermann6–2, 6–3
LossAug 2016ITF Rebecq, Belgium10,000Clay Hélène Scholsen6–3, 1–6, 2–6
LossJul 2017ITF Gatineau, Canada25,000Hard Aleksandra Wozniak6–7, 4–6
LossApr 2018ITF Canberra, Australia25,000Clay Jaimee Fourlis3–6, 2–6
LossSep 2018ITF Darwin, Australia60,000Hard Kimberly Birrell3–6, 3–6
LossOct 2018ITF Brisbane, Australia25,000Hard Xu Shilin4–6, 3–6
LossOct 2018ITF Toowoomba, Australia25,000Hard Zoe Hives0–6, 2–6
LossOct 2018ITF Bendigo, Australia60,000Hard Priscilla Hon4–6, 6–4, 5–7
WinJul 2019ITF Ashland, United States60,000Hard Zoe Hives6–2, 3–2 ret.

Doubles: 26 (17 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Finals by surface
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (13–5)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Hard (13–5)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
WinDec 2013ITF Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)10,000Hard Abbie Myers Lee Ya-hsuan
Chuang Chia-jung
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
LossApr 2014ITF Glen Iris, Australia15,000Hard Tammi Patterson Aleksandrina Naydenova
Jessica Moore
4–6, 2–6
LossJun 2015ITF Bethany Beach, United States10,000Clay Belinda Woolcock Andie Daniell
Sophie Chang
4–6, 1–6
LossJun 2015ITF Charlotte, United States10,000Clay Lauren Herring Maria Fernanda Alves
Renata Zarazúa
4–6, 7–6 [8–10]
WinJun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Hard Lauren Herring Jamie Loeb
Ingrid Neel
6–3, 6–3
WinJul 2016ITF Brussels, Belgium10,000Clay Carolina Meligeni Alves Karin Kennel
Hélène Scholsen
6–2, 6–3
WinJul 2016ITF Saint-Gervais, France10,000Clay Abbie Myers Fatma Al-Nabhani
Estelle Cascino
7–6 , 6–2
WinJul 2016ITF Maaseik, Belgium10,000Clay Sally Peers Deborah Kerfs
Chiara Scholl
6–2, 6–2
LossJun 2017ITF Sumter, United States25,000Hard Luisa Stefani Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
WinJun 2017ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Hard Luisa Stefani Francesca Di Lorenzo
Julia Elbaba
6–3, 6–4
LossJul 2017ITF Auburn, United States25,000Hard Luisa Stefani Emina Bektas
Alexa Guarachi
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
WinJul 2017ITF Granby, Canada60,000Hard Carol Zhao Alexa Guarachi
Olivia Tjandramulia
6–2, 6–2
WinAug 2017ITF Fort Worth, United States25,000Hard Giuliana Olmos Miharu Imanishi
Ayaka Okuno
6–4, 6–3
LossNov 2017ITF Canberra, Australia60,000Hard Jessica Moore Asia Muhammad
Arina Rodionova
4–6, 4–6
WinFeb 2018ITF Launceston, Australia25,000Hard Jessica Moore Laura Robson
Valeria Savinykh
7–6, 6–4
WinFeb 2018ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Jessica Moore Olivia Tjandramulia
Belinda Woolcock
6–7, 6–1, [7–9] ret.
LossMay 2018ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Jaimee Fourlis Chen Pei-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
6–7, 3–6
WinJun 2018ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom100,000Grass Jessica Moore Arina Rodionova
Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
LossJul 2018ITF Berkeley, United States60,000Hard Sabrina Santamaria Nicole Gibbs
Asia Muhammad
4–6, 1–6
WinJul 2018ITF Granby, Canada60,000Hard Arina Rodionova Erika Sema
Aiko Yoshitomi
7–5, 6–4
WinAug 2018ITF Landisville, United States60,000Hard Arina Rodionova Chen Pei-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
6–0, 6–2
WinOct 2018ITF Bendigo, Australia60,000Hard Arina Rodionova Eri Hozumi
Risa Ozaki
7–5, 6–1
WinNov 2018ITF Canberra, Australia60,000Hard Arina Rodionova Naiktha Bains
Destanee Aiava
6–7, 6–3, [10–7]
WinJan 2019ITF Burnie, Australia60,000Hard Arina Rodionova Irina Khromacheva
Maryna Zanevska
6–4, 6–3
LossJun 2019ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom100,000Grass Arina Rodionova Beatriz Haddad Maia
Luisa Stefani
4–6, 7–6, [4–10]
WinJan 2020ITF Burnie, Australia (2)60,000Hard Storm Sanders Desirae Krawczyk
Asia Muhammad
6–3, 6–2
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