PLAYER PROFILE

Ellen Perez

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  • Age28
  • Born10 October 1995
  • Birth Place(New South Wales)
  • LivesWollongong, (New South Wales)
  • Height168 cm
  • PlaysLeft-handed
“It’s good to focus on getting one per cent better, rather than being consumed in the long-term results.”

— Ellen Perez, 8 Mar 2024

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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
  • Qualified at a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon 2021, defeating three higher-ranked opponents to earn main draw spot
  • Represented Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
  • Made Billie Jean King Cup debut at the 2021 Finals in Prague
  • Enjoyed a magnificent year in doubles in 2022, reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals and US Open semifinals, plus WTA 1000 finals in Canada and Cincinnati, with Nicole Melichar-Martinez
  • Made her top-10 debut in doubles in June 2023
  • Became first Australian in 15 years to contest a doubles final at the WTA Finals in 2023

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

2023 500
2022 363
2021 193
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

Perez wins biggest grass-court doubles title of her career
Ellen Perez and Nicole Melichar-Martinez embrace after winning the Bad Homburg doubles title.
21 hours ago

Ellen Perez and American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez have been crowned doubles champions at a WTA 500 tournament in Germany.
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Purcell advances to biggest singles final of his career at Eastbourne
Max Purcell celebrates his semifinal victory at Eastbourne. Picture: Getty Images
29 June, 2024

A resurgent Max Purcell, who earned his place in the Eastbourne draw as a qualifier, will contest his first ATP Tour singles final.
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Nine Australian players to contest doubles at Wimbledon 2024
Matt Ebden in action. Picture: Getty Images
29 June, 2024

World No.1 Matt Ebden is among the nine Aussies competing in the Wimbledon 2024 men’s and women’s doubles competitions.
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Purcell returns to Eastbourne semis, joined by Vukic
Max Purcell in action during his ATP Eastbourne quarterfinal win. (Getty Images)
28 June, 2024

Max Purcell is through to his second career semifinal in Eastbourne, where he is joined by fellow Australian Aleksandar Vukic.
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