PLAYER PROFILE

Ellen Perez

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WTA
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  • Age29
  • Born10 October 1995
  • Birth Place(New South Wales)
  • LivesWollongong, (New South Wales)
  • Height168 cm
  • PlaysLeft-handed
““We kept really positive and energetic, and that was the goal for the match - just to stay upbeat.””

— Ellen Perez, 7 Nov 2024

» Perez reaches back-to-back doubles semifinals at WTA Finals

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

Ranking Movers: Inglis’ boost after Indian Wells delight
Maddison Inglish in action at Indian Wells. (Getty Images)
18 March, 2025

Maddison Inglis records her best ranking of 2025 following her WTA 1000 main-draw debut at Indian Wells.
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Culture Amp Australian Billie Jean King Cup team announced for Brisbane
Maya Joint will make her debut for Australia in Brisbane's Billie Jean King Cup tie in April. (Getty Images)
14 March, 2025

Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Ellen Perez and Storm Hunter will join Kimberly Birrell to represent Australia at Pat Rafter Arena on 10-12 April 2025.
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Dominant De Minaur into round four at Indian Wells
Alex de Minaur in action during his third-round win over Hubert Hurkacz at Indian Wells [Getty Images]
10 March, 2025

Alex de Minaur has dropped just eight games en route to the last 16 at Indian Wells, his latest performance a 6-4 6-0 thumping of 21st seed Hubert Hurkacz.
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Indian Wells: De Minaur joins Popyrin in round three
Alex de Minaur at Indian Wells. (Getty Images)
9 March, 2025

Top-ranked Australian Alex de Minaur brushed aside David Goffin to join countryman and fellow seed Alexei Popyrin in the last 32 of the Indian Wells Masters.
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