Ellen Perez

Ellen Perez

Perez at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne
Born	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 Shellharbour
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Left-handed (double-handed backhand)
College	University of Georgia (2014–present)
Prize money	$298,729
Singles
Career record	127–93
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	162 (12 August 2019)
Current ranking	162 (12 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	141–64
Career titles	1 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	74 (24 June 2019)
Current ranking	79 (12 August 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018)
US Open	2R -(2019)
Last updated on: 13 August 2019.

Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian tennis player.

She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour 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 74 respectively, achieved in August and June 2019.

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 2014–2017.

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 commenced 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, before competing on the ITF circuit in Europe until June, when she commenced University in the United States of America. 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 commenced 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 a singles rank of 632 and doubles rank of 414.

2017–present: First WTA win

Perez commenced 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 before losing to Ana Bogdan and returning to college. 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 commenced 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 WTA Tour win 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. In doubles, she partnered Jessica Moore and they won their first round against Nao Hibino and Darija Jurak. Perez made the second round of Burnie, Launceston and Perth, before reaching the final of the ACT Clay Court International in April, losing to Jaimee Fourlis. Perez then travelled 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.

WTA finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–1) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2019	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Daria Gavrilova	Duan Yingying Han Xinyun	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	Nottingham Open, England	International	Grass	Arina Rodionova	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–7(5–7), 5–7

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (2–7)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 July 2016	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2016	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Hélène Scholsen	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 July 2017	Gatineau, Canada	Hard	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1 April 2018	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	30 September 2018	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Kimberly Birrell	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	7 October 2018	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Xu Shilin	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	14 October 2018	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Zoe Hives	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	28 October 2018	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Priscilla Hon	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	2.	28 July 2019	Ashland, United States	Hard	Zoe Hives	6–2, 3–2 ret.

Doubles: 25 (16–9)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (12–5) Clay (3–3) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1	13 December 2013	Hong Kong	Hard	Abbie Myers	Lee Ya-hsuan Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	1.	5 April 2014	Glen Iris, Australia	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Aleksandrina Naydenova Jessica Moore	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 June 2015	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Belinda Woolcock	Andie Daniell Sophie Chang	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	13 June 2015	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Lauren Herring	Maria Fernanda Alves Renata Zarazúa	4–6, 7–6(8–6) [8–10]
Winner	2.	25 June 2016	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Lauren Herring	Jamie Loeb Ingrid Neel	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	8 July 2016	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Karin Kennel Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	21 July 2016	Saint-Gervais, France	Clay	Abbie Myers	Fatma Al-Nabhani Estelle Cascino	7–6 (7–5) , 6–2
Winner	5.	29 July 2016	Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Sally Peers	Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	17 June 2017	Sumter, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	6.	24 June 2017	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Francesca Di Lorenzo Julia Elbaba	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1 July 2017	Auburn, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Winner	7.	29 July 2017	Granby, Canada	Hard	Carol Zhao	Alexa Guarachi Olivia Tjandramulia	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	5 August 2017	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Miharu Imanishi Ayaka Okuno	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	5 November 2017	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	9 February 2018	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Laura Robson Valeria Savinykh	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	10.	16 February 2018	Perth, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Belinda Woolcock	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [7–9] ret.
Runner-up	7.	25 May 2018	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner	11.	8 June 2018	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Jessica Moore	Arina Rodionova Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Runner-up	8.	21 July 2018	Berkeley, USA	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Nicole Gibbs Asia Muhammad	4–6, 1–6
Winner	12.	28 July 2018	Banque Nationale de Granby, Canada	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Erika Sema Aiko Yoshitomi	7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	12 August 2018	Koser Jewelers, USA	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–0, 6–2
Winner	14.	27 October 2018	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Eri Hozumi Risa Ozaki	7–5, 6–1
Winner	15.	3 November 2018	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Naiktha Bains Destanee Aiava	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	16.	26 January 2019	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Irina Khromacheva Maryna Zanevska	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	22 June 2019	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Arina Rodionova	Beatriz Haddad Maia Luisa Stefani	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	1R	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	0–0
US Open	1R	A	A	Q2	0–1
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2
Year-end ranking	632	343	181

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	W–L
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	1–3
French Open	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	0–0
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3
Year-end ranking	414	205	88

External links

• Ellen Perez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ellen Perez at the International Tennis Federation
• Ellen Perez at Tennis Australia
• Ellen Perez at the Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs