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Elise Tamaëla
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceCulemborg, Netherlands
Born (1984-01-22) 22 January 1984 (age 40)
Tiel, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$190,236
Singles
Career record244–156
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 129 (12 February 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2005, 2007)
French OpenQ3 (2005)
WimbledonQ2 (2004)
US OpenQ2 (2004)
Doubles
Career record78–71
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 228 (9 April 2007)

Elise Tamaëla (born 22 January 1984) is a Dutch tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

On 12 February 2007, she achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 129. On 9 April 2007, she reached her highest doubles ranking of 228. She was coached by Stephan Ehritt.

In her career, Tamaëla won eight singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She was the coach of Kiki Bertens in the period 2019-2021. Tamaëla succeeded Paul Haarhuis as captain of the Netherlands Billie Jean King Cup team in November 2021.

ITF Circuit finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 4 May 2003 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Spain Astrid Waernes García 6–1, 6–1
Winner 2. 11 May 2003 ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Jane O'Donoghue 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 20 July 2003 ITF Garching, Germany Clay Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 10 August 2003 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay Serbia Ana Timotic 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 30 November 2003 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard South Korea Jeon Mi-ra 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–1
Winner 6. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Anne Keothavong 7–6(6), 6–3
Winner 7. 19 February 2006 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) France Virginie Pichet 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 8. 18 March 2006 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Hard France Aravane Rezaï 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 9. 4 February 2007 Sutton Ladies' Event, UK Hard (i) Estonia Maret Ani 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(3)
Runner-up 10. 11 February 2007 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Estonia Maret Ani 7–5, 6–7(3), 5–7
Winner 11. 30 October 2009 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 12. 6 November 2009 ITF El Menzah, Tunisia Hard Ukraine Ganna Piven 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 13. 9 May 2010 Wiesbaden Open, Germany Clay Germany Scarlett Werner 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 14. 4 July 2010 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Luxembourg Mandy Minella 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 15. 1 August 2010 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Slovakia Lenka Juriková 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 28 April 2003 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Netherlands Marielle Hoogland United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
Republic of Ireland Claire Curran
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk South Africa Surina De Beer
Japan Ayami Takase
7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 10 February 2007 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Russia Ksenia Lykina
Poland Urszula Radwańska
6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 20 July 2007 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska
Poland Karolina Kosińska
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 28 October 2007 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
1–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 3 October 2009 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Tunisia Ons Jabeur
Tunisia Nour Abbès
6–1, 5–7, [10–4]
Winner 7. 6 November 2009 ITF El Menzah, Tunisia Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Poland Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
Poland Sylwia Zagórska
6–4, 6–1
Winner 8. 20 December 2009 ITF Vinaros, Spain Clay Netherlands Lynn Schönhage Italy Benedetta Davato
Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz
6–3, 6–4
Winner 9. 27 June 2010 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Germany Scarlett Werner Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
6–2, 6–1
Winner 10. 1 August 2010 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Germany Scarlett Werner Serbia Ana Jovanović
Germany Anna Zaja
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]

Coaching career

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From 2016 until 2018, Tamaëla was the coach of Aleksandra Krunić.[1] After Bertens' break up with Raemon Sluiter,[2] she became her head coach in November 2019. She had been a member of the team for about a year.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis.life is for sale".
  2. ^ "Sluiter announces split from Bertens".
  3. ^ "Kiki Bertens Speaks About the Split from Coach Raemon Sluiter".
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