Ellen Perez

Ellen Perez

Perez in 2023
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne
Born	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 29) Shellharbour, New South Wales
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Georgia (2014–2017)
Prize money	US$ 2,174,818
Singles
Career record	189–161
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 162 (12 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 759 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	318–171
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 7 (22 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 15 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018, 2022, 2023)
French Open	SF (2023)
Wimbledon	QF (2022)
US Open	SF (2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2023)
Olympic Games	QF (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021, 2022, 2024)
French Open	QF (2024)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
US Open	QF (2021, 2023, 2024)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	F (2022)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 7, achieved in August 2019 and in April 2024. She has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour, two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

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. Perez made her first singles Major appearance at the 2016 US Open, after winning the Australian Wildcard Play-off.

Ellen is the daughter of John and Milića Perez and sister to Matt Perez. Ellen is of Spanish descent on her father's side and of Macedonian descent on her mother's side. 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.^[1]

She played three seasons of college tennis at the University of Georgia in the United States from 2014 to 2017.^[1] She was named an All-American five times across singles and doubles.^[2]

Perez made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit 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.

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 ITF events across U.S. 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.^[3] Perez won four doubles titles in five weeks across June and July 2016.

In August, Perez won the Australian Wildcard Play-off to make her major singles 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."^[4] She ended 2016 with a singles rank of 632 and doubles rank of 414.

Perez began the season with a wildcard into the Sydney International qualifying where she defeated Kateryna Kozlova, ranked 101 in the world.^[5] 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.^[6] Perez returned to Australia and reached the semifinals of Toowoomba and quarterfinals of Cairns.

Perez began the 2018 season, after being given wildcard 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.^[7] Perez lost in round two to Ashleigh Barty.^[8]

At the Australian Open, Perez lost in the first round of qualifying to Valentini Grammatikopoulou. She made the second round at the Burnie International, Launceston International and at Perth, and then reached the final of the 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.

Perez commenced 2021 retiring in the first round of the Grampians Trophy.^{[citation needed]} She made the second round of qualifying in both Australian Open and Adelaide International.^{[citation needed]} In March, she won the Abierto Zapopan in doubles with Astra Sharma, it was her second WTA Tour title.^[9]

In May, Perez reached the third and final round of the French Open qualifying.^{[citation needed]} In June, she qualified for Wimbledon but lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Clara Burel.^{[citation needed]}

In July, Perez partnered Samantha Stosur in women's doubles at the 2020 Olympic Games, where they reached the quarterfinals. In the same month, Perez entered the final of an ITF event in Lisbon, Portugal. In October, she reached another ITF final in Portugal.^[10] She won her third title at the 2021 Tenerife Ladies Open with Ulrikke Eikeri.^[11] Perez ended 2021 with a singles rank of 196 and a doubles rank of 42.^{[citation needed]}

Perez lost in the first round of the Australian Open qualifying.^[12]

She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, having never won a match before at this major, and back-to-back WTA 1000 finals at the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open with Nicole Melichar.^[13] She also reached the US Open semifinals for the first time, having never get past the third round at this major.

At the French Open, with Nicole Melichar-Martinez, Perez reached the quarterfinals for the first time, having never previously progressed beyond the second round at this major.^[14] With her win over protected ranking pair of Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzková, she became the 21st Australian woman to advance to a Roland Garros semifinal in doubles in the Open Era.^[15]

She qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals and reached the final with Melichar-Martinez, a first time at this level for both players.^[16] They lost to Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in the championship match.^[17]

She reached her fourth WTA 1000 final at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships with Melichar-Martinez, losing to fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Kateřina Siniaková.^[18] As top seeds, they won the 2024 Bad Homburg Open, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Veronika Kudermetova in the final.^[19]

Perez and Melichar-Martinez qualified for the 2024 WTA Finals and reached the semifinals after compiling a record of two wins and one loss in the group stages.^[20] They lost in the last four to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in straight sets.^[21]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Current through the 2023 Guadalajara Open.

Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	WTA Finals, Cancún	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2022	Canadian Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	2022	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	2023	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	2024	Dubai Championships	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2019	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International[e]	Clay	Daria Gavrilova	Duan Yingying Han Xinyun	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Arina Rodionova	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss	1–2	Feb 2020	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Barbara Haas	Arina Rodionova Storm Sanders	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Sep 2020	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Storm Sanders	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2021	Abierto Zapopan, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Astra Sharma	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Apr 2021	Charleston International, United States	WTA 250	Clay	Storm Sanders	Hailey Baptiste Caty McNally	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–5	Jun 2021	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Ons Jabeur	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	3–5	Oct 2021	Tenerife Ladies Open, Spain	WTA 250	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Lyudmyla Kichenok Marta Kostyuk	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–5	Jun 2022	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Tamara Zidanšek	Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens	6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss	4–6	Aug 2022	Canadian Open, Toronto	WTA 1000	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	4–7	Aug 2022	Cincinnati Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	5–7	Aug 2022	Tennis in Cleveland, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–8	Sep 2022	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	WTA 500	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–9	Mar 2023	Texas Open, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	5–10	Jul 2023	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	WTA 500	Grass	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Demi Schuurs Desirae Krawczyk	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–11	Aug 2023	Cincinnati Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	5–12	Aug 2023	Tennis in Cleveland, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Miyu Kato Aldila Sutjiadi	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss	5–13	Nov 2023	WTA Finals, Mexico	WTA Finals	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–14	Feb 2024	Ladies Linz, Austria	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	5–15	Feb 2024	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	WTA 1000	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–15	Mar 2024	San Diego Open, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Desirae Krawczyk Jessica Pegula	6–1, 6–2
Win	7–15	Jun 2024	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 500	Grass	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2019	Houston Challenger, US	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Sharon Fichman Ena Shibahara	1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	2–0	May 2023	Catalonia Open, Spain	Clay	Storm Hunter	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	6–1, 7–6(10–8)
Win	3–0	May 2024	Catalonia Open, Spain (2)	Clay	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	7–5, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	ITF Brussels, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2016	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Hélène Scholsen	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2017	ITF Gatineau, Canada	25,000	Hard	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 2018	Clay Court International, Australia	25,000	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Sep 2018	Darwin International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Kimberly Birrell	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2018	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Xu Shilin	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	Oct 2018	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zoe Hives	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–7	Oct 2018	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	2–7	Jul 2019	Ashland Tennis Classic, United States	60,000	Hard	Zoe Hives	6–3, 3–2 ret.
Loss	2–8	Jul 2021	ITF Lisbon, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Lulu Sun	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–9	Oct 2021	ITF Loulé, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Harmony Tan	4–6, 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2013	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	10,000	Hard	Abbie Myers	Lee Ya-hsuan Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Apr 2014	ITF Glen Iris, Australia	15,000	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Aleksandrina Naydenova Jessica Moore	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2015	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	10,000	Clay	Belinda Woolcock	Andie Daniell Sophie Chang	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2015	ITF Charlotte, United States	10,000	Clay	Lauren Herring	Maria Fernanda Alves Renata Zarazúa	4–6, 7–6(6), [8–10]
Win	2–3	Jun 2016	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	25,000	Hard	Lauren Herring	Jamie Loeb Ingrid Neel	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–3	Jul 2016	ITF Brussels, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Carolina Alves	Karin Kennel Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–3	Jul 2016	ITF Saint-Gervais, France	10,000	Clay	Abbie Myers	Fatma Al-Nabhani Estelle Cascino	7–6(5), 6–2
Win	5–3	Jul 2016	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Sally Peers	Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Jun 2017	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	6–4	Jun 2017	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	25,000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Francesca Di Lorenzo Julia Elbaba	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, United States	25,000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	7–5	Jul 2017	Challenger de Granby, Canada	60,000	Hard	Carol Zhao	Alexa Guarachi Olivia Tjandramulia	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–5	Aug 2017	ITF Fort Worth, United States	25,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Miharu Imanishi Ayaka Okuno	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Nov 2017	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Jessica Moore	Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–6	Feb 2018	Launceston International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jessica Moore	Laura Robson Valeria Savinykh	7–6(5), 6–4
Win	10–6	Feb 2018	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jessica Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Belinda Woolcock	6–7(6), 6–1, [7–9] ret.
Loss	10–7	May 2018	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–7(6), 3–6
Win	11–7	Jun 2018	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Jessica Moore	Arina Rodionova Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Loss	11–8	Jul 2018	Berkeley Club Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Nicole Gibbs Asia Muhammad	4–6, 1–6
Win	12–8	Jul 2018	Challenger de Granby, Canada (2)	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Erika Sema Aiko Yoshitomi	7–5, 6–4
Win	13–8	Aug 2018	Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–0, 6–2
Win	14–8	Oct 2018	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Eri Hozumi Risa Ozaki	7–5, 6–1
Win	15–8	Nov 2018	Canberra International, Australia (2)	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Naiktha Bains Destanee Aiava	6–7(5), 6–3, [10–7]
Win	16–8	Jan 2019	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Irina Khromacheva Maryna Zanevska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–9	Mar 2019	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Clay	Destanee Aiava	Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	16–10	Jun 2019	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Arina Rodionova	Beatriz Haddad Maia Luisa Stefani	4–6, 7–6(5), [4–10]
Win	17–10	Jan 2020	Burnie International, Australia (2)	60,000	Hard	Storm Sanders	Desirae Krawczyk Asia Muhammad	6–3, 6–2
Win	18–10	Mar 2022	ITF Bendigo, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jaimee Fourlis	Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Alana Parnaby	6–1, 6–1
Win	19–10	May 2023	ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain	25,000	Clay	Ashley Lahey	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]

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