1. Ellen Perez was born on 10 October 1995 and is an Australian professional tennis player.
32 Facts About Ellen Perez
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Ellen Perez has won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, three doubles titles on the Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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Ellen Perez made her first singles major appearance at the 2016 US Open, after winning the Australian Wildcard Play-off.
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Ellen Perez is of Spanish descent on her father's side and of Macedonian descent on her mother's side.
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Ellen Perez 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.
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Ellen Perez played three seasons of college tennis at the University of Georgia in the United States from 2014 to 2017.
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Ellen Perez was named an All-American five times across singles and doubles.
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Ellen Perez made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in March 2012 in Bundaberg, losing in three sets to Jennifer Elie.
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In 2014, Ellen 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.
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Ellen Perez ended 2014 with a singles rank of 655 and a doubles rank of 517.
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In June 2015, Ellen Perez returned to play at Bethany Beach where she qualified and reached the singles quarterfinals and the doubles final.
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Ellen Perez played ITF events across US for the remainder of 2015.
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Ellen Perez started her 2016 season in June in US without qualifying for the main draw.
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Ellen Perez reached a semifinal and final at two subsequent events.
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Ellen Perez won four doubles titles in five weeks across June and July 2016.
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Ellen Perez began the season with a wildcard into the Sydney International qualifying where she defeated Kateryna Kozlova, ranked 101 in the world.
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Ellen Perez lost to Naomi Broady in the second round.
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At the Australian Open qualifying, Ellen Perez defeated Tadeja Majeric, then lost to Ana Bogdan.
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Ellen Perez returned to Australia and reached the semifinals of Toowoomba and quarterfinals of Cairns.
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Ellen 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.
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At the Australian Open, Ellen Perez lost in the first round of qualifying to Valentini Grammatikopoulou.
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Ellen Perez traveled to Europe and North America's ITF Circuit with limited success.
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Ellen Perez commenced 2021 retiring in the first round of the Grampians Trophy.
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Ellen Perez made the second round of qualifying in both Australian Open and Adelaide International.
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In July, Ellen Perez partnered Samantha Stosur in women's doubles at the 2020 Olympic Games, where they reached the quarterfinals.
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Ellen Perez won her third title at the 2021 Tenerife Ladies Open with Ulrikke Eikeri.
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Ellen Perez ended 2021 with a singles rank of 196 and a doubles rank of 42.
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Ellen Perez lost in the first round of the Australian Open qualifying.
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Ellen Perez 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.
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Ellen Perez reached the US Open semifinals for the first time, having never get past the third round at this major, where she and Melichar lost to third seeded Czech duo of Krejcikova and Siniakova.
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At the French Open, with Nicole Melichar-Martinez, Ellen Perez reached the quarterfinals for the first time, having never previously progressed beyond the second round at this major.
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Ellen Perez reached her fourth WTA 1000 final at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships with Melichar-Martinez, losing to fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova.