Blake Ellis (tennis)

Blake Ellis
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia
Born (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999[1]
Brisbane, Australia
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach Brent Larkham
Prize money $32,119
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 424 (20 August 2018)
Current ranking No. 424 (20 August 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2016)
French Open Junior QF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior 3R (2017)
US Open Junior 2R (2016)
Doubles
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 478 (20 August 2018)
Current ranking No. 478 (20 August 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior W (2016)
French Open Junior SF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior SF (2017)
US Open Junior 1R (2016)
Last updated on: 12 January 2018.

Blake Ellis (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian tennis player.[2]

Ellis has a career high ATP singles ranking of 424 on 20 August 2018. Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles championships alongside Alex De Minaur.

Career

2014 – 2017: Senior Beginnings

Ellis made his senior debut in October 2014 at the Australia F7, where he lost in round 1. Between 2015–17, Ellis competed in the ITF Men's Circuit around Australia, Asia, and Europe, with his best result in that time period being a semi-final appearance in the August 2017 Thailand F6 Futures tournament in Nonthaburi.

In October 2017, Ellis won his first Challenger match against Austrian Lucas Mielder in the Canberra International.[3]

2018

At the 2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Ellis had his best Challenger-level performance to date, winning his qualifying matches and then defeating two previous tournament champions in 5th seed Tatsuma Ito and 3rd seed Go Soeda en route to a semi-final loss against fellow Australian and eventual champion John Millman.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2016 Australian Open Hard Australia Alex de Minaur Slovakia Lukáš Klein
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl		 3–6, 7–5, [12–10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/blake-ellis/ea27/overview
  2. ↑ "Blake Ellis | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  3. ↑ "ELLIS MARKS MAIDEN WIN IN CANBERRA". Tennis Australia. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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