Ellen Perez

2012-2014: Career Beginnings

Perez made her ITF Circuit debut in March 2012 in Bundaberg, losing in three sets to Jennifer Elie. In September 2013, Perez recorded her first main draw singles win in Toowoomba after qualifying. She reached the quarter finals losing to Azra Hadzic. In December 2013, Perez won her first ITF doubles title in Hong Kong with Abbie Myers.

In 2014, Perez reached the quarter final 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 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 quarter final and the doubles final. The following week in Charlotte, she reached the doubles final. She played across USA ITF for the remainder of 2015.

Perez commenced her 2016 in June in USA without qualifying for the main draw. In July, Perez 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.^[4] 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 2016 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."^[5] Perez ended 2016 with a singles rank of 632 and doubles rank of 414.

2017-present: First WTA win

Perez commenced the 2017 with a wildcard into the Sydney International qualifying where she defeated Kateryna Kozlova ranked 101 in the world.^[6] She lost to Naomi Broady in the second round. At the 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles 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.^[7] Perez returned to Australia and reached the semi final of Toowoomba and quarter final of Cairns.

Perez commenced the 2018 season after being given wildcard into the Sydney International where she upset world number 11 Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. Mladenovic retired with the score 4-6, 2-4. This was Perez's first WTA Tour win.^[8] Perez lost in round 2 to Ashleigh Barty.^[9] At the 2018 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 6.4 6.4

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Result	Number	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 July 2016	10,000	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2016	10,000	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Hélène Scholsen	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 July 2017	$25,000	Gatineau, Canada	Hard	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1 April 2018	$25,000	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (9–6)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1	13 December 2013	10,000	Hong Kong	Hard	Abbie Myers	Lee Ya-hsuan Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	1.	5 April 2014	15,000	Glen Iris, Australia	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Aleksandrina Naydenova Jessica Moore	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 June 2015	10,000	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Belinda Woolcock	Andie Daniell Sophie Chang	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	13 June 2015	10,000	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Lauren Herring	Maria Fernanda Alves Renata Zarazúa	4–6, 7–6(8–6) [8–10]
Winner	2.	25 June 2016	25,000	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Lauren Herring	Jamie Loeb Ingrid Neel	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	8 July 2016	10,000	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Karin Kennel Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	21 July 2016	10,000	Saint-Gervais, France	Clay	Abbie Myers	Fatma Al Nabhani Estelle Cascino	7–6 (7–5) , 6–2
Winner	5.	29 July 2016	10,000	Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Sally Peers	Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	17 June 2017	25,000	Sumter, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	6.	24 June 2017	25,000	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Francesca Di Lorenzo Julia Elbaba	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1 July 2017	25,000	Auburn, United States	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Winner	7.	29 July 2017	60,000	Granby, Canada	Hard	Carol Zhao	Alexa Guarachi Olivia Tjandramulia	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	5 August 2017	25,000	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Miharu Imanishi Ayaka Okuno	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	5 November 2017	60,000	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	9 February 2018	25,000	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Laura Robson Valeria Savinykh	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	10.	16 February 2018	25,000	Perth, Australia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Belinda Woolcock	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [7–9] ret.

Singles

Doubles