Blake Ellis (tennis)

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

Blake Ellis
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
Born (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999[1]
Brisbane, Australia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachBrent Larkham
Prize money$71,766
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 350 (7 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 349 (4 February 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
Australian Open Junior2R (2016)
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2017)
US Open Junior2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record2–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 252 (28 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 252 (28 January 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2019)
Australian Open JuniorW (2016)
French Open JuniorSF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2017)
US Open Junior1R (2016)
Last updated on: 28 January 2019.

Ellis has a career high ATP singles ranking of 350 on 7 January 2019. 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 Alex de Minaur Lukáš Klein
Patrik Rikl		 3–6, 7–5, [12–10]
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References
  1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/blake-ellis/ea27/overview
  2. "Blake Ellis | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "ELLIS MARKS MAIDEN WIN IN CANBERRA". Tennis Australia. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.


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