Amanda Elliott
| Country (sports) | |
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| Born | 1 November 1989 Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $60,252 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 68 – 115 |
| Career titles | 0 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 311 (24 November 2008) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 73 – 83 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 251 (4 May 2009) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2008, 2009) |
| Last updated on: 03 June 2016. | |
Amanda Elliott (born 1 November 1989) is a British tennis player.
Elliott has won 4 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 24 November 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 311. On 4 May 2009, she peaked at world number 251 in the doubles rankings.
Elliott made her WTA main draw debut at the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open in the doubles event partnering Han Xinyun.
Elliott competed in the Ladies Singles Qualifying event at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2008 and 2009, and competed in the Ladies Doubles event at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2008 and 2009, partnering Katie O'Brien and Elena Baltacha respectively. In 2008, Amanda Elliott and Katie O'Brien lost in the first round to Aiko Nakamura and Aravane Rezai 7–5, 6–4, and in 2009 Amanda Elliott and Elena Baltacha lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka and Elena Vesnina 6–0, 6–4.
Since retiring from full time tennis, Elliott continues to have success with tennis, having recently won the Loughborough Tennis Alumni Event partnering Anne Meredith in the Ladies event and David Scales in the mixed.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Following tennis Amanda studied at Loughborough University where she achieved a 1st Class honours.
Elliott now works for Bjorn Borg as the UK Marketing Manager and travels throughout Europe with work.
ITF finals
[edit | edit source]Singles (0–1)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 6 May 2007 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | Russia Anastasia Pivovarova | 1–6, 0–6 |
Doubles (4–5)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1. | 26 October 2008 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard | Switzerland Stefania Boffa | Romania Laura Ioana Andrei Romania Irina-Camelia Begu |
6–4, 7–6 (7–3) |
| Loss | 1. | 15 March 2009 | Dijon, France | Hard | France Violette Huck | Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen |
6–7(2–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 21 April 2009 | Changwon, South Korea | Hard | Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-Chen Chinese Taipei Chen Yi |
4–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 9 May 2010 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | Hungary Tímea Babos |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
| Win | 3. | 21 June 2010 | Davos, Switzerland | Clay | Australia Emelyn Starr | Switzerland Sarah Moundir Switzerland Amra Sadiković |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | 3 November 2010 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 3. | 10 May 2011 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Austria Nicole Rottmann | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 4. | 19 September 2011 | Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Portugal Maria João Koehler Hungary Katalin Marosi |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 | |
| Loss | 5. | 12 November 2011 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Denmark Malou Ejdesgaard | 6–3, 2–6, [3–10] |
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Amanda Elliott at the Women's Tennis AssociationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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