Amanda Elliott

Amanda Elliott (born 1 November 1989) is a British tennis player.

Amanda Elliott
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money$60,252
Singles
Career record68 – 115
Career titles0 ITF
Highest ranking311 (24 November 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record73 – 83
Career titles4 ITF
Highest ranking251 (4 May 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2008, 2009)
Last updated on: 03 June 2016.

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

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 (4–6)

Singles (0–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 6 May 2007 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Anastasia Pivovarova 1–6, 0–6

Doubles (4–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (14–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 26 October 2008 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard Stefania Boffa Laura Ioana Andrei
Irina-Camelia Begu
6–4, 7–6 (7–3)
Runner-up 1. 15 March 2009 Dijon, France Hard Violette Huck Kim Kilsdonk
Daniëlle Harmsen
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Runner-up 2. 21 April 2009 Changwon, South Korea Hard Elena Baltacha Chang Kai-Chen
Chen Yi
4–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 9 May 2010 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Jocelyn Rae Tímea Babos
Tara Moore
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner 3. 21 June 2010 Davos, Switzerland Clay Emelyn Starr Sarah Moundir
Amra Sadiković
6–1, 6–2
Winner 4. 3 November 2010 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anna Fitzpatrick Tara Moore
Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 10 May 2011 Heraklion, Greece Hard Nicole Rottmann Samantha Murray
Anna Fitzpatrick
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 19 September 2011 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) Johanna Konta Maria João Koehler
Katalin Marosi
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up 5. 12 November 2011 Loughborough, United Kingdom Hard (i) Malou Ejdesgaard Tara Moore
Francesca Stephenson
6–3, 2–6, [3–10]

References

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