Amanda Elliott

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Amanda Elliott
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Born (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 34)
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
Wimbledon Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record73 – 83
Career titles4 ITF
Highest ranking251 (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.

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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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.6 May 2007 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Flag of Russia.svg 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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.26 October 2008 Glasgow, United KingdomHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefania Boffa Flag of Romania.svg Laura Ioana Andrei
Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
6–4, 7–6 (7–3)
Runner-up1.15 March 2009 Dijon, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Violette Huck Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniëlle Harmsen
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Runner-up2.21 April 2009 Changwon, South KoreaHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elena Baltacha Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-Chen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Yi
4–6, 1–6
Winner2.9 May 2010 Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jocelyn Rae Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tara Moore
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner3.21 June 2010 Davos, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emelyn Starr Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sarah Moundir
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Amra Sadiković
6–1, 6–2
Winner4.3 November 2010 Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Fitzpatrick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tara Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up3.10 May 2011 Heraklion, GreeceHard Flag of Austria.svg Nicole Rottmann Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Fitzpatrick
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.19 September 2011 Shrewsbury, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta Flag of Portugal.svg Maria João Koehler
Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up5.12 November 2011 Loughborough, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Denmark.svg Malou Ejdesgaard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tara Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francesca Stephenson
6–3, 2–6, [3–10]

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