Blake Ellis (tennis)

Blake Ellis
	Ellis in 2023
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Brisbane, Australia
Born	6 January 1999 (age 25); Brisbane, Australia
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach	Brent Larkham
Prize money	$195,864
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 348 (11 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 368 (6 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
Australian Open Junior	2R (2016)
French Open Junior	QF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2017)
US Open Junior	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0 ATP, 3 Challenger, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 156 (30 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 156 (6 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
Australian Open Junior	W (2016)
French Open Junior	SF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2017)
US Open Junior	1R (2016)
	Last updated on: 10 October 2024.

Last updated October 18, 2024

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

Career

2014–2017: Professional debut

Ellis made his senior debut in October 2014 at the Australia F7, where he lost in round 1. Between 2015 and 2017, 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.

2021

In October 2021, Ellis won his fifth ITF doubles title and third for the season.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (6 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
Futures/ ITF World Tennis Tour (0–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2022	M25 Mysuru, India	World Tennis Tour	Hard	George Loffhagen	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Sep 2023	M25 Darwin, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blake Mott	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2023	M25 Brisbane, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Shintaro Imai	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	0–4	Jul 2024	M25 Ajaccio, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jules Marie	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Aug 2024	M25 Taipei, Chinese Taipei	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–6	Oct 2024	M25 Cairns, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Rio Noguchi	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

Doubles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
$25,000 tournaments (9–11)
$15,000 tournaments (3–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (14–17)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Level	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	29 Sep 2017	$25,000	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Maverick Banes	Nathan Pasha Darren Polkinghorne	4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	1.	11 Nov 2017	$15,000	Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam	Hard	Michael Look	Sho Katayama Arata Onozawa	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	2.	30 Mar 2018	$25,000	Mornington, Australia	Clay	Michael Look	Adam Taylor Jason Taylor	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	2.	14 Oct 2018	$25,000	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Brydan Klein Scott Puodziunas	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), [10–2]
Loss	3.	9 Mar 2019	M15	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	Shintaro Imai Takuto Niki	6–1, 6–7^(8–10), [5–10]
Loss	4.	23 Mar 2019	M15	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Michael Look	Hiroyasu Ehara Sho Katayama	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	30 Mar 2019	M15	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Michael Look	Hsu Yu-hsiou Shintaro Imai	6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	6.	8 Jun 2019	M25	Hong Kong	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	Shintaro Imai Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 4–6
Win	3.	7 Aug 2021	M15	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Ajeet Rai	Taisei Ichikawa Seita Watanabe	6–2, 6–3
Win	4.	21 Aug 2021	M15	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Dane Sweeny	Timur Khabibulin Beibit Zhukayev	7–6, 6–1
Loss	7.	2 Oct 2021	M25	Falun, Sweden	Hard (indoor)	Renta Tokuda	Yuta Shimizu Khumoyun Sultanov	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	5.	10 Oct 2021	M25	Nevers, France	Hard (indoor)	Tristan Schoolkate	Millen Hurrion Ben Jones	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Win	6.	31 Oct 2021	M25	Sarreguemines, France	Hard (indoor)	Tristan Schoolkate	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Hendrik Jebens	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	8.	7 Nov 2021	M25	Saint-Dizier, France	Hard (indoor)	Tristan Schoolkate	Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas	4–6, 6–4 [7-10]
Loss	9.	14 Nov 2021	M25	Villers-lès-Nancy, France	Hard (indoor)	Tristan Schoolkate	Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas	6-7, 2–3 (ret.)
Loss	10.	Feb 2022	M25	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Calum Puttergill Brandon Walkin	2-6, 3–6
Win	7.	Oct 2022	M25	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Calum Puttergill Aaron Addison	6-4, 6–1
Win	8.	Oct 2022	Challenger	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Ajeet Rai Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Loss	11.	March 2023	M25	Swan Hill, Australia	Hard	Matthew Christopher Romios	Tristan Schoolkate Luke Saville	3-6, 4–6
Win	9.	March 2023	M25	Lucknow, India	Hard	Shuichi Sekiguchi	Parikshit Somani Manish Sureshkumar	6-2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–8]
Loss	12.	June 2023	M15	Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	Hard	Blake Bayldon	Shinji Hazawa Ryotaro Taguchi	4-6, 5–7
Loss	13.	Jul 2023	Challenger	Bloomfield Hills, United States	Hard	Calum Puttergill	Tristan Schoolkate Adam Walton	5–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	Sep 2023	M25	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Joshua Charlton	Jeremy Beale Thomas Fancutt	4-6, 4–6
Loss	15.	Oct 2023	Challenger	Playford, Australia	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	16.	Feb 2024	M25	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Joshua Charlton	Matt Hulme James Watt	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	10.	March 2024	M25	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Joshua Charlton	Jesse Delaney Ajeet Rai	6–1, 6–3
Win	11.	March 2024	M25	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Joshua Charlton	Matt Hulme James Watt	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [10–4]
Win	12.	May 2024	Challenger	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Nam Ji-sung Patrik Niklas-Salminen	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–4]
Win	13.	July 2024	M25	Ajaccio, France	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Yanis Ghazouani Durand Loann Massard	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	17.	July 2024	M25	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Joshua Charlton	James Davis Matthew Summers	3–6, 4–6
Win	14.	Sep 2024	M15	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Nathan Anthony Barki	Tomohiro Masabayashi Taiyo Yamanaka	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), [10–8]
Win	15.	Sep 2024	Challenger	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Adam Walton	Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Arjun Kadhe	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	18.	Oct 2024	M25	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Joshua Charlton	Matt Hulme James Watt	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Alex de Minaur	Lukáš Klein Patrik Rikl	3–6, 7–5, [12–10]

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References

↑ "Blake Ellis | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
↑ "Blake Ellis | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
↑ "ELLIS MARKS MAIDEN WIN IN CANBERRA". Tennis Australia. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
↑ "Social Round Up". Tennis Australia . 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

External links

Blake Ellis at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Blake Ellis at the International Tennis Federation
Blake Ellis at Tennis Australia

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[1] "Blake Ellis | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[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.

[4] "Social Round Up". Tennis Australia . 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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