Ella McDonald

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Ella McDonald
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McDonald in 2022
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) [1]
Prize money$58,593
Singles
Career record57–52
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 395 (16 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 395 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2023)
French Open  Junior2R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2022)
US Open  Junior2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record56–19
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 250 (18 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 251 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorQF (2023)
French Open  JuniorQF (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2022)
US Open  Junior2R (2022)
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Ella McDonald (born 4 August 2005) is a British tennis player. [2] [3]

Contents

Career

Given a wildcard into qualifying at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, McDonald pushed veteran American Coco Vandeweghe to a third set tie-break. [4]

2023

McDonald started 2023 in the British team at the United Cup alongside Cameron Norrie, Harriet Dart, Dan Evans, Katie Swan, Jan Choinski, Jonny O'Mara and Ranah Stoiber. [5]

McDonald won her first ITF World Tour title in February 2023. She won the women's doubles alongside Maia Lumsden at the W25 Glasgow event held at the Stirling National Academy against Dominika Salkova and Anna Siskova. It was Lumsden and McDonald's debut tournament as a pair. [6]

2024

In January 2024, partnered with Finland's Laura Hietaranta she won the Sunderland ITF doubles title 6–4, 6–1 against Julie Belgraver and Katarina Stresnakova to win back-to-back 35k ITF doubles titles. [7]

At the 2024 Ilkley Trophy she defeated Arianne Hartono in three sets and reached the quarter finals with a win over Lanlana Tararudee before losing to Jessika Ponchet. [8] [9]

She defeated world number 50 Ana Bogdan in three sets in qualifying at the 2024 Eastbourne International. [10] Playing with Holly Hutchinson she won the ladies doubles at the Roehampton W35 in August 2024, to claim their third trophy in four tournaments. [11]

She won final of the women's doubles at the W50 Funchal tournament in Portugal in a November 2024 alongside compatriot Holly Hutchinson, where they defeated Martyna Kubka and Sarah Beth Grey in the semi final before defeating Riya Bhatia and Polina Iatchenko in the final. [12]

Personal life

She is from Preston, Lancashire. [13] She is the daughter of Joanna McDonald and former professional footballer Neil McDonald. She has two siblings Charlotte and Lucas. [14]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW-LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15HardFlag placeholder.svg Daria Khomutsianskaya6–4, 6–2
Win2–0Jul 2024ITF Bissy-Chambéry, FranceW15HardFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Ovcharenko6–0, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (8 titles, 1 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Feb 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United KingdomW25Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maia Lumsden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Sisková 		3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Win2–0Jan 2024 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liv Hovde Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Beth Grey 		4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win3–0Jan 2024 GB Pro-Series Sunderland, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of Finland.svg Laura Hietaranta Flag of France.svg Julie Belgraver
Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarína Strešnaková		6–4, 6–1
Win4–0 May 2024 ITF Nottingham, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hutchinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ali Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lauryn John-Baptiste		7–6(4), 7–6(5)
Win5–0 May 2024 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Talia Neilson-Gatenby Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiayu Xu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ying 		6–4, 6–2
Win6–0 Jun 2024 ITF Madrid, SpainW15Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hutchinson Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Candiotto
Flag of Peru.svg Anastasia Iamachkine 		6–4, 6–1
Win7–0 Aug 2024 ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hutchinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriella Da Silva Fick
Flag of France.svg Alice Robbe 		6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss7–1 Oct 2024 ITF Loughborough, United KingdomW35Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ranah Akua Stoiber Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Flag of Estonia.svg Elena Malõgina 		Walkover
Win8–1 Nov 2024 ITF Funchal, PortugalW50Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hutchinson Flag of India.svg Riya Bhatia
Flag placeholder.svg Polina Iatcenko		3–6, 6–2, [10–8]

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  5. ↑ "United Cup offers men's and women's tennis chance to present united front". The Guardian. December 28, 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Kyle Edmund wins Sunderland to take back-to-back Lexus GB Pro Series titles". LTA. January 22, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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