Ella McDonald

Ella McDonald

McDonald in 2022
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) [1]
Prize money	$61,090
Singles
Career record	60–56
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 389 (17 March 2025)
Current ranking	No. 389 (17 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior	1R (2023)
French Open  Junior	2R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior	2R (2022)
US Open  Junior	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	61–21
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 245 (6 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 266 (17 March 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior	QF (2023)
French Open  Junior	QF (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior	1R (2022)
US Open  Junior	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 17 March 2025.

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

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 Sisková. 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

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
W15 tournaments

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Daria Khomutsianskaya	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2024	ITF Bissy-Chambéry, France	W15	Hard	Ekaterina Ovcharenko	6–0, 6–1

Doubles: 11 (10 titles, 1 runner–ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2023	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Dominika Šalková Anna Sisková	3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Win	2–0	Jan 2024	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United Kingdom	W35	Hard	Liv Hovde	Alicia Barnett Sarah Beth Grey	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	3–0	Jan 2024	GB Pro-Series Sunderland, United Kingdom	W35	Hard	Laura Hietaranta	Julie Belgraver Katarína Strešnaková	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–0	May 2024	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	W35	Hard	Holly Hutchinson	Ali Collins Lauryn John-Baptiste	7–6(4), 7–6(5)
Win	5–0	May 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Talia Neilson-Gatenby	Jiayu Xu Zhang Ying	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–0	Jun 2024	ITF Madrid, Spain	W15	Clay	Holly Hutchinson	Ana Candiotto Anastasia Iamachkine	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–0	Aug 2024	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	W35	Hard	Holly Hutchinson	Gabriella Da Silva Fick Alice Robbe	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	7–1	Oct 2024	ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom	W35	Hard (i)	Ranah Akua Stoiber	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Elena Malõgina	Walkover
Win	8–1	Nov 2024	ITF Funchal, Portugal	W50	Hard	Holly Hutchinson	Riya Bhatia Polina Iatcenko	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	9–1	Mar 2025	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W35	Hard	Laura Hietaranta	Ayla Aksu Martyna Kubka	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–1	Mar 2025	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W50	Hard	Holly Hutchinson	Carmen Corley Maribella Zamarripa	6–1, 6–4

References

1. "Ella McDonald". Eurosport. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
2. "Ella McDonald". itftennis.
3. "Ella McDonald's". wta.
4. "Ella McDonald shocked by performance against Vandeweghe in Wimbledon qualifying". The Northern Echo. June 22, 2022.
5. "United Cup offers men's and women's tennis chance to present united front". The Guardian. December 28, 2022.
6. "Lumsden and McDonald claim doubles victory on team debut in Glasgow". LTA.org. February 20, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
7. "Kyle Edmund wins Sunderland to take back-to-back Lexus GB Pro Series titles". LTA. January 22, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
8. "Ella McDonald wows home support with Ilkley success". East Lothian Courier. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
9. "British wipeout at Ilkley Trophy as France dominates semis". Telegraph & Argus. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
10. "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Results & updates". lta. June 22, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
11. "Sonay Kartal & George Loffhagen lead British champions at the Lexus GB Pro Series Roehampton". LTA. August 5, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
12. "Britânicas HollyHutchinson e Ella Macdonald festejam vitória no Madeira Ladies Open". www.dnoticias.pt. November 16, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
13. "Lexus Ilkley Trophy 2024: Next generation of British stars progress in women's singles". lta.org. June 19, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
14. "Ex-Preston North End defender on how he's helping his teenage daughter, rising tennis star Ella". lep.co.uk. June 20, 2020.

External links

• Ella McDonald at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ella McDonald at the International Tennis Federation
• Ella McDonald at ESPN.com