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Amanda Elliott

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Amanda Elliott
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 35)
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.

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

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

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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

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Singles (0–1)

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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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 6 May 2007 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova 1–6, 0–6

Doubles (4–5)

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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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 26 October 2008 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard Switzerland Stefania Boffa Romania Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
6–4, 7–6 (7–3)
Loss 1. 15 March 2009 Dijon, France Hard France Violette Huck Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss 2. 21 April 2009 Changwon, South Korea Hard United Kingdom Elena Baltacha Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-Chen
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
4–6, 1–6
Win 2. 9 May 2010 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae Hungary Tímea Babos
United Kingdom Tara Moore
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3. 21 June 2010 Davos, Switzerland Clay Australia Emelyn Starr Switzerland Sarah Moundir
Switzerland Amra Sadiković
6–1, 6–2
Win 4. 3 November 2010 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Anna Fitzpatrick United Kingdom Tara Moore
United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3. 10 May 2011 Heraklion, Greece Hard Austria Nicole Rottmann United Kingdom Samantha Murray
United Kingdom Anna Fitzpatrick
3–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 19 September 2011 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Johanna Konta Portugal Maria João Koehler
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 5. 12 November 2011 Loughborough, United Kingdom Hard (i) Denmark Malou Ejdesgaard United Kingdom Tara Moore
United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson
6–3, 2–6, [3–10]

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