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	$171,374
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 348 (11 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 382 (1 April 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	3–4
Career titles	0 ATP, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 185 (1 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 185 (1 April 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: 1 April 2024.

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

Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles alongside Alex De Minaur.

Career edit

2014–2017: Professional debut edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 3 (0–3) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (0–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
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)

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runners-up) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (8–9)
$15,000 tournaments (2–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (10–15)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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