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
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
Singles (0–1) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 6 May 2007 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Anastasia Pivovarova 1–6, 0–6
Doubles (4–5) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (14–4)Clay (1–2)Grass (3–1)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 26 October 2008 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard Stefania Boffa Laura Ioana Andrei Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 7–6 (7–3) Loss 1. 15 March 2009 Dijon, France Hard Violette Huck Kim Kilsdonk Daniëlle Harmsen 6–7(2–7), 1–6Loss 2. Changwon, South Korea Hard Elena Baltacha Chang Kai-Chen Chen Yi 4–6, 1–6Win 2. 9 May 2010 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Jocelyn Rae Tímea Babos Tara Moore 7–6(7–5), 6–4Win 3. 21 June 2010 Davos, Switzerland Clay Emelyn Starr Sarah Moundir Amra Sadiković 6–1, 6–2Win 4. Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anna Fitzpatrick Tara Moore Francesca Stephenson 6–2, 6–3Loss 3. Heraklion, Greece Hard Nicole Rottmann Samantha Murray Anna Fitzpatrick 3–6, 2–6Loss 4. 19 September 2011 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) Johanna Konta Maria João Koehler Katalin Marosi 6–7(3–7), 1–6Loss 5. 12 November 2011 Loughborough, United Kingdom Hard (i) Malou Ejdesgaard Tara Moore Francesca Stephenson 6–3, 2–6, [3–10]
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