Ella McDonald (born 4 August 2005) is a British tennis player.
Career Given a wildcard into qualifying at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, McDonald pushed veteran American Coco Vandeweghe to a third set tie-break.
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.
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.
2024 In January, partnered with Finland's Laura Hietaranta, she won the Sunderland ITF doubles title in straight sets against Julie Belgraver and Katarina Stresnakova to win back-to-back 35k doubles titles.
At the 2024 Ilkley Trophy, she defeated Arianne Hartono in three sets and reached the quarterfinals with a win over Lanlana Tararudee, before losing to Jessika Ponchet.
She defeated world No. 50, Ana Bogdan, in three sets in qualifying at the 2024 Eastbourne International. Playing with Holly Hutchinson, she won the ladies doubles at the Roehampton W35 in August to claim their third trophy in four tournaments.
She won final of the women's doubles at the W50 Funchal tournament in Portugal in November alongside compatriot Holly Hutchinson, when they defeated Martyna Kubka and Sarah Beth Grey in the semifinal, before defeating Riya Bhatia and Polina Iatchenko in the final.
2025 Alongside Mingge Xu, she won the final of the women's doubles at the Wrexham Open in Wales in October 2025, when they defeated Valentina Ryser and Amarni Banks.
Personal life McDonald is from Preston, Lancashire. She is the daughter of Joanna McDonald and former professional footballer Neil McDonald. She has two siblings.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW35 tournaments (0–1)W15 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1) ResultW-LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Daria Khomutsianskaya 6–4, 6–2Win 2–0 Jul 2024ITF Bissy-Chambéry, FranceW15 Hard Ekaterina Ovcharenko 6–0, 6–1Win 3–0 May 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Kateryna Lazarenko 6–3, 6–2Loss 3–1 Aug 2026ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW35 Hard Amelia Rajecki 0–6, 2–6
Doubles: 15 (14 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2023GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United KingdomW25 Hard (i) Maia Lumsden Dominika Šalková Anna Sisková 3–6, 6–1, [13–11]Win 2–0 Jan 2024GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW35 Hard (i) Liv Hovde Alicia Barnett Sarah Beth Grey 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]Win 3–0 Jan 2024GB Pro-Series Sunderland, UKW35 Hard (i) Laura Hietaranta Julie Belgraver Katarína Strešnaková 6–4, 6–1Win 4–0 May 2024ITF Nottingham, UKW35 Hard Holly Hutchinson Ali Collins Lauryn John-Baptiste 7–6(4), 7–6(5)Win 5–0 May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Talia Neilson-Gatenby Jiayu Xu Zhang Ying 6–4, 6–2Win 6–0 Jun 2024ITF Madrid, SpainW15 Clay Holly Hutchinson Ana Candiotto Anastasia Iamachkine 6–4, 6–1Win 7–0 Aug 2024ITF Roehampton, UKW35 Hard Holly Hutchinson Gabriella Da Silva Fick <br/ > Alice Robbe 6–2, 3–6, [10–3]Loss 7–1 Oct 2024GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW35 Hard (i) Ranah Stoiber Valentini Grammatikopoulou Elena Malõgina walkoverWin 8–1 Nov 2024ITF Funchal, PortugalW50 Hard Holly Hutchinson Riya Bhatia Polina Iatcenko 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win 9–1 Mar 2025ITF Helsinki, FinlandW35 Hard (i) Laura Hietaranta Ayla Aksu Martyna Kubka 6–3, 6–4Win 10–1 Mar 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW50 Hard Holly Hutchinson Carmen Corley Maribella Zamarripa 6–1, 6–4Win 11–1 Apr 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Laura Hietaranta Anastasia Bertacchi Viola Turini 6–2, 6–3Win 12–1 Nov 2025ITF Funchal, PortugalW50 Hard Holly Hutchinson Polina Bakhmutkina Mina Hodzic 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]Win 13–1 Jul 2026ITF Dublin, IrelandW50 Carpet Amelia Rajecki Alicia Dudeney Zuzanna Pawlikowska 6–2, 6–1Win 14–1 Aug 2026ITF Roehampton, UKW35 Hard Emily Appleton Brooke Black Angella Okutoyi 7–5, 7–6(2)
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