# Ella McDonald

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 Siskova. It was Lumsden and McDonald's debut tournament as a pair.

### 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.
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.
She defeated world number 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 2024, to claim their third trophy in four tournaments.
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.

## Personal life

She is from Preston, Lancashire. She is the daughter of Joanna McDonald and former professional footballer Neil McDonald. She has two siblings Charlotte and Lucas.

## 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: 10 (9 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 |