Jennifer Elie


Jennifer Elie is an American professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 219 in singles, achieved in June 2017, and 237 in doubles, set in May 2013. Elie has won two singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

She made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2012 Texas Open, partnering Asia Muhammad to reach the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament. The same year, she partnered Sesil Karatantcheva at the 2012 Bell Challenge; they lost in the first round.
She is coached by her father, Kerner Elie.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2007ITF Mazatlán, Mexico10,000Hard Maria Fernanda Alves1–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Sep 2008ITF Chihuahua, Mexico10,000Clay Zuzana Zemenová2–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Jul 2009ITF Atlanta, United States10,000Hard Irina Falconi0–6, 4–6
Win1–3Apr 2012ITF Caracas, Venezuela10,000Hard Lauren Albanese6–1, 6–2
Win2–3Apr 2012ITF Caracas, Venezuela10,000Hard Maria Andrea Cardenas6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss2–4Jun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Hard Valeria Solovyeva7–5, 3–6, 0–6
Loss2–5Nov 2016ITF Nashville, United States25,000Hard Gabriela Dabrowski6–7, 4–6
Loss2–6Feb 2019ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000Hard Lulu Sun2–6, 3–6
Loss2–7Feb 2019ITF Perth, Australia15,000Hard Lulu Sun6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.July 9, 2004Sidi Fredj, AlgeriaClay Michaela Johansson Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
Shelley Stephens
3–6, 1–6
Winner1.May 5, 2007Los Mochis, MexicoHard Maria Fernanda Alves Danielle Brown
Emily Webley-Smith
6–3, 6–0
Winner2.July 22, 2007Wichita, United StatesHard Jelena Pandžić Anna Egorova
Madina Rakhim
6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Winner3.June 8, 2008Hilton Head, United StatesHard Nadja Gilchrist Carolina Salge
Keri Wong
6–1, 0–6,
Runner-up2.March 29, 2009Metepec, MexicoHard Maria Fernanda Alves Dominika Dieskova
Katerina Kramperová
1–6, 6–7
Winner4.April 21, 2012Caracas, VenezuelaHard Maria Andrea Cardenas Luicelena Perez
Karina Venditti
6–3, 4–6,
Winner5.February 27, 2015Clare, AustraliaHard Jessica Moore Mana Ayukawa
Kotomi Takahata
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up3.October 10, 2015Cairns, AustraliaHard Asia Muhammad Jessica Moore
Storm Sanders
0–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.September 25, 2017Brisbane, AustraliaHard Erika Sema Naiktha Bains
Abigail Tere-Apisah
4–6, 1–6
Winner6.February 23, 2019Perth, AustraliaHard Irina Ramialison Haine Ogata
Aiko Yoshitomi
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up5.June 29, 2019Shreveport, United StatesClay Alexandra Osborne Vladica Babic
Hsu Chieh-yu
2–6, 0–6