Jennifer Elie (born September 22, 1986) is an American former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
She has career-high
WTA rankings of 219 in singles, achieved June 2017, and 237 in doubles, set in May 2013. Elie has won two singles titles and six doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit.
Jennifer was sponsored by several companies throughout her career, includin
Loriet Sports a NY-born premium activewear brand.
Career
She made her main-draw debut on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
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
Bell Challenge; they lost their match of the first round.
During her career, she was coached by her father, Kerner Elie, and (so in her ITF profile) she preferred clay courts.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
References
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1986 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis players from New York City
African-American tennis players
21st-century African-American sportswomen
21st-century American sportswomen
20th-century African-American sportswomen
20th-century American sportswomen
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