Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Culemborg, Netherlands |
Born | Tiel, Netherlands | 22 January 1984
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2011 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $190,236 |
Singles | |
Career record | 244–156 (61.0%) |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 129 (12 February 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2005, 2007) |
French Open | Q3 (2005) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2004) |
US Open | Q2 (2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 78–71 (52.3%) |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 228 (9 April 2007) |
Elise Tamaëla (born 22 January 1984) is a Dutch tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
On 12 February 2007, she achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 129. On 9 April 2007, she reached her highest doubles ranking of 228. She was coached by Stephan Ehritt.
In her career, Tamaëla won eight singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She was the coach of Kiki Bertens in the period 2019-2021. Tamaëla succeeded Paul Haarhuis as captain of the Netherlands Billie Jean King Cup team in November 2021.
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 4 May 2003 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 11 May 2003 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 20 July 2003 | ITF Garching, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 August 2003 | Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 30 November 2003 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 7–6(4), 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 12 February 2006 | ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 19 February 2006 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 18 March 2006 | ITF Fuerteventura, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 4 February 2007 | Sutton Ladies' Event, UK | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(3) |
Runner-up | 10. | 11 February 2007 | ITF Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–7(3), 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 30 October 2009 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 12. | 6 November 2009 | ITF El Menzah, Tunisia | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 9 May 2010 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 4 July 2010 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1 August 2010 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 28 April 2003 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 12 February 2006 | ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 10 February 2007 | ITF Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 20 July 2007 | ITF Zwevegem, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 28 October 2007 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 3 October 2009 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 5–7, [10–4] |
Winner | 7. | 6 November 2009 | ITF El Menzah, Tunisia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 20 December 2009 | ITF Vinaros, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 27 June 2010 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 1 August 2010 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–7] |
Coaching career
From 2016 until 2018, Tamaëla was the coach of Aleksandra Krunić.[1] After Bertens' break up with Raemon Sluiter,[2] she became her head coach in November 2019. She had been a member of the team for about a year.[3]