Ella McDonald
Ella McDonald 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 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.
2025
Alongside Mingge Xu, she won the final of the women's doubles at the Wrexham Open in Wales in October 2025, where 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: 3 (3 titles)
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Win | 3–0 | May 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard |  Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner–ups)
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