Draft:Ella McDonald

Ella McDonald is a British tennis player.

Early life
She is from Preston in Lancashire.

Career
Given a wildcard into qualifying at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, McDonald pushed veteran American Coco Vandeweghe to a third set tie-break.

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. 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.

Personal life
She is the daughter of Joanna McDonald and former professional footballer Neil McDonald. She has two siblings Charlotte and Lucas.