Elise Tamaëla

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.

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Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 4 May 2003 ITF Bournemouth, UK Clay Astrid Waernes García 6–1, 6–1Winner 2. 11 May 2003 ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Jane O'Donoghue 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 3. 20 July 2003 ITF Garching, Germany Clay Mariya Koryttseva 6–2, 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 4. 10 August 2003 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay Ana Timotic 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Winner 5. 30 November 2003 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Jeon Mi-ra 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–1Winner 6. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Anne Keothavong 7–6(6), 6–3Winner 7. 19 February 2006 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Virginie Pichet 6–3, 3–6, 6–2Winner 8. 18 March 2006 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Hard Aravane Rezaï 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Winner 9. 4 February 2007 Sutton Ladies' Event, UK Hard (i) Maret Ani 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–6(3)Runner-up 10. 11 February 2007 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Maret Ani 7–5, 6–7(3), 5–7Winner 11. 30 October 2009 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard Ons Jabeur 6–2, 6–2Runner-up 12. 6 November 2009 ITF El Menzah, Tunisia Hard Ganna Piven 1–6, 2–6Runner-up 13. 9 May 2010 Wiesbaden Open, Germany Clay Scarlett Werner 7–5, 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 14. 4 July 2010 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Mandy Minella 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 15. 1 August 2010 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Lenka Juriková 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. ITF Bournemouth, UK Clay Marielle Hoogland Anna Hawkins Claire Curran 3–6, 6–2, 6–3Winner 2. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Kim Kilsdonk Surina De Beer Ayami Takase 7–5, 6–4Winner 3. 10 February 2007 ITF Tipton, UK Hard (i) Kim Kilsdonk Ksenia Lykina Urszula Radwańska 6–3, 6–3Winner 4. 20 July 2007 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Kim Kilsdonk Magdalena Kiszczyńska Karolina Kosińska 3–6, 6–4, 6–3Runner-up 5. 28 October 2007 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Kim Kilsdonk Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu 1–6, 2–6Winner 6. 3 October 2009 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard Nicole Thyssen Ons Jabeur Nour Abbès 6–1, 5–7, [10–4]Winner 7. 6 November 2009 ITF El Menzah, Tunisia Hard Nicole Thyssen Barbara Sobaszkiewicz Sylwia Zagórska 6–4, 6–1Winner 8. 20 December 2009 ITF Vinaros, Spain Clay Lynn Schönhage Benedetta Davato Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6–3, 6–4Winner 9. 27 June 2010 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Scarlett Werner Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–2, 6–1Winner 10. 1 August 2010 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Scarlett Werner Ana Jovanović Anna Zaja 6–1, 4–6, [10–7]

Coaching career From 2016 until 2018, Tamaëla was the coach of Aleksandra Krunić. After Bertens' break up with Raemon Sluiter, she became her head coach in November 2019. She had been a member of the team for about a year.