Elise Tamaëla (born 22 January 1984) is a Dutch tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

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Elise Tamaëla

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Culemborg, Netherlands
Born	(1984-01-22) 22 January 1984 (age 40) Tiel, Netherlands
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)

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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.

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]