Emina Bektas

Emina Bektas (born March 30, 1993) is an American tennis player.

Emina Bektas

Bektas at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Indianapolis, United States
Born	(1993-03-30) March 30, 1993 (age 29) Germany
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Michigan
Prize money	US$ 412,651
Singles
Career record	161–136 (54.2%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 188 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 356 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	Q1 (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	186–106 (63.7%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 108 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2021, 2022)
US Open	1R (2017, 2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2016)
Last updated on: 6 November 2022.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 188 in singles, reached on 7 March 2022, and 78 in doubles, achieved on 11 July 2022. Bektas has won five singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Professional career

2016-17: Grand Slam doubles debut

Bektas made her Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main-draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round.

The following year, she also had her debut at the 2017 US Open, where she played with Amanda Anisimova in women's doubles as a wildcard pair; they also fell in the first round.

Her biggest singles win to date on ITF Circuit came at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque.

2022: Grand Slam singles debut

She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.^[1]

She reached her first WTA doubles final in April at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas partnering Tara Moore.

She also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships, making her debut at this major where she lost to Bianca Andreescu, in the first round.^[2][3]

College career

Bektas attended college at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2015.

Personal life

Emina is married to fellow professional tennis player Tara Moore.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2022	W–L
Grand Slam
Australian Open	1R	0–1
French Open	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	0–1
US Open	Q1	0–0
Win–loss	0–2	0–2
WTA 1000
Canadian Open	Q1	0–0

Doubles

Tournament	2017	...	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A		A	A	0–0
French Open	A		A	2R^[a]	1–0
Wimbledon	A		1R	1R	0–2
US Open	1R		1R	A	0–2
Win–loss	0–1		0–2	1–1	1–4

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2022	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Tara Moore	Astra Sharma   Aldila Sutjiadi	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments (1–0) $60,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (1–2) $10,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Brooke Austin	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jul 2016	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Kennedy Shaffer	4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2016	ITF Mexico City	10,000	Hard	Victoria Rodriguez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Sep 2017	ITF Albuquerque, United States	80,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	25,000	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–3, 6–7^(3), 6–7^(9)
Win	4–2	Oct 2021	Henderson Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Yuriko Miyazaki	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–2	Nov 2022	ITF Funchal, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Ashley Lahey	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Dec 2022	ITF Sëlva, Italy	25,000	Hard (i)	Clara Tauson	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 34 (21 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments (4–2) $25,000 tournaments (12–8) $15,000 tournaments (1–2) $10,000 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (15–12) Clay (6–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Brooke Bolender	Denise Muresan   Jacqueline Wu	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jan 2016	ITF Fort de France, Martinique	10,000	Hard	Zoë Gwen Scandalis	Jaqueline Cristian   Gaia Sanesi	6–7^(5), 6–7^(5)
Win	2–1	Jan 2016	ITF Saint Martin, Guadeloupe	10,000	Hard	Alexa Bortles	Alexandra Morozova   Keren Shlomo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Feb 2016	ITF Surprise, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Sarah Lee	Jacqueline Cako   Danielle Lao	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	3–2	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Sarah Lee	Ayla Aksu   Julia Stamatova	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–2	Sep 2016	ITF Lubbock, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko   Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 2016	ITF Stillwater, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Ronit Yurovsky	Giuliana Olmos   Nazari Urbina	6–4, 6–7^(6), [10–6]
Win	6–2	Oct 2016	ITF Mexico City	10,000	Hard	Jessica Wacnik	Alexia Coutiño Castillo   Victoria Rodriguez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Feb 2017	ITF Wirral, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Ronit Yurovsky	Maja Chwalińska   Miyabi Inoue	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–3	Mar 2017	ITF Orlando, U.S.	15,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl   Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Mar 2017	ITF Tampa, U.S.	15,000	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Alexa Guarachi   Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	8–4	Apr 2017	ITF Pelham, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras   Tena Lukas	w/o
Win	9–4	Apr 2017	ITF Dothan Classic, U.S.	60,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn   Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Win	10–4	May 2017	ITF Charleston Pro, U.S.	60,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Kaitlyn Christian   Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	11–4	May 2017	ITF Naples, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Danielle Collins   Taylor Townsend	7–6^(1), 6–1
Win	12–4	May 2017	ITF Naples, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang   Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–4	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez   Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	13–5	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Anna Bondár   Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–6	Feb 2019	ITF Surprise, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Coco Gauff   Paige Hourigan	3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Loss	13–7	Mar 2019	ITF Nishitama, Japan	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Haruna Arakawa   Minori Yonehara	4–6, 3–6
Loss	13–8	Mar 2019	ITF Kofu, Japan	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Chang Kai-chen   Hsu Ching-wen	1–6, 3–6
Loss	13–9	Apr 2019	ITF Sunderland, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Maja Chwalińska   Ulrikke Eikeri	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	14–9	Sep 2019	ITF Redding, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison   Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–1
Win	15–9	Oct 2019	ITF Florence, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia   Marcela Zacarias	7–5, 6–4
Win	16–9	Jan 2021	ITF Rome Open, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olga Govortsova   Jovana Jović	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	17–9	Feb 2021	ITF Orlando, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Conny Perrin   Camila Osorio	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	17–10	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, U.S.	25,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Vania King   Maegan Manasse	4–6, 2–6
Win	18–10	Mar 2021	Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Berfu Cengiz   İpek Öz	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	18–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	25,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Erina Hayashi   Kanako Morisaki	7–6^(3), 1–6, [7–10]
Win	19–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	25,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Kelly Williford   Ana Carmen Zamburek	7–5, 6–4
Win	20–11	Jun 2021	ITF Sumter, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Paige Hourigan   Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20–12	Oct 2021	Henderson Open, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Quinn Gleason   Tereza Mihalíková	6–7^(5), 5–7
Win	21–12	Jan 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison   Aldila Sutjiadi	0–6, 7–6^(1), [10–8]
Loss	21–13	Feb 2022	ITF Rome Open, U.S.	60,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Sophie Chang   Angela Kulikov	3–6, 7–6^(2), [7–10]

Notes

1. Withdraw during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.

References

1. "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
2. "Five Canadians in Action at Wimbledon". June 24, 2022.
3. "WTA Draw confirmed for 2022 Wimbledon: World No.1 Swiatek to face Fett, Serena Williams returns against Tan and Raducanu faces van Uytvanck". June 26, 2022.

External links

• Emina Bektas at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Emina Bektas at the International Tennis Federation