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Emina Bektas
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceIndianapolis, United States
Born (1993-03-30) March 30, 1993 (age 31)
Germany
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Michigan
Prize money$869,052
Singles
Career record252–177
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 82 (November 6, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 121 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022, 2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2024)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record211–110
Career titles26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 78 (July 11, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 429 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2022)
US Open1R (2017, 2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2016)
Last updated on: August 16, 2024.

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

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 82 in singles, reached on November 6, 2023, and No. 78 in doubles, achieved on July 11, 2022. Bektas has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with eight titles in singles and 26 in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

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2016–17: Grand Slam doubles debut

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Bektas made her Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main-draw with Evan King;[1] they fell in the first round.

The following year, she teamed with Amanda Anisimova[2] as a wildcard entry in the women's doubles at the 2017 US Open, again losing in the first round.

To date, she won her biggest singles championship on ITF Circuit at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque.[3]

2022–23: Grand Slam singles and top 100 debuts, first WTA 125 title

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She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.[4]

She reached her first WTA Tour doubles final in April at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas partnering Tara Moore.[5]

She also qualified into the Wimbledon Championships, making her debut at this major but lost in the first round to Bianca Andreescu.[6][7]

In 2023, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final, and reached the top 100, on 6 November. She became the fourth oldest player to reach the milestone.[8][9]

Personal life

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Emina is of Bosnian descent. She was married to fellow professional tennis player Tara Moore.

Bektas attended college at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2015.[10]

Performance timelines

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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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A 1R Q1 1R 0 / 2 0–2
US Open A Q1 Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 0 / 5 0–5
WTA 1000 tournaments
Canadian Open A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
China Open NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 2 4 Career total: 8
Overall win–loss 0–2 0–2 6–4 0 / 8 6–8
Year-end ranking[a] 239 360 82 $583,466

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A 2R[b] A 0 / 1 1–0
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
US Open 1R A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–4
WTA 1000 tournaments
Canadian Open A A A NH 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 1 14 5 0 Career total: 22
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 5–14 6–4 0–0 0 / 22 11–21
Year-end ranking[c] 138 435 209 243 118 102 213

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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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 United Kingdom Tara Moore Australia Astra Sharma
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
6–4, 4–6, [9–11]

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2023 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Anna Kalinskaya 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(3)

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–3)
$10,000 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2013 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard United States Brooke Austin 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jul 2016 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard United States Kennedy Shaffer 4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2016 ITF Mexico City, Mexico 10,000 Hard Mexico Victoria Rodríguez 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Sep 2017 Albuquerque Championships, US 80,000 Hard United States Maria Sanchez 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jun 2021 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. W25 Hard Mexico Ana Sofía Sánchez 6–3, 6–7(3), 6–7(9)
Win 4–2 Oct 2021 Las Vegas Open, US W60 Hard Japan Yuriko Miyazaki 6–1, 6–1
Win 5–2 Nov 2022 ITF Funchal, Portugal W25 Hard United States Ashley Lahey 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–3 Dec 2022 ITF Sëlva, Italy W25 Hard (i) Denmark Clara Tauson 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–3 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W25 Hard Israel Lina Glushko 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss 6–4 Apr 2023 Sharm El Sheikh Future, Egypt W25 Hard Italy Lucrezia Stefanini 3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 7–4 May 2023 Kurume Cup, Japan W60 Carpet China Ma Yexin 7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 7–5 Jul 2023 ITF Saskatoon, Canada W60 Hard Canada Victoria Mboko 4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–6 May 2024 Fukuoka International, Japan W75 Carpet Australia Kimberly Birrell 2–6, 4–6
Win 8–6 May 2024 Kurume Cup, Japan W75 Carpet Australia Arina Rodionova 7–6(1), 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 39 (26 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (6–2)
$25,000 tournaments (14–8)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–12)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2013 ITF Evansville, US 10,000 Hard United States Brooke Bolender United States Denise Mureșan
United States Jacqueline Wu
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jan 2016 ITF Fort de France, Martinique 10,000 Hard United States Zoë Gwen Scandalis Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Italy Gaia Sanesi
6–7(5), 6–7(5)
Win 2–1 Jan 2016 ITF Saint Martin, Guadeloupe 10,000 Hard United States Alexa Bortles United States Alexandra Morozova
Israel Keren Shlomo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Feb 2016 ITF Surprise, US 25,000 Hard United States Sarah Lee United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Danielle Lao
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 3–2 May 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard United States Sarah Lee Turkey Ayla Aksu
Bulgaria Julia Stamatova
6–0, 6–3
Win 4–2 Sep 2016 ITF Lubbock, US 25,000 Hard United States Catherine Harrison Bosnia and Herzegovina Ema Burgić Bucko
Mexico Renata Zarazúa
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Oct 2016 ITF Stillwater, US 25,000 Hard United States Ronit Yurovsky Mexico Giuliana Olmos
Mexico Nazari Urbina
6–4, 6–7(6), [10–6]
Win 6–2 Oct 2016 ITF Mexico City, Mexico 10,000 Hard United States Jessica Wacnik Mexico Alexia Coutiño Castillo
Mexico Victoria Rodríguez
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Feb 2017 ITF Wirral, UK 15,000 Hard (i) United States Ronit Yurovsky Poland Maja Chwalińska
Japan Miyabi Inoue
4–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 Mar 2017 ITF Orlando, US 15,000 Clay United States Sanaz Marand United States Chiara Scholl
Mexico Marcela Zacarías
6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Mar 2017 ITF Tampa, US 15,000 Hard (i) United States Sanaz Marand Chile Alexa Guarachi
Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win 8–4 Apr 2017 ITF Pelham, US 25,000 Clay United States Sanaz Marand United Kingdom Amanda Carreras
Croatia Tena Lukas
w/o
Win 9–4 Apr 2017 Dothan Pro Classic, US 60,000 Clay United States Sanaz Marand United States Kristie Ahn
Australia Lizette Cabrera
6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Win 10–4 May 2017 ITF Charleston Pro, US 60,000 Clay Chile Alexa Guarachi United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria
5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 11–4 May 2017 ITF Naples, US 25,000 Clay United States Sanaz Marand United States Danielle Collins
United States Taylor Townsend
7–6(1), 6–1
Win 12–4 May 2017 ITF Naples 2, US 25,000 Clay Chile Alexa Guarachi United States Sophie Chang
Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
6–3, 6–1
Win 13–4 Jul 2017 ITF Auburn, US 25,000 Hard Chile Alexa Guarachi Australia Ellen Perez
Brazil Luisa Stefani
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 13–5 Jan 2019 ITF Daytona Beach, US 25,000 Clay United States Hailey Baptiste Hungary Anna Bondár
Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss 13–6 Feb 2019 ITF Surprise, US 25,000 Hard United States Usue Maitane Arconada United States Coco Gauff
New Zealand Paige Hourigan
3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Loss 13–7 Mar 2019 ITF Nishitama, Japan 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Japan Haruna Arakawa
Japan Minori Yonehara
4–6, 3–6
Loss 13–8 Mar 2019 ITF Kofu, Japan 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
1–6, 3–6
Loss 13–9 Apr 2019 ITF Sunderland, UK 25,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore Poland Maja Chwalińska
Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 14–9 Sep 2019 ITF Redding, US 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Catherine Harrison
New Zealand Paige Hourigan
6–3, 6–1
Win 15–9 Oct 2019 ITF Florence, US 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Australia Olivia Tjandramulia
Mexico Marcela Zacarías
7–5, 6–4
Win 16–9 Jan 2021 Georgia's Rome Open, US W60 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Belarus Olga Govortsova
Serbia Jovana Jović
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 17–9 Feb 2021 ITF Orlando, US W25 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Switzerland Conny Perrin
Colombia Camila Osorio
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss 17–10 Mar 2021 ITF Newport Beach, US W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Vania King
United States Maegan Manasse
4–6, 2–6
Win 18–10 Apr 2021 Dubai Tennis Challenge,
United Arab Emirates
W25 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore Turkey Berfu Cengiz
Turkey İpek Öz
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 18–11 Jun 2021 ITF Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
W25 Hard United States Quinn Gleason Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Kanako Morisaki
7–6(3), 1–6, [7–10]
Win 19–11 Jun 2021 ITF Santo Domingo W25 Hard United States Quinn Gleason Dominican Republic Kelly Williford
Dominican Republic Ana Carmen Zamburek
7–5, 6–4
Win 20–11 Jun 2021 ITF Sumter, US W25 Hard United States Catherine Harrison New Zealand Paige Hourigan
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
7–5, 6–4
Loss 20–12 Oct 2021 Las Vegas Open, US W60 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Quinn Gleason
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–7(5), 5–7
Win 21–12 Jan 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia W60+H Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Catherine Harrison
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
0–6, 7–6(1), [10–8]
Loss 21–13 Feb 2022 Georgia's Rome Open, US W60 Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Sophie Chang
United States Angela Kulikov
3–6, 7–6(2), [7–10]
Win 22–13 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, Mexico W60+H Hard United States Ingrid Neel France Elixane Lechemia
United States Quinn Gleason
7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]
Win 23-13 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W25 Hard Israel Lina Glushko Hungary Tímea Babos
Spain Georgina Garcia Perez
6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win 24-13 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong Darya Astakhova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–2, 6–4
Win 25–13 May 2023 Fukuoka International, Japan W60 Carpet Israel Lina Glushko China Ma Yexin
Australia Alana Parnaby
7–5, 6–3
Win 26–13 Jun 2024 Surbiton Trophy, UK W100 Grass Serbia Aleksandra Krunić United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Tara Moore
6–1, 6–1

Notes

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  1. ^ 2013: WTA ranking– 799, 2014–15: WTA ranking– n/a, 2016: WTA ranking– 549, 2017: WTA ranking– 258, 2018: WTA ranking– 408, 2019: WTA ranking– 421, 2020: WTA ranking– 417.
  2. ^ Withdrawal during the tournament not counted as loss.
  3. ^ 2013: WTA ranking– 1064, 2014–15: WTA ranking– n/a, 2016: WTA ranking– 296.

References

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