Emina Bektas

Emina Bektas
	File:Bektas US16 (2) (29828053166).jpg Bektas at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Indianapolis, United States
Born	March 30, 1993 (age 31); Germany
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Michigan
Prize money	US $304,317
Singles
Career record	165–129 (56.12%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 188 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 224 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	Q1 (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	184–104 (63.89%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 80 (6 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 85 (20 June 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: 20 June 2022.

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

She has a career-high WTA rankings of World No. 188 in singles and World No. 80 in doubles, achieved on 6 June 2022. Bektas has won four singles titles and twenty one doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

1 Professional career
- 1.1 2016-17: Grand Slam doubles debut
- 1.2 2022: Grand Slam singles debut
2 College career
3 Personal life
4 Grand Slam performance timelines
- 4.1 Singles
- 4.2 Doubles
5 WTA career finals
- 5.1 Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
6 ITF Circuit finals
- 6.1 Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners–up)
- 6.2 Doubles: 34 (21 titles, 13 runners-up)
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links

Professional career

2016-17: Grand Slam doubles debut

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

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

Her biggest singles ITF win to date 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 2022 Australian Open.^[1]

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

She also qualified at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making her debut at this Major where she drew Canadian 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.

Grand Slam performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

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

Singles

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Doubles

Tournament	2017	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	2R^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–0
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	0–2
US Open	1R	1R		0–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–4

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (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: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners–up)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
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, U.S.	10,000	Hard	Brooke Austin	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jul 2016	ITF Evansville, U.S.	10,000	Hard	Kennedy Shaffer	4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2016	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Victoria Rodriguez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Sep 2017	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	80,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	25,000	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁹⁾
Win	4–2	Oct 2021	ITF Las Vegas, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Yuriko Lily Miyazaki	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 34 (21 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$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, USA	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, USA	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, USA	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 2016	ITF Stillwater, USA	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, USA	15,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Mar 2017	ITF Tampa, USA	15,000	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	8–4	Apr 2017	ITF Pelham, USA	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	w/o
Win	9–4	Apr 2017	ITF Dothan, USA	60,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Win	10–4	May 2017	ITF Charleston, USA	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, USA	25,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–4	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, USA	25,000	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	13–5	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, USA	25,000	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Anna Bondár Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–6	Feb 2019	ITF Surprise, USA	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, USA	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–1
Win	15–9	Oct 2019	ITF Florence, USA	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Marcela Zacarias	7–5, 6–4
Win	16–9	Jan 2021	ITF Rome, USA	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olga Govortsova Jovana Jović	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	17–9	Feb 2021	ITF Orlando, USA	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Conny Perrin Camila Osorio	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	17–10	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, USA	25,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Vania King Maegan Manasse	4–6, 2–6
Win	18–10	Mar 2021	ITF Dubai, 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, USA	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Paige Hourigan Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20–12	Oct 2021	ITF Las Vegas, 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, U.S.	60,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), [7–10]