Alenka Hubacek

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Alenka Hubacek
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 33)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 39,702
Singles
Career record81–104 (43.8%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 460 (8 February 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record70–74 (48.6%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 274 (27 September 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2008)

Alenka Hubacek (born 24 November 1990) is an Australian former professional tennis player. [1]

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Hubacek has a career-high WTA rankings of 460 in singles, achieved on 8 February 2010, and 274 in doubles, set on 27 September 2010. On the ITF Circuit, she won four doubles titles in her career.

Hubacek made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2008 Australian Open, in the doubles tournament partnering Tyra Calderwood.

ITF finals

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.1 May 2007ITF Bournemouth, EnglandClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jessica Moore Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicole Riner
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up2.22 June 2009ITF Rotterdam, NetherlandsClay Flag of New Zealand.svg Kairangi Vano Flag of Latvia.svg Irina Kuzmina
Flag of Russia.svg Eugeniya Pashkova
6–7(6), 6–7(8)
Runner-up3.29 June 2009ITF Cremona, ItalyClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tammi Patterson Flag of Italy.svg Benedetta Davato
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lisa Sabino
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up4.16 August 2009ITF Versmold, GermanyClay Flag of New Zealand.svg Kairangi Vano Flag of Germany.svg Elisa Peth
Flag of Germany.svg Scarlett Werner
w/o
Runner-up5.21 September 2009ITF Darwin, AustraliaHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Jessy Rompies Flag of Australia (converted).svg Isabella Holland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sally Peers
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Runner-up6.16 October 2009ITF Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bojana Bobusic Flag of Japan.svg Erika Sema
Flag of Japan.svg Yurika Sema
1–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up7.28 March 2010ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Buzărnescu Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Beygelzimer
Flag of Greece.svg Anna Gerasimou
w/o
Winner8.24 May 2010ITF Velenje, SloveniaClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tammi Patterson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Kramperová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavla Šmídová
6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up9.14 September 2010ITF Darwin, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tammi Patterson Flag of Japan.svg Kumiko Iijima
Flag of Japan.svg Yurika Sema
4–6, 1–6
Winner10.5 October 2010ITF Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bojana Bobusic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South
Flag of Japan.svg Remi Tezuka
6–3, 6–3
Winner11.25 June 2011ITF Alcobaça, PortugalHard Flag of Denmark.svg Malou Ejdesgaard Flag of Ecuador.svg Mariana Correa
Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Mills
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up12.1 July 2011ITF Melilla, SpainHard (i) Flag of Denmark.svg Malou Ejdesgaard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Aselya Arginbayeva
Flag of Russia.svg Tanya Samodelok
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]

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