Emina Bektas

Emina Bektas

Bektas at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Indianapolis, United States
Born	(1993-03-30) March 30, 1993 (age 31) Germany
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Michigan
Prize money	$869,052
Singles
Career record	252–177
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 82 (November 6, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 121 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022, 2024)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2024)
US Open	Q3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	211–110
Career titles	26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (July 11, 2022)
Current ranking	No. 429 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
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: 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

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; ^[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

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

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

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

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 [lower-alpha 1]	239	360	82		$583,466

Doubles

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 [lower-alpha 2]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	138	435	209	243	118	102	213

WTA Tour 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]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

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

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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	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, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Sep 2017	Albuquerque Championships, US	80,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	W25	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–3, 6–7(3), 6–7(9)
Win	4–2	Oct 2021	Las Vegas Open, US	W60	Hard	Yuriko Miyazaki	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–2	Nov 2022	ITF Funchal, Portugal	W25	Hard	Ashley Lahey	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Dec 2022	ITF Sëlva, Italy	W25	Hard (i)	Clara Tauson	3–6, 5–7
Win	6–3	Mar 2023	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	W25	Hard	Lina Glushko	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss	6–4	Apr 2023	Sharm El Sheikh Future, Egypt	W25	Hard	Lucrezia Stefanini	3–6, 6–7(5)
Win	7–4	May 2023	Kurume Cup, Japan	W60	Carpet	Ma Yexin	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Jul 2023	ITF Saskatoon, Canada	W60	Hard	Victoria Mboko	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–6	May 2024	Fukuoka International, Japan	W75	Carpet	Kimberly Birrell	2–6, 4–6
Win	8–6	May 2024	Kurume Cup, Japan	W75	Carpet	Arina Rodionova	7–6(1), 3–6, 6–3

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

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	Brooke Bolender	Denise Mureșan 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, US	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, US	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 2016	ITF Stillwater, US	25,000	Hard	Ronit Yurovsky	Giuliana Olmos Nazari Urbina	6–4, 6–7(6), [10–6]
Win	6–2	Oct 2016	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Jessica Wacnik	Alexia Coutiño Castillo Victoria Rodríguez	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, US	15,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Mar 2017	ITF Tampa, US	15,000	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	8–4	Apr 2017	ITF Pelham, US	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	w/o
Win	9–4	Apr 2017	Dothan Pro Classic, US	60,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Win	10–4	May 2017	ITF Charleston Pro, US	60,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	11–4	May 2017	ITF Naples, US	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Danielle Collins Taylor Townsend	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	12–4	May 2017	ITF Naples 2, US	25,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–4	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, US	25,000	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	13–5	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, US	25,000	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Anna Bondár Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–6	Feb 2019	ITF Surprise, US	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, US	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–1
Win	15–9	Oct 2019	ITF Florence, US	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Marcela Zacarías	7–5, 6–4
Win	16–9	Jan 2021	Georgia's Rome Open, US	W60	Hard	Tara Moore	Olga Govortsova Jovana Jović	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	17–9	Feb 2021	ITF Orlando, US	W25	Hard	Tara Moore	Conny Perrin Camila Osorio	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	17–10	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, US	W25	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Vania King Maegan Manasse	4–6, 2–6
Win	18–10	Apr 2021	Dubai Tennis Challenge, United Arab Emirates	W25	Hard	Tara Moore	Berfu Cengiz İpek Öz	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	18–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki	7–6(3), 1–6, [7–10]
Win	19–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo	W25	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Kelly Williford Ana Carmen Zamburek	7–5, 6–4
Win	20–11	Jun 2021	ITF Sumter, US	W25	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Paige Hourigan Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20–12	Oct 2021	Las Vegas Open, US	W60	Hard	Tara Moore	Quinn Gleason Tereza Mihalíková	6–7(5), 5–7
Win	21–12	Jan 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W60+H	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Aldila Sutjiadi	0–6, 7–6(1), [10–8]
Loss	21–13	Feb 2022	Georgia's Rome Open, US	W60	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	3–6, 7–6(2), [7–10]
Win	22–13	Feb 2023	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	W60+H	Hard	Ingrid Neel	Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason	7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]
Win	23-13	Mar 2023	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	W25	Hard	Lina Glushko	Tímea Babos Georgina Garcia Perez	6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win	24-13	Apr 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Eudice Chong	Darya Astakhova Ekaterina Reyngold	6–2, 6–4
Win	25–13	May 2023	Fukuoka International, Japan	W60	Carpet	Lina Glushko	Ma Yexin Alana Parnaby	7–5, 6–3
Win	26–13	Jun 2024	Surbiton Trophy, UK	W100	Grass	Aleksandra Krunić	Sarah Beth Grey Tara Moore	6–1, 6–1

Notes

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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10. "Emina Bektas – Women's Tennis". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved June 12, 2023.

External links

• Emina Bektas at the Women's Tennis Association
• Emina Bektas at the International Tennis Federation
• Emina Bektas at Wimbledon
• Emina Bektas at ESPN.com