Emina Bektas

Emina Bektas
Bektas at the US Open 2016
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 30, 1993
Prize money:	$ 98,514
singles
Career record:	124: 96
Career title:	0 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	234 (September 25, 2017)
Current placement:	409
Double
Career record:	132: 71
Career title:	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking:	125 (August 21, 2017)
Current placement:	233
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

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

Career

Bektas mainly plays tournaments at the ITF Women's Circuit , where she has so far won three tournaments in singles and 15 in doubles.

As a college player, Bektas played for the University of Michigan team . In 2011 she was in the final of the women's singles at the ITA National Summer Championships against Mallory Burdette , which she lost 4-6 and 6-7. In 2012 , 2013 and 2014 she participated in the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships .

In 2016 she and her partner Evan King received a wildcard for the mixed competition at the US Open . They lost their first round match against Tímea Babos and Eric Butorac 6: 7, ⁵ and 1: 6.

In 2017, Bektas and her partner Alexa Guarachi reached the semi-finals at the Odlum Brown Vanopen in Vancouver . At the US Open , she started with her partner Amanda Anisimova with a wildcard in women's doubles , where they lost their first round match against Shūko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan with 4: 6 and 1: 6. In September she won the $ 80,000 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque , where she beat compatriot Maria Sanchez 6: 4 and 6: 2 in the final.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 21, 2013	Evansville	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Brooke Austin	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
2.	October 9, 2016	Mexico city	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Victoria Rodríguez	6: 3, 6: 1
3.	September 24, 2017	Albuquerque	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court	Maria Sanchez	6: 4, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	20th July 2013	Evansville	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Brooke Bolender	Denise Muresan Jacqueline Wu	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	January 29, 2016	Saint Martin	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Alexa Bortles	Alexandra Morozova Keren Shlomo	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	May 7, 2016	Antalya	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Sarah Lee	Ayla Aksu Julia Stamatova	6: 0, 6: 3
4th	17th September 2016	Lubbock	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	October 1, 2016	Stillwater	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Ronit Yurovsky	Giuliana Olmos Nazari Urbina	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , [10: 6]
6th	October 8, 2016	Mexico city	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Jessica Wacnik	Alexia Coutiño Castillo Victoria Rodriguez	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	March 11, 2017	Orlando	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6: 1, 6: 3
8th.	April 14, 2017	Pelham	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	without a fight
9.	April 23, 2017	Dothan	ITF $ 60,000	sand	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6: 3, 1: 6, [10: 2]
10.	May 7, 2017	Charleston	ITF $ 60,000	sand	Alexa Guarachi	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 5]
11.	May 13, 2017	Naples	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Sanaz Marand	Danielle Collins Taylor Townsend	7: 6 1 , 6: 1
12.	20th May 2017	Naples	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6: 3, 6: 1
13.	July 1, 2017	Auburn	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]
14th	September 14, 2019	Redding	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Paige Hourigan	6: 3, 6: 1
15th	19th October 2019	Florence	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Marcela Zacarías	7: 5, 6: 4

Personal

Bektas was born in Germany to a Bosnian family. She grew up in Indianapolis and attended John Newcombe's Academy in New Braunfels, Texas. She turned professional after her college career at the University of Michigan.

Awards

As a college player, Bektas was named "Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Year" twice in 2014 and 2015.

Web links

Commons : Emina Bektas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Emina Bektas (English)
• ITF profile of Emina Bektas (English)
• ITF junior profile Emina Bektas (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Michigan's Emina Bektas earns second-straight Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Year honor (mlive.com from April 30, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2018)
2. ↑ Unseeded Bektas captures Coleman crown (abqjournal.com September 24, 2017, accessed March 7, 2018)
3. ↑ Coleman tennis: Eldorado's Corley eliminated (abqjournal.com from September 18, 2016, accessed on January 28, 2018, English)