Emina Bektas
Singles
Bektas at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Indianapolis, United States
Born	(1993-03-30) March 30, 1993 (age 30) Germany
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Michigan
Prize money	$583,241
Career record	235–161 (59.3%)
Career titles	1 WTA 125, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 82 (6 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 89 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022, 2024)
French Open	Q1 (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	Q3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	207–109 (65.5%)
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 225 (15 January 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: 23 January 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 6 November 2023, and No. 78 in doubles, achieved on 11 July 2022. Bektas has won one Singles title on the WTA Challenger along with seven singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Professional 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 for the Wimbledon Championships, making her debut at this Major where she lost to Bianca Andreescu, in the first round.^[6]^[7]

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

College career

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

Personal life

Emina is married to fellow professional tennis player Tara Moore.

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	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	Q1	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%
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	43%
Year-end ranking^[a]	239	360	82	$583,466

Doubles

Current after the 2023 US Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
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	100%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0 / 5	1–4	20%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Canadian Open	A	A	A	NH	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
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	34%
Year-end ranking^[c]	138	435	209	243	118	102	213

WTA career 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	WTA 125 Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	6–3, 3–6, 7–6⁽³⁾

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–3)
$10,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Grass (1–0)

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	ITF Albuquerque, United States	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, United States	60,000	Hard	Yuriko Miyazaki	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–2	Nov 2022	ITF Funchal, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Ashley Lahey	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Dec 2022	ITF Sëlva, Italy	25,000	Hard (i)	Clara Tauson	3–6, 5–7
Win	6–3	Mar 2023	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	25,000	Hard	Lina Glushko	3–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	6–4	Apr 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Lucrezia Stefanini	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	7–4	May 2023	ITF Kurume, Japan	60,000	Grass	Ma Yexin	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Jul 2023	ITF Saskatoon, Canada	60,000	Hard	Victoria Mboko	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (25 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
$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)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	ITF Evansville, United States	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, United States	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, United States	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 2016	ITF Stillwater, United States	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, United Kingdom	15,000	Hard (i)	Ronit Yurovsky	Maja Chwalińska Miyabi Inoue	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–3	Mar 2017	ITF Orlando, United States	15,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Mar 2017	ITF Tampa, United States	15,000	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	8–4	Apr 2017	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	w/o
Win	9–4	Apr 2017	ITF Dothan, United States	60,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Win	10–4	May 2017	ITF Charleston, United States	60,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	11–4	May 2017	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Danielle Collins Taylor Townsend	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–1
Win	12–4	May 2017	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–4	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, United States	25,000	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	13–5	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Anna Bondár Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–6	Feb 2019	ITF Surprise, United States	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, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Maja Chwalińska Ulrikke Eikeri	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	14–9	Sep 2019	ITF Redding, United States	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–1
Win	15–9	Oct 2019	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Marcela Zacarías	7–5, 6–4
Win	16–9	Jan 2021	ITF Rome, United States	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Olga Govortsova Jovana Jović	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	17–9	Feb 2021	ITF Orlando, United States	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Conny Perrin Camila Osorio	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	17–10	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Vania King Maegan Manasse	4–6, 2–6
Win	18–10	Mar 2021	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Berfu Cengiz İpek Öz	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	18–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	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 Republic	25,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Kelly Williford Ana Carmen Zamburek	7–5, 6–4
Win	20–11	Jun 2021	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Paige Hourigan Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20–12	Oct 2021	ITF Las Vegas, United States	60,000	Hard	Tara Moore	Quinn Gleason Tereza Mihalíková	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 5–7
Win	21–12	Jan 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	60,000+H	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Aldila Sutjiadi	0–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, [10–8]
Loss	21–13	Feb 2022	ITF Rome, United States	60,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	3–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, [7–10]
Win	22–13	Feb 2023	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	60,000+H	Hard	Ingrid Neel	Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	23-13	Mar 2023	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	25,000	Hard	Lina Glushko	Tímea Babos Georgina Garcia Perez	6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win	24-13	Apr 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Eudice Chong	Darya Astakhova Ekaterina Reyngold	6–2, 6–4
Win	25–13	May 2023	ITF Fukuoka, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Lina Glushko	Ma Yexin Alana Parnaby	7–5, 6–3