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

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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: Major doubles debut

Bektas made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round. The following year, she teamed with

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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.

2022–23: Major singles and top 100 debuts, first WTA 125 title

She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the

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, losing in the first round to

Liudmila Samsonova Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 12 in singles ...

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

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, making her debut at this major but lost in the first round to

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. In 2023, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico defeating

Anna Kalinskaya Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...

in the final, and reached the top 100, on 6 November. She became the fourth oldest player to reach the milestone.

Personal life

Emina is of

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n descent. She was married to fellow professional tennis player Tara Moore. Bektas attended college at the

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from 2011 to 2015.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

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, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2023 US Open.''

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 40 (26 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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