Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian

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player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles

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of 119 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020.

Early life

Cabrera was born and araised in

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by her parents Ronnie and Maria, before moving to

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to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo, and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents are both from the

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and both work in an

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in order to financially support her career.

Career

2016

Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her year-end singles ranking was No. 257.

2017: Maiden tour match win

Cabrera was given a wildcard into the Hobart International and won her first

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match against

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in round one. At the

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, Cabrera made her

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main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic. In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world No. 30,

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, in the second round. She ended 2017 with a singles rank of 135.

2018

Cabrera lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia in round one of the Hobart International and the

the following week. In March, she reached the quarterfinal of the Clay Court International. In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event

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. In May, she reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open and in June, the second round of qualifying to Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wildcard. She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round, and ended season with a singles rank of 230.

2019

Cabrera failed to qualify for the

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and

but then reached the quarterfinal of the

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. In March, she played in the ITF Circuit across the U.S., with limited success, before travelling to Europe in May. She won a doubles title in Caserta, Italy with Julia Grabher and reached the quarterfinals of the Manchester Trophy, losing to eventual champion Magda Linette. In July, Cabrera won the Challenger de Granby in Canada; this was her first title in three years and biggest to date. Her ranking improved to back inside the world's top 200. At the US Open, Cabrera lost in the final round of qualifying. In September, she returned to Australia and won the singles and doubles at the Darwin International. In October, she won the Bendigo International and reached the final of the Playford International the following week. These results vaulted Cabrera to a career-high singles ranking of 131, and so she finished the year.

2020

Cabrera commenced new season with her first tour quarterfinal since 2017 at the Hobart International but lost to

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. She also lost in the first round at the

, before she reached the quarterfinals of the

. After these results, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 119, on 3 February 2020.

2022

Cabrera reached the second round of qualifying at the

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrera, Lizette 1997 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Brisbane Sportspeople from Townsville Australian people of Filipino descent Sportspeople of Filipino descent Sportswomen from Queensland