Emina Bektas

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

Emina Bektaš

Bektas at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Indianapolis, United States
Born	March 30, 1993 Germany
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Michigan (2011–2015)
Prize money	$104,048
Singles
Career record	130–98 (57.0%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 234 (September 25, 2017)
Current ranking	No. 356 (February 1, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	136–73 (65.1%)
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (August 21, 2017)
Current ranking	No. 211 (February 1, 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2017)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2016)
Last updated on: February 17, 2020.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 234 in singles, achieved on 25 September 2017, and 125 in doubles, achieved on 21 August 2017. Bektas has won three singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her biggest singles win to date came at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque.

Bektas had her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles with Evan King, where they fell in the first round. The following year she partnered with Amanda Anisimova in doubles, where they also fell in the first round.

Bektas attended college at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2015.

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments (1–0) $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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 Rodriguez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Sep 2017	ITF Albuquerque, United States	$80,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 25 (16 titles, 9 runners-up)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments (3–0) $25,000 tournaments (8–6) $15,000 tournaments (1–2) $10,000 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (10–8) Clay (6–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

External links

• Emina Bektas at the Women's Tennis Association
• Emina Bektas at the International Tennis Federation

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2013	$10,000	Evansville, United States	Hard	Brooke Bolender	Denise Muresan Jacqueline Wu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	15 January 2016	$10,000	Fort de France, France (Martinique)	Hard	Zoë Gwen Scandalis	Jaqueline Cristian Gaia Sanesi	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	2.	29 January 2016	$10,000	Saint Martin, France (Guadeloupe)	Hard	Alexa Bortles	Alexandra Morozova Keren Shlomo	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	21 February 2016	$25,000	Surprise, United States	Hard	Sarah Lee	Jacqueline Cako Danielle Lao	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	3.	7 May 2016	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Sarah Lee	Ayla Aksu Julia Stamatova	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	17 September 2016	$25,000	Lubbock, United States	Hard	Catherine Harrison	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	1 October 2016	$25,000	Stillwater, United States	Hard	Ronit Yurovsky	Giuliana Olmos Nazari Urbina	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), [10–6]
Winner	6.	8 October 2016	$10,000	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Jessica Wacnik	Alexia Coutiño Castillo Victoria Rodriguez	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	17 February 2017	$15,000	Wirral, England	Hard (i)	Ronit Yurovsky	Maja Chwalińska Miyabi Inoue	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	11 March 2017	$15,000	Orlando, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	18 March 2017	$15,000	Tampa, United States	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Winner	8.	14 April 2017	$25,000	Pelham, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	w/o
Winner	9.	23 April 2017	$60,000	Dothan, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Winner	10.	7 May 2017	$60,000	Charleston, United States	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	11.	13 May 2017	$25,000	Naples, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Danielle Collins Taylor Townsend	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Winner	12.	20 May 2017	$25,000	Naples, United States	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Winner	13.	1 July 2017	$25,000	Auburn, United States	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up	5.	19 January 2019	$25,000	Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Anna Bondar Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Runner-up	6.	16 February 2019	$25,000	Surprise, United States	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Coco Gauff Paige Hourigan	3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Runner-up	7.	16 March 2019	$25,000	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Tara Moore	Haruna Arakawa Minori Yonehara	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	23 March 2019	$25,000	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Tara Moore	Chang Kai-chen Hsu Ching-wen	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	13 April 2019	$25,000	Sunderland, England	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Maja Chwalińska Ulrikke Eikeri	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	14.	14 September 2019	$25,000	Redding, United States	Hard	Tara Moore	Catherine Harrison Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–1
Winner	15.	19 October 2019	$25,000	Florence, United States	Hard	Tara Moore	Olivia Tjandramulia Marcela Zacarias	7-5, 6–4
Winner	16.	25 Jan 2021	$60,000	Rome, United States	Hard	Tara Moore	Olga Govortsova Jovana Jovic	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]