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

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player. She has career-high

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of 188 in singles, reached on 7 March 2022, and 78 in doubles, achieved on 11 July 2022. Bektas has won five singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Professional career

2016-17: Grand Slam doubles debut

Bektas made her

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debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main-draw with

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; they fell in the first round. The following year, she also had her debut at the 2017 US Open, where she played with

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in women's doubles as a wildcard pair; they also fell in the first round. Her biggest singles win to date on ITF Circuit came at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque.

2022: Grand Slam singles debut

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

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, losing in the first round to

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. She reached her first WTA doubles final in April at the

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partnering

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. She also qualified for the

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, making her debut at this major where she lost to

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, in the first round.

College career

Bektas attended college at the

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from 2011 to 2015.

Personal life

Emina is married to fellow professional tennis player

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 34 (21 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bektas, Emina 1993 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Indianapolis Michigan Wolverines women's tennis players American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent German emigrants to the United States Lesbian sportswomen LGBT tennis players American LGBT sportspeople