Martina Babáková (born 18 April 1983) is a Slovak former professional

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player.

Biography

A right-handed player born in

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

, Babáková was a top-50 junior who was most prominent on the professional tour as a doubles player. Babáková won 18 ITF doubles titles and made her only

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main-draw appearance at the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, with

Anna Lapushchenkova Anna Alexandrovna Lapushchenkova (; born 24 October 1986) is a former Russian tennis player. Career Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF Women's Circuit in October 2002, shortly before her 16th birthday. She started to compet ...

in the doubles. At the

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in Belgrade, she partnered

Katarína Kachlíková Katarína Kachlíková (born 2 June 1985) is a retired Slovak tennis player. She took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open and qualified but lost in the first round to Isha Lakhani. She won three doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Wom ...

to win a women's doubles bronze medal for Slovakia. She also won a bronze medal for the team event.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 37 (18–19)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babakova, Martina 1983 births Living people Slovak female tennis players Sportspeople from Žilina Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Slovakia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Slovak women