Romana Tabak () or Romana Tabaková (; born 7 May 1991) is a Slovak politician and former professional

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player. She is a former World Junior No. 36, achieving that ranking in March 2008. Her career-high ranking of World No. 240 was achieved on 27 February 2012.

Political Career

On 29 February 2020 she got elected in parliamentary elections and became a member of the

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for the political party

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along with fellow Slovak tennis players

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and

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. In May 2022, she was expelled from the party after voting against the potential prosecution of former PM

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in custody. In August she joined the parliamentary caucus of the We Are Family party. In late September 2022, Tabak was legally accused by a

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of assault in a nightclub.

Personal

Tabak was a contestant in 2007 in Slovakia's Next Top Model, but withdrew after a few episodes because of parental disapproval. In 2012, the same year Tabak reached her highest singles ranking, she was diagnosed with

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, and blamed this for damaging her development as a tennis pro on the ITF and WTA tour. She studied at

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from 2017 to 2018 on a sports scholarship.

Charitable activities

Tabak took part in missionary trips to

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and

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and she aided

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at the

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in March and April 2022.

Career Finals

Singles (6–3)

Doubles (5–4)

Junior Titles

''Singles – juniors:'' * Winner (2): 2007 – Piešťany – grade 2, Prato – grade 2 ''Doubles – juniors:'' * Winner (2): 2008 – Umag – grade 1 (w./Toljan); 2006 – Bratislava – grade 4 (w./Tereza Budilova)

Awards

* 2008: Junior Tennis Player of the Year in Slovak Republic

Career in review

* 2003 – finished at No. 3 in Slovak ranking U12 * 2004 – won 1 singles title in tournament in Slovakia, runner-up one time * 2005 – finished at No. 9 in Slovak ranking U14, won five singles titles, runner-up two times * 2006 – finished at No. 13 in Slovak ranking U18, won two singles titles, runner-up two times, played her first ITF junior tournament in Bratislava as WC, also won her first doubles title in junior tournament Bratislava, grade 4 * 2007 – finished at No. 4 in Slovak ranking U18, won two junior tournaments grade 2 in Pieštany (d.

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in final) and Prato (d. Bojanovski in final), made junior Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon, made Top 100 debut in ITF ranking in May 2007, played in European Junior Championships U16, also played her first ITF tournament in Maribor, reached 1st round as qualifier (d.

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in qualifying, l. to Lenka Tvarošková), in October won her first ITF doubles title in Espinho (w./Zagórska) * 2008 – finished at No. 1 in Slovak ranking U18, at No. 46 in ITF ranking, at No. 588 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 481 in WTA doubles ranking, played all four junior Grand Slam tournaments: French Open – reached semifinal doubles (w./Juríková); Wimbledon – reached semifinal singles (l. to

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) – played in European Junior Championships U18, won junior doubles title grade 1 (w./Toljan) in Umag, won one ITF singles titles in Ilawa (d. Aleksandra Rosolska in final) and two ITF doubles titles in Bucharest (w./Boczová) and Ilawa (w./Ima Bohush), was named as Junior Player of the Year 2008 in Slovakia. She also played at Wimbledon on 25 June 2008, dated

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, accompanied him at Championships Dinner at Wimbledon. * 2009 – finished at No. 678 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 349 in WTA doubles ranking, played first WTA qualifying at tournament in Prague * 2010 – finished at No. 808 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 619 in WTA doubles ranking, won 1 ITF singles title in Bournemouth (d.

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in final) and 1 ITF doubles title in Antalya (w./

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). From June 2010 to March 2011 she did not play any tournaments apart from the ITF Espinho tournament in October 2010 because of a knee injury. * 2011 – finished at No. 255 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 436 in WTA doubles ranking, won 4 ITF singles titles in Båstad (US$10,000, d. Brozda in final) and hat trick in Asunción (US$10,000, d. Irigoyen in final; US$10,000, d. Schiechtl in final and US$25,000, d. Molinero in final), Tabak was runner-up to

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in the ITF tournament at Bournemouth, but lost her WTA Singles Ranking on 9 May 2011, regaining it on 23 May 2011. Romana was awarded as player of November according to ITF.

References

External links

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Official website Romana Caroline Tabak (former Romana Tabaková)
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