Lizette Cabrera

Lizette Cabrera
Full name Lizette Faith Cabrera
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia
Born (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997
Townsville, Australia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Anthony Richardson
Prize money $249,354
Singles
Career record 110–104
Career titles 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 134 (23 October 2017)
Current ranking No. 154 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2017, 2018)
French Open Q2 (2018)
Wimbledon Q2 (2017, 2018)
US Open 1R (2018)
Doubles
Career record 46–64
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 142 (18 June 2018)
Current ranking No. 143 (25 June 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2017)
Last updated on: 25 June 2018.

Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. Cabrera has a WTA singles career-high ranking of No. 136 achieved on 25 September 2017.

Early life

Cabrera was born and raised in Townsville by her parents Ronnie and Maria before moving to Brisbane to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents are both from the Philippines and both work in a abattoir in order to financially support her career.

Professional career

2016

Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first Pro Tour title in September 2016.[1]

Cabrera will make her senior Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card in November 2016. [2]

2017: Maiden WTA Tour win

Cabrera was given a wild card into the 2017 Hobart International and won her first WTA tour match against Misaki Doi in round 1. [3] At the 2017 Australian Open, Cabrera lost to Donna Vekic in round 1. In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarter finals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world number 30 Anett Kontaveit in the second round. [4]

2018

Cabrera lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia in round 1 of the Hobart International and the Australian Open the following week. In March, Cabrera reached the quarter final of ACT Clay Court International.[5] In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour Claro Open Colsanitas. In May, Cabrera reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open[6] and in June, the second round of qualifying for the Wimbledon. Cabrera made her main draw US Open in 2018 debut after winning a wildcard. [7] She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in round 1.

ITF finals: 8 (3-5)

Singles finals: 3 (2–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 25 September 2016 Tweed Heads, Australia Hard Australia Destanee Aiava 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Winner 2. 2 October 2016 Brisbane, Australia Hard Slovakia Viktória Kužmová 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 20 November 2016 Toyota, Japan Hard (i) Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 2–6, 4–6

Doubles 5 (1–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 18 October 2014 Toowoomba, Australia Hard Australia Priscilla Hon Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 12 June 2016 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Miharu Imanishi Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Kotomi Takahata		 1–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 16 October 2016 Cairns, Australia Hard Australia Alison Bai Poland Katarzyna Kawa
Poland Sandra Zaniewska		 7–5, 5–7, [12–10]
Runner-up 3. 6 November 2016 Canberra, Australia Hard Australia Alison Bai Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Storm Sanders		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 23 April 2017 Dothan, United States Clay United States Kristie Ahn United States Emina Bektas
United States Sanaz Marand		 3–6, 6–1, [2–10]

References

  1. ↑ "HARD WORK PAYS OFF FOR CABRERA IN TWEED HEADS". Tennis Australia. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lizette Cabrera has been handed a wildcard into the Australian Open". Courier Mail. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lizette Cabrera claims maiden WTA tour win in epic three-hour battle against Misaki Doi". The Mercury. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "LANDMARK WIN FOR CABRERA IN GUANGZHOU". Tennis Australia. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "CABRERA CRUISES IN CANBERRA". Tennis Australia. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "TOMIC AND CABRERA KEEP AUSSIE QUALIFYING HOPES ALIVE". Tennis Australia. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lizette Cabrera grabs the last US Open wild card for New York debut". Tennis World USA. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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