Emina Bektas


Emina Bektas is an American tennis player of Bosnian descent.
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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2013ITF Evansville, United States$10,000Hard Brooke Austin4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss1–1Jul 2016ITF Evansville, United States$10,000Hard Kennedy Shaffer4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win2–1Oct 2016ITF Mexico City, Mexico$10,000Hard Victoria Rodriguez6–3, 6–1
Win3–1Sep 2017ITF Albuquerque, United States$80,000Hard Maria Sanchez6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.20 July 2013$10,000Evansville, United StatesHard Brooke Bolender Denise Muresan
Jacqueline Wu
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up1.15 January 2016$10,000Fort de France, France Hard Zoë Gwen Scandalis Jaqueline Cristian
Gaia Sanesi
6–7, 6–7
Winner2.29 January 2016$10,000Saint Martin, France Hard Alexa Bortles Alexandra Morozova
Keren Shlomo
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up2.21 February 2016$25,000Surprise, United StatesHard Sarah Lee Jacqueline Cako
Danielle Lao
2–6, 6–4,
Winner3.7 May 2016$10,000Antalya, TurkeyHard Sarah Lee Ayla Aksu
Julia Stamatova
6–0, 6–3
Winner4.17 September 2016$25,000Lubbock, United StatesHard Catherine Harrison Ema Burgić Bucko
Renata Zarazúa
6–3, 6–4
Winner5.1 October 2016$25,000Stillwater, United StatesHard Ronit Yurovsky Giuliana Olmos
Nazari Urbina
6–4, 6–7,
Winner6.8 October 2016$10,000Mexico City, MexicoHard Jessica Wacnik Alexia Coutiño Castillo
Victoria Rodriguez
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up3.17 February 2017$15,000Wirral, EnglandHard Ronit Yurovsky Maja Chwalińska
Miyabi Inoue
4–6, 4–6
Winner7.11 March 2017$15,000Orlando, United StatesHard Sanaz Marand Chiara Scholl
Marcela Zacarías
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up4.18 March 2017$15,000Tampa, United StatesHard Sanaz Marand Alexa Guarachi
Hsu Chieh-yu
3–6, 6–4,
Winner8.14 April 2017$25,000Pelham, United StatesClay Sanaz Marand Amanda Carreras
Tena Lukas
w/o
Winner9.23 April 2017$60,000Dothan, United StatesClay Sanaz Marand Kristie Ahn
Lizette Cabrera
6–3, 1–6,
Winner10.7 May 2017$60,000Charleston, United StatesClay Alexa Guarachi Kaitlyn Christian
Sabrina Santamaria
5–7, 6–3,
Winner11.13 May 2017$25,000Naples, United StatesClay Sanaz Marand Danielle Collins
Taylor Townsend
7–6, 6–1
Winner12.20 May 2017$25,000Naples, United StatesClay Alexa Guarachi Sophie Chang
Ulrikke Eikeri
6–3, 6–1
Winner13.1 July 2017$25,000Auburn, United StatesHard Alexa Guarachi Ellen Perez
Luisa Stefani
4–6, 6–4,
Runner-up5.19 January 2019$25,000Daytona Beach, United StatesClay Hailey Baptiste Anna Bondar
Ulrikke Eikeri
3–6, 7–5,
Runner-up6.16 February 2019$25,000Surprise, United StatesHard Usue Maitane Arconada Coco Gauff
Paige Hourigan
3–6, 6–4,
Runner-up7.16 March 2019$25,000Nishitama, JapanHard Tara Moore Haruna Arakawa
Minori Yonehara
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up8.23 March 2019$25,000Kofu, JapanHard Tara Moore Chang Kai-chen
Hsu Ching-wen
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up9.13 April 2019$25,000Sunderland, EnglandHard Tara Moore Maja Chwalińska
Ulrikke Eikeri
4–6, 6–3,
Winner14.14 September 2019$25,000Redding, United StatesHard Tara Moore Catherine Harrison
Paige Hourigan
6–3, 6–1
Winner15.19 October 2019$25,000Florence, United StatesHard Tara Moore Olivia Tjandramulia
Marcela Zacarias
7-5, 6–4