Romana Tabak
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| Country (sports) |  Slovakia |
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| Residence | Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 23 - 21 |
| Highest ranking | 546 (May 11, 2009) |
| Current ranking | 838 (May 6, 2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 36 - 21 |
| Highest ranking | 313 (17 Aug 2009) |
| Last updated on: May 31, 2011. | |
Romana Tabakova (born May 7, 1991 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 36, achieving that ranking in March 2008. Her career-high ranking of World No. 546 was achieved on May 11, 2009.
Career highlights
Singles - women:
- Winner (2): 2010 - Bournemouth; 2008 - Ilawa
- Finalist (1): 2008 - Michalovce
Doubles - women:
- Winner (4): 2010 - Antalya 1 (w./Pochabová); 2008 - Ilawa (w./Bogush), Bucharest (w./Boczova); 2007 - Espinho (w./Zagorska)
- Finalist (1): 2009 - Brno (w./Morgosova); 2008 - Michalovce (w./N. Vajdova)
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./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. Juríková 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. Kapros and Kristína Kučová in qualifying, l. to Tvarošková), in October won her first ITF doubles title in Espinho (w./Zagorska)
- 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 Robson) - played in European Junior Championships U18, won junior doubles title grade 1 (w./Toljan) in Umag, won one ITF singles titles in Ilawa (d. Rosolska in final) and two ITF doubles titles in Buchurest (w./Boczová) and Ilawa (w./Bohush), was named as Junior Player of the Year 2008 in Slovakia. She also played at Wimbledon on June 25, 2008.[1]
- 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. Whybourn in final) and 1 ITF doubles title in Antalya (w./Pochabová), since july she did not play tournament because of knee injury
References
- ^ "Wimbledon - Tuesday's order of play". Yorkshire Post. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
Court 4 (12pm): Milos Raonic (Can) v (6) Henrique Cunha (Bra), Romana Tabakova (Svk) v (14) Elena Chernyakova (Rus), .... , Cindy Chala (Fra) & Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) v Katarzyna Piter (Pol) & Romana Tabakova (Svk)