Emina Bektas (born March 30, 1993) is an American tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 82 in singles, reached on November 6, 2023, and No. 78 in doubles, achieved on July 11, 2022.
Bektas has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with seven titles in singles and 25 in doubles on the ITF Circuit.
2011
Bektas attended college at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2015.
Emina is married to fellow professional tennis player Tara Moore.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.
Current through the 2023 US Open.
2016
Bektas made her Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main-draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round.
2017
The following year, she teamed with Amanda Anisimova as a wildcard entry in the women's doubles at the 2017 US Open, again losing in the first round.
To date, she won her biggest singles championship on ITF Circuit at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque.
She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.
She reached her first WTA Tour doubles final in April at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas partnering Tara Moore.
She also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships, making her debut at this major where she lost to Bianca Andreescu, in the first round.
In 2023, she won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final, and reached the top 100, on 6 November.
She became the fourth oldest player to reach the milestone.
