Lizette Cabrera

Lizette Cabrera

Cabrera at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
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	US$ 547,549
Singles
Career record	161–149
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 119 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 127 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2017, 2018, 2020)
French Open	Q2 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2017, 2018)
US Open	1R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	66–82
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 218 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2017)
Last updated on: 5 August 2020.

Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. Cabrera has a career-high singles ranking of No. 119, achieved on 3 February 2020.

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 an abattoir in order to financially support her career.

Professional career

2016

Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her end of year singles rank was 257.

2017: Maiden WTA Tour win

Cabrera was given a wild card into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one. At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut thanks to a wild card; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic. In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarter finals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world No. 30, Anett Kontaveit, in the second round. Cabrera ended 2017 with a singles rank of 135.

2018

Cabrera lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia in round one of the Hobart International and the Australian Open the following week. In March, she reached the quarterfinal of ACT Clay Court International. In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event Claro Open Colsanitas. In May, she reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open and in June, the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wild card. She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round. Cabrera ended 2018 with a singles rank of 230.

2019

Cabrera lost in qualifying for Brisbane International and Australian Open. She reached the quarterfinal of the Burnie International. In March, Cabrera played in the ITF Circuit across USA, with limited success, before travelling to Europe in May. Cabrera won the doubles title in May in Caserta, Italy with Julia Grabher quarterfinals in the Manchester Trophy, losing to eventual champion Magda Linette.

In July Cabrera won the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in Canada; this was her first title in three years and biggest to date. This saw her ranking improve to back inside the world's top 200. At the US Open, Cabrera lost in the final round of qualifying. In September, Cabrera returned to Australia and won the singles and doubles at the Darwin Tennis International. In October Cabrera won the Bendigo Women's International and reached the final of City of Playford Tennis International the following week. These results vaulted Cabrera to a career high ranking of 131, surpassing her previous best of 134 set in October 2017. She finished the year with a singles rank of 131.

2020

Cabrera commenced 2020 with her first WTA quarterfinal since 2017 at the Hobart International but lost to Elena Rybakina. She also lost in the first round at the Australian Open. She reached the quarterfinal at the Burnie International. These results increased Cabrera to a career-high singles ranking of 119, on 3 February 2020.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2016	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win	2–0	Oct 2016	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Nov 2016	ITF Toyota, Japan	50,000	Carpet (i)	Aryna Sabalenka	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2019	Granby Challenger, Canada	80,000	Hard	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Sep 2019	Darwin International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Abbie Myers	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2019	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Maddison Inglis	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Nov 2019	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2014	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	15,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2016	ITF Tokyo, Japan	25,000	Hard	Miharu Imanishi	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2016	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Alison Bai	Katarzyna Kawa Sandra Zaniewska	7–5, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss	1–3	Nov 2016	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Alison Bai	Jessica Moore Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2017	Hardee's Pro Classic, United States	60,000	Clay	Kristie Ahn	Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand	3–6, 6–1, [2–10]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2019	Innisbrook Open, United States	80,000	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	Quinn Gleason Ingrid Neel	7–5, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	2–5	May 2019	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	Elena Bogdan Vivien Juhaszová	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–5	Sep 2019	Darwin International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	6–4, 2–6, [10–3]

Performance timeline

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

This table is current through 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	1R	1R	Q2	1R	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	Q1	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q2	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q2	1R	Q3		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	5	6	0	2	13
Overall Win-Loss	4–5	0–6	0–0	2–2	0 / 13	6–13	32%
Year-end ranking	135	230	131		$472,793

External links

• Lizette Cabrera at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lizette Cabrera at the International Tennis Federation
• Lizette Cabrera at Tennis Australia