Alison Bai


Alison Bai is an Australian former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is 125, set on 20 January 2020.
Bai first began playing tennis at age 6. By age 9, she had won her first tournament. That year, her mother died of cancer.
On the ITF Circuit, Bai won her first singles title in 2015 at the $15k event on grass in Mildura having reached the final the previous year. In 2018, she reached the final of the $25k event in Changsha, China, defeating top seed Zhu Lin in the second round.
She has also won thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, including two titles at $60k tournaments in Canberra and Baotou. In 2018, she achieved her best result on the WTA Tour, reaching the doubles semifinal of the Hobart International, partnering Lizette Cabrera. In 2019, she played her sixth Australian Open. There, she won the doubles wildcard.
In 2021, Bai became the full-time carer for her father, who had become ill after suffering a series of strokes while accompanying her on tour. In November 2021, Bai took a position as Women and Girls Lead at Tennis ACT.
In 2023, paired with Jaimee Fourlis, Bai won the women’s doubles title at the Apis Canberra International.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass

Doubles: 34 (13 titles, 21 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2005ITF Lyneham, Australia25,000Clay