Lizette Cabrera
Lizette Faith Cabrera is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of 119 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020.
Early life
Cabrera was born and raised in Townsville by her Filipino parents Ronnie and Maria, before moving to Brisbane at the age of 13 to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo, and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents and both work in an abattoir in order to financially support her career.Career
2016
Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her year-end singles ranking was No. 257.2017: Maiden tour match win
Cabrera was given a wildcard into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one. At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her major main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekić.In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International Women's Open|Guangzhou International], defeating world No. 30, Anett Kontaveit, in the second round. She 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 the Clay Court International. In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event Copa Colsanitas. In May, she reached the second round of 2018 French Open – [Women's singles qualifying|qualifying] for the French Open and in June, the second round of qualifying to Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wildcard. She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round, and ended season with a singles rank of 230.2019
Cabrera failed to qualify for the 2019 [Brisbane International|Brisbane International] and Australian Open but then reached the quarterfinal of the Burnie International. In March, she played in the ITF Circuit across the U.S., with limited success, before travelling to Europe in May. She won a doubles title in Caserta, Italy with Julia Grabher and reached the quarterfinals of the Manchester Trophy, losing to eventual champion Magda Linette.In July, Cabrera won the 2019 [Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Challenger de Granby] in Canada; this was her first title in three years and biggest to date. Her ranking improved to back inside the world's top 200. At the US Open (tennis)|US Open], Cabrera lost in the final round of qualifying. In September, she returned to Australia and won the singles and doubles at the Darwin International. In October, she won the Bendigo International and reached the final of the 2019 [City of Playford Tennis International II|Playford International] the following week. These results vaulted Cabrera to a career-high singles ranking of 131, and so she finished the year.
2020
Cabrera commenced new season with her first tour quarterfinal since 2017 at the Hobart International but lost to Elena Rybakina. She also lost in the first round at the Australian Open, before she reached the quarterfinals of the Burnie International. After these results, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 119, on 3 February 2020.2022
Cabrera reached the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying|Australian Open].Performance timeline
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''Singles
''Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.''ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2016 | ITF Tweed Heads, Australia | 25,000 | Hard |  Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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