Lizette Cabrera

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.

2016 edit

Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016.^[1] Her year-end singles ranking was No. 257.

2017 : Maiden tour match win edit

Cabrera was given a wildcard into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one.^[2] At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard;^[3] however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic.In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world No. 30, Anett Kontaveit, in the second round.^[4] She ended 2017 with a singles rank of 135.

2018 edit

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.^[5] In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event Copa Colsanitas. In May, she reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open^[6] and in June, the second round of qualifying to Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wildcard.^[7] She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round, and ended season with a singles rank of 230.

2019 edit

Cabrera failed to qualify for the 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 the 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 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.^[8] At the 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 Playford International the following week. These results vaulted Cabrera to a career-high singles ranking of 131,^[9] and so she finished the year.

2020 edit

Cabrera commenced new season with her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since 2017 at the Hobart International but lost to Elena Rybakina.^[10] 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 edit

Cabrera reached the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open.^[11]

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 edit

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

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	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	50,000	Carpet (i)	Aryna Sabalenka	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2019	Challenger de Granby, Canada	80,000	Hard	Leylah 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
Win	6–2	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–3	Nov 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win	7–3	Jun 2023	ITF Tauste, Spain	25,000+H	Hard	Rosa Vicens Mas	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	w/o

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) edit

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	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	60,000	Clay	Kristie Ahn	Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand	3–6, 6–1, [2–10]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2019	Clay Court Championships, 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]
Win	4–5	Jun 2022	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Jang Su-jeong	Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden	6–7(7), 6–0, [11–9]
Loss	4–6	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Yuki Naito Naho Sato	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]

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