Romana Tabak

Romana Tabak

Country	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Born	7 May 1991 (1991-05-07) (age 20) Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Height	5' 9" (1.75 m)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$34,965
Singles
Career record	107–58
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	255 (December 26, 2011)
Current ranking	255 (December 26, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	46–33
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	313 (August 17, 2009)
Current ranking	436 (December 26, 2011)
Last updated on: December 27, 2011.

Romana Tabak (born May 7, 1991 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 36, achieving that ranking in March 2008. Her career-high ranking of World No. 255 was achieved on December 26, 2011.

Tabak was a contestant in 2007 in Slovakia's Next Top Model, but withdrew because of parental disapproval.^[1]

Contents 1 Career Finals 1.1 Singles (6–3) 1.2 Doubles (4–4) 2 Junior Titles 3 Awards 4 Career in review 5 References 6 External links

Career Finals

Singles (6–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	11 May 2008	Michalovce	Clay	Klaudia Boczova	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	17 August 2008	Ilawa	Clay	Aleksandra Rosolska	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	2 May 2010	Bournemouth	Clay	Lisa Whybourn	6–1, 6–7(7), 7–6(7)
Runner–up	2.	1 May 2011	Bournemouth	Clay	Scarlett Werner	3–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	14 May 2011	Bastad	Clay	Olga Brozda	7–5, 6–7(2), 6–2
Winner	4.	5 November 2011	Asuncion	Clay	Maria Irigoyen	5–7, 7–6(7), 7–5
Winner	5.	12 November 2011	Asuncion	Clay	Tina Schiechtl	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	19 November 2011	Asuncion	Clay	Florencia Molinero	6–1, 6–0
Runner–up	3.	10 December 2011	Buenos Aires	Clay	Julia Cohen	5-7, 2-6

Doubles (4–4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 October 2007	Espinho	Clay	Sylwia Zagorska	Liudmila Nikoyan Inna Sokolova	3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner–up	1.	11 May 2008	Michalovce	Clay	Nikola Vajdova	Lenka Jurikova Katarzyna Piter	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	18 May 2008	Bucharest	Clay	Klaudia Boczova	Ioana Ivan Vivian Segnini	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	16 August 2008	Ilawa	Clay	Ima Bohush	Lisa Marshall Anna Movsisyan	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	6 June 2009	Brno	Clay	Karin Morgosova	Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave	4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	6 March 2010	Antalya	Clay	Michaela Pochabova	Diana Marcu Simona Matei	6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	3.	18 April 2010	Bol	Clay	Chantal Skamlova	Alexandra Cadantu Alexandra Damaschin	2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Runner–up	4.	25 June 2011	Lenzerheide	Clay	Nikola Hofmanova	Ani Mijacika Amra Sadikovic	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]

Junior Titles

Singles – juniors:

• Winner (2): 2007 – Piešťany – grade 2, Prato – grade 2

Doubles – juniors:

• Winner (2): 2008 – Umag – grade 1 (w./Toljan); 2006 – Bratislava – grade 4 (w./Tereza Budilova)

Awards

• 2008: Junior Tennis Player of the Year in Slovak Republic

Career in review

• 2003 – finished at No. 3 in Slovak ranking U12
• 2004 – won 1 singles title in tournament in Slovakia, runner-up one time
• 2005 – finished at No. 9 in Slovak ranking U14, won five singles titles, runner-up two times
• 2006 – finished at No. 13 in Slovak ranking U18, won two singles titles, runner-up two times, played her first ITF junior tournament in Bratislava as WC, also won her first doubles title in junior tournament Bratislava, grade 4
• 2007 – finished at No. 4 in Slovak ranking U18, won two junior tournaments grade 2 in Pieštany (d. Lenka Juríková in final) and Prato (d. Bojanovski in final), made junior Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon, made Top 100 debut in ITF ranking in May 2007, played in European Junior Championships U16, also played her first ITF tournament in Maribor, reached 1st round as qualifier (d. Anikó Kapros and Kristína Kučová in qualifying, l. to Lenka Tvarošková), in October won her first ITF doubles title in Espinho (w./Zagorska)
• 2008 – finished at No. 1 in Slovak ranking U18, at No. 46 in ITF ranking, at No. 588 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 481 in WTA doubles ranking, played all four junior Grand Slam tournaments: French Open – reached semifinal doubles (w./Juríková); Wimbledon – reached semifinal singles (l. to Laura Robson) – played in European Junior Championships U18, won junior doubles title grade 1 (w./Toljan) in Umag, won one ITF singles titles in Ilawa (d. Alicja Rosolska in final) and two ITF doubles titles in Buchurest (w./Boczová) and Ilawa (w./Ima Bohush), was named as Junior Player of the Year 2008 in Slovakia. She also played at Wimbledon on June 25, 2008.^[2], dated Grigor Dimitrov, accompanied him at Championships Dinner at Wimbledon.
• 2009 – finished at No. 678 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 349 in WTA doubles ranking, played first WTA qualifying at tournament in Prague^[3]
• 2010 – finished at No. 808 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 619 in WTA doubles ranking, won 1 ITF singles title in Bournemouth (d. Lisa Whybourn in final) ^[4] and 1 ITF doubles title in Antalya (w./Michaela Pochabová). From June 2010 to March 2011 she did not play any tournaments apart from the ITF Espinho tournament in October 2010 because of a knee injury.
• 2011 – Tabak was runner-up to Scarlett Werner in the ITF tournament at Bournemouth,^[5] but lost her WTA Singles Ranking on 9 May 2011,^[6] regaining it on 23 May 2011.^[7]

References

External links

• Romana Tabak at the Women's Tennis Association
• Romana Tabak at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website Romana Caroline Tabak (former Romana Tabaková)
• Romana Caroline Tabak (former Romana Tabaková) thread on slovak tennis forum
• Official facebook fan page Romana Caroline Tabak (former Romana Tabaková)

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Name	Tabakova, Romana
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Date of birth	May 7, 1991
Place of birth	Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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