Romana Tabak

Romana Tabak

Full name	Romana Caroline Tabak
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Born	7 May 1991 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$42,131
Singles
Career record	113 – 73
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	240 (27 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record	50 0150 39
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	313 (17 August 2009)
Last updated on: 2 February 2015.

Romana Tabak or Romana Tabaková (born 7 May 1991) 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. 240 was achieved on 27 February 2012.

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

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 Boczová	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	17 August 2008	Iława	Clay	Aleksandra Rosolska	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	2 May 2010	Bournemouth	Clay	Lisa Whybourn	6–1, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(9–7)
Runner–up	2.	1 May 2011	Bournemouth	Clay	Scarlett Werner	3–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	14 May 2011	Båstad	Clay	Olga Brózda	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2
Winner	4.	5 November 2011	Asunción	Clay	María Irigoyen	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), 7–5
Winner	5.	12 November 2011	Asunción	Clay	Tina Schiechtl	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	19 November 2011	Asunción	Clay	Florencia Molinero	6–1, 6–0
Runner–up	3.	10 December 2011	Buenos Aires	Clay	Julia Cohen	5–7, 2–6

Doubles (5–4)

$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 Boczová	Ioana Ivan Vivian Segnini	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	16 August 2008	Iława	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 Pochabová	Diana Marcu Simona Matei	6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	3.	18 April 2010	Bol	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Alexandra Cadanțu Alexandra Damaschin	2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Runner–up	4.	25 June 2011	Lenzerheide	Clay	Nikola Hofmanova	Ani Mijacika Amra Sadiković	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Winner	5.	18 May 2012	Caserta	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandra Krunić Viktorija Golubic	6–2, 6–4

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. Aleksandra 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 25 June 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 – finished at No. 255 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 436 in WTA doubles ranking, won 4 ITF singles titles in Båstad (10.000 USD, d. Brozda in final) and hat trick in Asunción (10.000 USD, d. Irigoyen in final; 10.000 USD, d. Schiechtl in final and 25.000 USD, d. Molinero in final), 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] Romana was awarded as player of November according to ITF.

References

1. Anjel, Vlado (20 February 2009). "VIDEO – Romana Tabaková: Tenisoví fešáci? Gulbis a Simon! – Najlepšia juniorská tenistka Slovenska 2008 Romana Tabaková odpovedala na vaše otázky!". Čas.sk – Šport. Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
2. "Wimbledon – Tuesday's order of play". Yorkshire Post. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2010. Court 4 (12pm): Milos Raonic (Can) v (6) Henrique Cunha (Bra), Romana Tabakova (Svk) v (14) Elena Chernyakova (Rus), ...., Cindy Chala (Fra) & Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) v Katarzyna Piter (Pol) & Romana Tabakova (Svk)
3. "ECM Prague Open 2009 – Qualifying Singles" (pdf). Archive. WTA. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
4. "Romana won the title in Bournemouth!". Blogger. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Romana won the tournament in Bournemouth. She did take her 2nd ITF title even as qualifier! In final match she won against 6th seed Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 6–1, 6–7(7), 7–6(7). It was really long match (almost 4 hours) but in the end was Romana luckier. Romana said after the match: "We had to play outdoor, but because of rain we did play final match on hard court indoor. I did start match really well, i did lead 6–1, 5–2, but then i wasted chances and match continued in tiebreak, there i have had 3 matchballs at 6–4 and 7–6, but unfortunately i lost second set. In third set i did start better again, i did lead 4–0 and also 5–3, but Whybourn again started to play better and hit some winners. In tiebreak i again wasted another 3 matchpoints at 6–4 and 7–6. By last point at 8–7 i did come to the net and Lisa send the ball into the close out. I fell down and started to cry. I dont know if that was because of i have been really exhausted or because of enjoynment. I am very happy. I really appreciate this title, it helped to me mentally. I am dont know yet where i will play next. But i will do my best, i dont want waste my chances as last season."
5. "Stephenson takes women's doubles title in Bournemouth". British Tennis. LTA. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
6. "As of May 9, 2011". WTA Singles Rankings. WTA. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
7. "As of May 23, 2011". WTA Singles Rankings. WTA. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.

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)