Martina Babáková (born 18 April 1983) is a Slovak former professional tennis player.

Martina Babáková
Country (sports) Slovakia
Born (1983-04-18) 18 April 1983 (age 41)
Žilina, Czechoslovakia
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$50,483
Singles
Career record120–191
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 402 (8 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record179–145
Career titles18 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 269 (11 February 2008)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Slovakia
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Team

Biography

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A right-handed player born in Žilina, Babáková was a top-50 junior who was most prominent on the professional tour as a doubles player.[1]

Babáková won 18 ITF doubles titles and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, with Anna Lapushchenkova in the doubles.

At the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, she partnered Katarína Kachlíková to win a women's doubles bronze medal for Slovakia. She also won a bronze medal for the team event.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 12 March 2007 ITF Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard   Evgenia Linetskaya 3–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 26 August 2007 ITF London, United Kingdom Hard   Pauline Wong 4–6, 1–6

Doubles (18–19)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 October 2000 ITF Fiumicino, Italy Clay   Scarlett Werner   Asimina Kaplani
  Maria Pavlidou
4–1, 4–1, 4–2
Winner 2. 20 May 2001 ITF Szczecin, Poland Clay   Iveta Benešová   Anastassia Belova
  Darya Kustova
6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner 3. 27 May 2001 ITF Olecko, Poland Clay   Lenka Snajdrová   Kateryna Bondarenko
  Valeria Bondarenko
6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 3 June 2001 Warsaw, Poland Clay   Lenka Snajdrová   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Liudmila Nikoyan
6–4, 6–4
Winner 5. 26 May 2002 Olecko, Poland Clay   Lenka Tvarošková   Eva Erbová
  Liana Ungur
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 16 June 2002 Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Clay   Lenka Tvarošková   Valeria Bondarenko
  Mariya Koryttseva
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 7. 9 July 2002 Sezze, Italy Clay   Yevgenia Savranska   Kildine Chevalier
  Aurélie Védy
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 1 September 2002 Bielefeld, Germany Clay   Lenka Tvarošková   Lisa Fritz
  Lydia Steinbach
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 8 September 2002 Chieti, Italy Clay   Veronika Ctvrtnicková   Katia Altilia
  Valentina Sulpizio
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner 10. 15 September 2002 Prešov, Slovakia Clay   Maria Jedličková   Ivana Plateniková
  Eva Šestáková
7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 11. 20 October 2002 Makarska, Croatia Clay   Lenka Novotná   Kika Hogendoorn
  Christiane Hoppmann
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 12. 16 March 2003 Amiens, France Clay (i)   Lenka Tvarošková   Karla Mraz
  Aurélie Védy
4–5 ret.
Runner-up 13. 16 November 2003 Le Havre, France Clay (i)   Monika Schneider   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Eveline Vanhyfte
2–6, 2–2 ret.
Winner 14. 11 April 2004 Makarska, Croatia Clay   Iveta Gerlová   Maria Penkova
  Lisa Tognetti
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 16 May 2004 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay   Stefania Chieppa   Irina Smirnova
  Valentina Sulpizio
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 23 May 2004 Zadar, Croatia Clay   Michaela Michálková   Mandy Minella
  Lisa Tognetti
w/o
Runner-up 17. 31 August 2004 Warsaw, Poland Clay   Iveta Gerlová   Alicja Rosolska
  Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 18. 2 October 2004 Benevento, Italy Hard   Sandra Záhlavová   Giulia Gabba
  Karin Knapp
2–6, 1–0 ret.
Winner 19. 2 April 2006 GB Pro-Series Bath,
United Kingdom
Hard (i)   Urszula Radwańska   Marie-Perrine Baudouin
  Karla Mraz
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 20. 6 August 2006 Saulgau, Germany Clay   Linda Smolenaková   Josipa Bek
  Lydia Steinbach
4–6, 3–6
Winner 21. 28 August 2006 Vienna, Austria Clay   Sandra Martinović   Franziska Klotz
  Marlena Metzinger
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 22. 11 February 2007 Algarve, Portugal Hard   Raluca Ciulei   Melissa Cabrera-Handt
  Carolina Gago Fuentes
7–6, 0–6, 6–7
Runner-up 23. 11 March 2007 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard   İpek Şenoğlu   Iveta Gerlová
  Lucie Kriegsmannová
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 24. 19 March 2007 Raanana, Israel Hard   Veronica Spiegel   Evgenia Linetskaya
  Tzipora Obziler
1–6, 2–6
Winner 25. 7 April 2007 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK Hard (i)   Kateřina Vaňková   Rebecca Fong
  Susanna Lingman
6–4, 6–4
Winner 26. 15 April 2007 Torhout, Belgium Hard   Kika Hogendoorn   Elena Pioppo
  Verdiana Verardi
7–6, 6–3
Winner 27. 23 August 2007 Cumberland, United Kingdom Hard   Anna Smith   Anna Hawkins
  Karen Paterson
6–2, 6–3
Winner 28. 2 September 2007 Palić Open, Serbia Clay   Davinia Lobbinger   Hülya Esen
  Lütfiye Esen
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 29. 16 January 2008 Sunderland, UK Hard (i)   Iveta Gerlová   Johanna Larsson
  Anna Smith
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner 30. 21 January 2008 Wrexham, UK Clay   Iveta Gerlová   Dianne Hollands
  Elena Kulikova
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up 31. 11 February 2008 Albufeira, Portugal Hard   Elena Chalova   Julia Glushko
  Marina Melnikova
3–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Winner 32. 16 March 2008 Dijon, France Hard   Iveta Gerlová   Natasha Khan
  Danielle Brown
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner 33. 22 March 2008 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK Hard   Iveta Gerlová   Sarah Borwell
  Olivia Scarfi
6–1, 5–7, [10–1]
Runner-up 34. 5 August 2008 Coimbra, Portugal Clay   Olga Brózda   Paula Fondevila Castro
  Lucía Sainz
6–7(2), 0–6
Runner-up 35. 13 August 2008 ITF London, UK Hard   Manana Shapakidze   Megan Moulton-Levy
  Emily Webley-Smith
1–6, 1–6
Winner 36. 25 January 2009 ITF Wrexham, UK Hard   Iveta Gerlová   Danielle Brown
  Elizabeth Thomas
2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up 37. 31 May 2009 ITF Braga, Portugal Clay   Davinia Lobbinger   Ximena Hermoso
  Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Babakova, Martina (SVK)". www.itftennis.com.
  2. ^ "Medailové umiestnenia na svetových univerziádach". sportency.sk (in Slovak).
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