Martina Babáková

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 Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Plays	Right-handed (double handed backhand)
Prize money	$50,483
Singles
Career record	120–191
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 402 (8 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record	179–145
Career titles	18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 269 (11 February 2008)

Biography

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 finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

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

Doubles (18–19)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 October 2000	Fiumicino, Italy	Clay	Scarlett Werner	Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou	4–1, 4–1, 4–2
Winner	2.	20 May 2001	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Iveta Benešová	Anastassia Belova Darya Kustova	6–4, 7–6^(4)
Winner	3.	27 May 2001	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, 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	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	Bath, United Kingdom	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, Serbia	Clay	Davinia Lobbinger	Hülya Esen Lütfiye Esen	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	29.	16 January 2008	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Iveta Gerlová	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	30.	21 January 2008	Wrexham, United Kingdom	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	Bath, United Kingdom	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 Lucia Sainz-Pelegri	6–7^(2), 0–6
Runner-up	35.	13 August 2008	London, United Kingdom	Hard	Manana Shapakidze	Megan Moulton-Levy Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 1–6
Winner	36.	25 January 2009	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Iveta Gerlová	Danielle Brown Elizabeth Thomas	2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	37.	31 May 2009	Braga, Portugal	Clay	Davinia Lobbinger	Ximena Hermoso Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	3–6, 4–6

References

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

External links

• Martina Babáková at the Women's Tennis Association
• Martina Babáková at the International Tennis Federation