Lizette Cabrera
Lizette Faith Cabrera is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. Cabrera has a career-high singles ranking of No. 119 achieved on 3 February 2020.
Early life
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.Professional career
2016
Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her end of year singles rank was 257.2017: Maiden WTA Tour win
Cabrera was given a wild card into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one. At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut thanks to a wild card; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic.In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarter finals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world No. 30 Anett Kontaveit in the second round. Cabrera ended 2017 with a singles rank of 135.
2018
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 ACT Clay Court International. In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event Claro Open Colsanitas. In May, she reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open and in June, the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wild card. She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round. Cabrera ended 2018 with a singles rank of 230.2019
Cabrera lost in qualifying for 2019 Brisbane International and 2019 Australian Open. She reached the quarterfinal of the 2019 Burnie International. In March, Cabrera played in the ITF Circuit across USA, with limited success, before travelling to Europe in May. Cabrera won the doubles title in May in Caserta, Italy with Julia Grabher quarterfinals in the 2019 Manchester Trophy, losing to eventual champion Magda Linette.In July Cabrera won the 2019 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in Canada; this was her first title in three years and biggest to date. This saw her ranking improve to back inside the world's top 200. At the 2019 US Open, Cabrera lost in the final round of qualifying. In September, Cabrera returned to Australia and won the singles and doubles at the 2019 Darwin Tennis International. In October Cabrera won the 2019 Bendigo Women's International and reached the final of 2019 City of Playford Tennis International II the following week. These results vaulted Cabrera to a career high ranking of 131, surpassing her previous best of 134 set in October 2017. She finished the year with a singles rank of 131.
2020
Cabrera commenced 2020 with her first WTA quarterfinal since 2017 at the 2020 Hobart International. She lost in the quarterfinal to Elena Rybakina. Cabrera lost in the first round at the 2020 Australian Open. She reached the quarterfinal at the 2020 Burnie International. These results increased Cabrera to a career high singles ranking of 119 on 3 February 2020.ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)
| 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 | ITF Toyota, Japan | 50,000 | Carpet |  Aryna Sabalenka | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2019 | ITF Granby, Canada | 80,000 | Hard |  Leylah Annie Fernandez | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Darwin, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Abbie Myers | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Maddison Inglis | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Nov 2019 | ITF Playford, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Storm Sanders | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)
| 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, |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2016 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Jessica Moore Storm Sanders | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2017 | ITF Dothan, United States | 60,000 | Clay |  Kristie Ahn | Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand | 3–6, 6–1, |
| Loss | 1–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Palm Harbor, United States | 80,000 | Clay |  Akgul Amanmuradova | Quinn Gleason Ingrid Neel | 7–5, 5–7, |
| 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 | ITF Darwin, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Destanee Aiava | Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis | 6–4, 2–6, |