Lizette Cabrera
Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of 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 year-end singles ranking was No. 257. 2017: Maiden tour match win Cabrera was given a wildcard 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 wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic. In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world No. 30, Anett Kontaveit, in the second round. She ended 2017 with a singles rank of 135. 2018 Cabrera lost