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 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 139 of the doubles rankings.

Early life Cabrera was born and raised in Townsville by her Filipino parents Ronnie and Maria, and she moved to Brisbane at the age of 13 to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo, and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents and both work in an abattoir to financially support her career.

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 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 major main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekić. 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 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 the Clay Court International. In April, Cabrera qualified for the WTA Tour event Copa Colsanitas. In May, she reached the second round of qualifying for the French Open and in June, the second round of qualifying to Wimbledon. Cabrera made her US Open main-draw debut after winning a wildcard. She lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round, and ended season with a singles rank of 230.

2019 Cabrera failed to qualify for the Brisbane International and Australian Open but then reached the quarterfinal of the Burnie International. In March, she played in the ITF Circuit across the U.S., with limited success, before travelling to Europe in May. She won a doubles title in Caserta, Italy with Julia Grabher and reached the quarterfinals of the Manchester Trophy, losing to eventual champion Magda Linette.

In July, Cabrera won the Challenger de Granby in Canada; this was her first title in three years and biggest to date. Her ranking improved to back inside the world's top 200. At the US Open, Cabrera lost in the final round of qualifying. In September, she returned to Australia and won the singles and doubles at the Darwin International. In October, she won the Bendigo International and reached the final of the Playford International the following week. These results led Cabrera to a career-high singles ranking of 131, and so she finished the year.

2020 Cabrera commenced new season with her first tour quarterfinal since 2017 at the Hobart International but lost to Elena Rybakina. She also lost in the first round of the Australian Open, before she reached the quarterfinals of the Burnie International. After these results, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 119, on 3 February 2020.

2022 Cabrera reached the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. In June, she won the doubles title at the Ilkley Trophy with Jang Su-jeong, the biggest doubles title of her career. In October, she won the W25 singles title in Cairns, her first singles title since 2019.

2023 Cabrera played the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with John-Patrick Smith after the pair received a wildcard. They beat Gabriela Dabrowski and Max Purcell in the second round to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos. This was Cabrera's best result at a major. In June, she won the W25 singles title in Tauste, Spain.

2024 Cabrera reached three ITF singles finals during the year, in Cairns, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast, but lost all three. In the Gold Coast International final she lost to Daria Saville. She won two ITF doubles titles, including the NSW Open with Taylah Preston.

2025 Cabrera won three ITF W35 singles titles in Australia. She won the Launceston International in February, then titles in Mildura and Swan Hill in March. She also won the Mildura doubles title with Gabriella Da Silva-Fick. She entered qualifying at all four majors without reaching a main draw. In June, she qualified for the Birmingham Classic, her first tour-level main draw since 2022, and lost in the first round to Zeynep Sönmez.

2026 Cabrera received a wildcard into Australian Open qualifying. She beat Gabriela Knutson in the first round and lost to Linda Klimovičová in the second. She also reached the second round of the women's doubles. On the ITF Circuit, she won W35 singles titles at the Burnie International in February and the Launceston International in March.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW80 tournaments (1–0)$50/60,000 tournaments (2–3)W40/50 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (9–3)Finals by surfaceHard (10–6)Carpet (0–1)Grass (2–0)

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W80 tournaments (0–1)W60/75 tournaments (2–4)W25/35 tournaments (4–3)W15 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–7)Clay (1–2)Grass (2–0)