Lizette Cabrera

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 a abattoir in order to financially support her career.

2016

Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first Pro Tour title in September 2016.

Cabrera will make her senior Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card in November 2016.

2017: Maiden WTA Tour win

Cabrera was given a wild card into the 2017 Hobart International and won her first WTA tour match against Misaki Doi in round 1.At the 2017 Australian Open, Cabrera lost to Donna Vekic in round 1.

In September, Cabrera qualified for and made the quarter finals of the Guangzhou International, defeating world number 30 Anett Kontaveit in the second round.

Singles finals: 3 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	25 September 2016	Tweed Heads, Australia	Hard	Destanee Aiava	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	2.	2 October 2016	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	20 November 2016	Toyota, Japan	Hard (i)	Aryna Sabalenka	2–6, 4–6

Doubles 5 (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2014	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Priscilla Hon	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	12 June 2016	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Miharu Imanishi	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	16 October 2016	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Alison Bai	Katarzyna Kawa Sandra Zaniewska	7–5, 5–7, [12–10]
Runner-up	3.	6 November 2016	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Alison Bai	Jessica Moore Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	23 April 2017	Dothan, United States	Clay	Kristie Ahn	Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand	3–6, 6–1, [2–10]