Tiffany Dabek
Tiffany Dabek Davis is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, Dabek later moved to Bradenton, Florida and was a top ranked junior in the state.Dabek, a right-handed player, started competing on the professional tour in the 1998 season. In 2001 she qualified for the main draw of two WTA Tour tournaments, the Morocco Open in Casablanca and the Tournoi de Québec. The following year she qualified a second time in Casablanca. She won both the singles and doubles titles at the $25,000 ITF tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2003. Her biggest performance came at the 2005 US Open where she made it through the qualifying draw, with wins over Kateřina Böhmová, Tsvetana Pironkova and Maria Fernanda Alves, all in three set matches. In the opening round of the main draw she was beaten by seeded Russian Vera Dushevina. She peaked at 170 in the world rankings after the US Open and continued on tour until 2007.
She is a qualified dietician and was formerly a teaching pro at River Strand Golf and Country Club.
ITF finals
Singles (5–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 2 October 2000 | Hallandale Beach, United States | Clay | Gabriela Voleková | 5–3, 2–4, 4–2, 3–5, 4–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 January 2002 | Gainesville, United States | Hard | Vanessa Webb | 4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 23 June 2002 | Tallinn, Estonia | Clay | Petra Cetkovská | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 22 September 2003 | Raleigh, United States | Clay | Edina Gallovits-Hall | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 20 April 2004 | Hamanako, Japan | Carpet | Chan Chin-wei | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | 9 October 2004 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Sania Mirza | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 23 October 2004 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Ágnes Szatmári | 7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 8. | 15 January 2006 | Tampa, United States | Hard | Vasilisa Bardina | 5–7, 7–6, 6–3 |