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Alison Bai
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceCanberra, Australia
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Canberra
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$214,084
Singles
Career record266–297
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 305 (2 November 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record266–262
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 125 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2019)

Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is an Australian former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is 125, set on 20 January 2020.

On the ITF Circuit, Bai won her first singles title in 2015 at the $15k event on grass in Mildura having reached the final the previous year. In 2018, she reached the final of the $25k event in Changsha, China, defeating top seed Zhu Lin in the second round.

She has also won thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, including two titles at $60k tournaments in Canberra (with Zoe Hives in 2017) and Baotou (with Aleksandrina Naydenova in 2018). In 2018, she achieved her best result on the WTA Tour, reaching the doubles semifinal of the Hobart International, partnering Lizette Cabrera.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2014 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass South Korea Jang Su-jeong 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2015 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass Australia Kimberly Birrell 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jun 2018 ITF Changsha, China 25,000 Hard China Han Xinyun 5–7, 6–0, 4–6

Doubles: 34 (13 titles, 21 runner-ups)

Legend
$50/$60,000 tournaments (2–6)
$25,000 tournaments (7–10)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–18)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2005 ITF Lyneham, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Jenny Swift Australia Casey Dellacqua
Australia Daniella Jeflea
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2007 ITF Rockhampton, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jessica Moore United States Courtney Nagle
United States Robin Stephenson
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2008 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand 10,000 Hard Australia Emelyn Starr Japan Maki Arai
Japan Yurina Koshino
6–7(3), 6–7(2)
Loss 0–4 Mar 2009 ITF North Shore City, New Zealand 10,000 Hard Australia Renee Binnie South Korea Kim So-jung
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 0–5 Aug 2009 ITF Qianshan, China 10,000 Hard Australia Sacha Jones China Liang Chen
China Sun Shengnan
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Sep 2010 ITF Alice Springs, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Emelyn Starr Japan Erika Sema
Japan Yurika Sema
5–7, 1–6
Win 1–6 Oct 2010 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia 25,000 Hard Brazil Ana Clara Duarte Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti
Indonesia Jessy Rompies
w/o
Loss 1–7 Sep 2012 ITF Salisbury, Australia 10,000 Hard Australia Sally Peers Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti
Indonesia Lavinia Tananta
6–7(5), 0–6
Win 2–7 Mar 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia 10,000 Hard Australia Tyra Calderwood Australia Anja Dokic
Australia Jessica Moore
7–6(3), 6–4
Win 3–7 Aug 2014 ITF Nottingham, UK 10,000 Hard Japan Mari Tanaka United Kingdom Katie Boulter
United Kingdom Freya Christie
6–4, 6–3
Win 4–7 Aug 2014 ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands 10,000 Clay China Lu Jiajing Belgium Elyne Boeykens
Netherlands Jainy Scheepens
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 5–7 Aug 2014 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister France Brandy Mina
Netherlands Jainy Scheepens
7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–8 Oct 2014 ITF Cairns, Australia 15,000 Hard Japan Ayaka Okuno Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers
2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–9 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Abbie Myers Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Jessica Moore
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–10 Jun 2016 Surbiton Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass United States Robin Anderson United States Sanaz Marand
United States Melanie Oudin
4–6, 5–7
Win 6–10 Oct 2016 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Poland Katarzyna Kawa
Poland Sandra Zaniewska
7–5, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 6–11 Oct 2016 Canberra International, Australia 50,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–12 Feb 2017 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Japan Riko Sawayanagi
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková
6–7(6), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 6–13 Feb 2017 ITF Clare, Australia 25,000 Hard Japan Erika Sema Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Australia Genevieve Lorbergs
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–13 Jun 2017 ITF Wuhan, China 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiajing China Jiang Xinyu
China Tang Qianhui
6–2, 7–6(3)
Win 8–13 Nov 2017 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Zoe Hives United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 8–14 Feb 2018 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiajing Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Olivia Tjandramulia
5–7, 7–6(8), [9–11]
Win 9–14 May 2018 ITF Baotou, China 60,000 Clay Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova Serbia Natalija Kostić
Russia Nika Kukharchuk
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 9–15 Jun 2018 ITF Luzhou, China 25,000 Hard Romania Andreea Roșca China Han Xinyun
China Lu Jingjing
3–6, 3–6
Win 10–15 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Jaimee Fourlis Australia Naiktha Bains
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–2, 6–2
Loss 10–16 May 2019 Fukuoka International, Japan 60,000 Carpet United States Kristie Ahn United Kingdom Naomi Broady
United Kingdom Heather Watson
w/o
Win 11–16 Jul 2019 ITF Corroios, Portugal 25,000 Hard New Zealand Paige Hourigan Portugal Francisca Jorge
Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia
3–6, 6–2, [14–12]
Loss 11–17 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Lizette Cabrera
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss 11–18 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard New Zealand Paige Hourigan Australia Destanee Aiava
United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
3–6, 3–6
Win 12–18 Jan 2020 Canberra International, Australia[a] 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis Hungary Anna Bondár
Turkey Pemra Özgen
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 13–18 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis Australia Alicia Smith
Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah
7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 13–19 Jan 2022 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000+H Hard Australia Alana Parnaby Mexico Fernanda Contreras
United States Alycia Parks
3–6, 1–6
Loss 13–20 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 13–21 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
6–7(2), 6–7(5)

Notes

  1. ^ Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

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