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Romana Tabák
Romana Tabák
Born	7 May 1991 (age 33); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Education	Concordia College
Children	1
Member of the National Council
	In office; 21 March 2020 – 25 October 2023
Personal details
Political party	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (2020-2022); We Are Family (2022-2023); Slovak National Party (2023-)
	Tennis career
Full name	Romana Caroline Tabak
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$42,131
Singles
Career record	113–74
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 240 (27 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record	52–40
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 313 (17 August 2009)

Romana Tabák (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrɔmana ˈtabak]) or Romana Tabáková ([- ˈtabakɔʋaː]; born 7 May 1991) is a Slovak politician and former professional tennis player. She is a former junior world No. 36, achieving that ranking in March 2008. Her career-high ranking of world No. 240 was achieved February 2012.

Political career

On 29 February 2020, Tabák got elected in parliamentary elections and became a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the political party Ordinary People along with fellow Slovak tennis players Karol Kučera and Ján Krošlák.^[1] In May 2022, she was expelled from the party, after voting against the potential prosecution of former prime minister Robert Fico in custody.^[2] In August, she joined the parliamentary caucus of the We Are Family party.^[3] In March 2023, she left the caucus over her opposition to donating Slovak Mig 29 fighter jets to Ukraine, which We Are Family supported.^[4]

In late September 2022, Tabak was legally accused by a Freedom and Solidarity MP Jana Bittó Cigániková of assault in a nightclub.^[5] She was sentenced of a misdemeanor and ordered to pay a 30 euro fine as a result of the attack.^[6]

Tabak did not run for re-election in the 2023 parliamentary election, but announced she was joining the right wing Slovak National Party. She was also featured in advertisements for the party's electoral campaign and declared that she will run for the party in the 2024 European Parliament election.^[7] She ran in fifth place on the party's electoral list but was not elected as her party failed to pass the 5% threshold.^[8]

Personal life

Tabak was a contestant in 2007 in Slovakia's Next Top Model, but withdrew after a few episodes because of parental disapproval.^[9]

Charitable activities

Tabak took part in missionary trips to India, Africa and Brazil and she aided Ukrainian refugees at the Main Railway Station in Bratislava in March and April 2022.^[10]

Tennis career

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	11 May 2008	ITF Michalovce, Slovakia	Clay	Slovakia Klaudia Boczová	2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	17 August 2008	ITF Iława, Poland	Clay	Poland Aleksandra Rosolska	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win	2.	2 May 2010	ITF Bournemouth, UK	Clay	United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn	6–1, 6–7⁽⁷⁾, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Loss	2.	1 May 2011	ITF Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Germany Scarlett Werner	3–6, 5–7
Win	3.	14 May 2011	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Poland Olga Brózda	7–5, 6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2
Win	4.	5 November 2011	Asunción Open, Paraguay	Clay	Argentina María Irigoyen	5–7, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 7–5
Win	5.	12 November 2011	Asunción Open	Clay	Austria Tina Schiechtl	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 6–4
Win	6.	19 November 2011	Asunción Open	Clay	Argentina Florencia Molinero	6–1, 6–0
Loss	3.	10 December 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	United States Julia Cohen	5–7, 2–6

Doubles (5–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	14 October 2007	ITF Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Poland Sylwia Zagórska	Armenia Liudmila Nikoyan Russia Inna Sokolova	3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	1.	11 May 2008	ITF Michalovce, Slovakia	Clay	Slovakia Nikola Vajdova	Slovakia Lenka Jurikova Poland Katarzyna Piter	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	18 May 2008	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Slovakia Klaudia Boczová	Romania Ioana Gașpar Brazil Vivian Segnini	6–2, 6–0
Win	3.	16 August 2008	ITF Iława, Poland	Clay	Belarus Ima Bohush	South Africa Lisa Marshall Armenia Anna Movsisyan	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	6 June 2009	ITF Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Slovakia Karin Morgosová	Australia Sophie Ferguson Australia Trudi Musgrave	4–6, 1–6
Win	4.	6 March 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Slovakia Michaela Pochabová	Romania Diana Marcu Romania Simona Matei	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3.	18 April 2010	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Slovakia Chantal Škamlová	Romania Alexandra Cadanțu Romania Alexandra Damaschin	2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	4.	25 June 2011	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Austria Nikola Hofmanova	Croatia Ani Mijačika Switzerland Amra Sadiković	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Win	5.	18 May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Poland Katarzyna Piter	Serbia Aleksandra Krunić Switzerland Viktorija Golubic	6–2, 6–4

Junior titles

Singles:

Winner (2): 2007 – Piešťany – Grade 2, Prato – Grade 2

Doubles:

Winner (2): 2008 – Umag – Grade 1 (w./Toljan); 2006 – Bratislava – Grade 4 (w./Tereza Budilova)

Awards

2008: Junior Tennis Player of the Year in Slovak Republic

Career in review

2003 – finished at No. 3 in Slovak ranking (U12)
2004 – won one singles title in tournament in Slovakia, runner-up one time
2005 – finished at No. 9 in Slovak ranking (U14); won five singles titles, runner-up two times
2006 – finished at No. 13 in Slovak ranking (U18); won two singles titles, runner-up two times, played her first ITF junior tournament in Bratislava as WC, also won her first doubles title in junior tournament Bratislava, Grade 4
2007 – finished at No. 4 in Slovak ranking (U18), won two junior tournaments Grade 2 in Pieštany (def. Lenka Juríková in final) and Prato (d. Bojanovski in final), made junior Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon, made top 100 debut in ITF ranking in May 2007, played in European Junior Championships U16, also played her first ITF tournament in Maribor, reached 1st round as qualifier (d. Anikó Kapros and Kristína Kučová in qualifying; l. to Lenka Tvarošková), won her first ITF doubles title in Espinho (w./Zagórska) in October
2008 – finished at No. 1 in Slovak ranking (U18), at No. 46 in ITF ranking, at No. 588 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 481 in WTA doubles ranking, played all four junior Grand Slam tournaments: French Open – doubles SF (w./Juríková); Wimbledon – singles SF (l. to Laura Robson) – played in European Junior Championships U18, won junior doubles title Grade 1 (w./Toljan) in Umag, won one ITF singles titles in Ilawa (d. Aleksandra Rosolska in final) and two ITF doubles titles in Bucharest (w./Boczová) and Ilawa (w./Ima Bohush), was named as Junior Player of the Year 2008 in Slovakia; she also played at Wimbledon on 25 June 2008,^[11] dated Grigor Dimitrov, accompanied him at Championships Dinner at Wimbledon.
2009 – finished at No. 678 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 349 in WTA doubles ranking, played first WTA qualifying at tournament in Prague^[12]
2010 – finished at No. 808 in WTA singles ranking and at No. 619 in WTA doubles ranking, won one ITF singles title in Bournemouth (d. Lisa Whybourn in final)^[13] and one ITF doubles title in Antalya (w./Michaela Pochabová). From June 2010 to March 2011, she did not play any tournaments apart from the ITF Espinho event in October 2010 because of a knee injury.
2011 – finished at No. 255 in WTA singles rankings and at No. 436 in WTA doubles rankings, won four ITF singles titles in Båstad ($10k, d. Brozda in final) and hat trick in Asunción ($10k, d. Irigoyen in final; $10k, d. Schiechtl in final and $25k, d. Molinero in final), Tabak was runner-up to Scarlett Werner in the ITF tournament at Bournemouth,^[14] but lost her WTA singles ranking on 9 May 2011,^[15] regaining it on 23 May 2011.^[16] 'Player of November' award according to the ITF.

References

^ Carr, Adam. "Slovak Republic Legislative Election of 29 February 2020". Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ Fabok, Martin. "MPs Hatrakova and Tabak Expelled from OL'aNO Caucus Over Their Vote on Fico". News Agency of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "MPs Tabak, Kroslak and Simko to Join We Are Family Caucus". News Agency of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "Poslankyňa Tabák vystúpila pre darovanie migov z klubu Sme rodina". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Poslankyňa Tabák: Bitku začala nepríčetná Cigániková. Po mojej rane zvädla ako tulipán". Denník Štandard (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "Tabák dostala za bitku s Bittó Cigánikovou pokutu 30 eur". Pravda (in Slovak). 27 June 2023.
^ "Tabák prekvapila: Za Danka nekandiduje, no jej tvár sa objaví na bilbordoch SNS". Start It Up (in Slovak). 10 July 2023.
^ "Romana Tabák nebude kandidovať v septembrových voľbách. Od šéfa SNS dostala inú ponuku". Standard. 1 July 2023.
^ Vlado, Anjel (20 February 2009). "Romana Tabaková: Tenisoví fešáci? Gulbis a Simon! | Najlepšia juniorská tenistka Slovenska 2008 Romana Tabaková odpovedala na vaše otázky!". Novy Čas (in Slovak). Ringier Slovakia. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
^ "A opäť tá Romana! Najprv BujarÝ žúr, potom.. Na týchto ZÁBEROCH by ste Tabák ani Nespoznali!". Plus jeden deň (in Slovak). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Wimbledon – Tuesday's order of play". Yorkshire Post. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2010. Court 4 (12pm): Milos Raonic (Can) v (6) Henrique Cunha (Bra), Romana Tabakova (Svk) v (14) Elena Chernyakova (Rus), ...., Cindy Chala (Fra) & Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) v Katarzyna Piter (Pol) & Romana Tabakova (Svk)
^ "ECM Prague Open 2009 | Qualifying Singles" (PDF). WTA. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ "Romana won the title in Bournemouth!". Blogger. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Romana won the tournament in Bournemouth. She did take her 2nd ITF title even as qualifier! In final match she won against 6th seed Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 6–1, 6–7(7), 7–6(7). It was a really long match (almost 4 hours) but in the end Romana was luckier. Romana said after the match: "We had to play outdoor, but because of rain we did play final match on hardcourt indoor. I did start match really well, I did lead 6–1, 5–2, but then I wasted chances and match continued in tiebreak, there I have had three match balls at 6–4 and 7–6, but unfortunately I lost second set. In third set I did start better again, I did lead 4–0 and also 5–3, but Whybourn again started to play better and hit some winners. In tiebreak, I again wasted another three matchpoints at 6–4 and 7–6. By last point at 8–7, I did come to the net and Lisa send the ball into the close out. I fell down and started to cry. I don't know if that was because of I have been really exhausted or because of enjoynment. I am very happy. I really appreciate this title, it helped to me mentally. I don't know yet where I will play next. But I will do my best, I don't want waste my chances as last season."
^ "Stephenson takes women's doubles title in Bournemouth". British Tennis. LTA. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ "As of May 9, 2011". WTA Singles Rankings. WTA. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ "As of May 23, 2011". WTA Singles Rankings. WTA. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.