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.

Bai first began playing tennis at age 6. By age 9, she had won her first tournament. That year, her mother died of cancer.

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. In 2019, she played her sixth Australian Open. There, she won the doubles wildcard.

In 2021, Bai became the full-time carer for her father, who had become ill after suffering a series of strokes while accompanying her on tour. In November 2021, Bai took a position as Women and Girls Lead at Tennis ACT.

In 2020, paired with Jaimee Fourlis, Bai won the women’s doubles title at the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo).

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Legend $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $15,000 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000 Grass Jang Su-jeong 1–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Mar 2015ITF Mildura, Australia15,000 Grass Kimberly Birrell 6–3, 6–3Loss 1–2 Jun 2018ITF Changsha, China25,000 Hard 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 surfaceHard (9–18)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2005 ITF Lyneham, Australia 25,000 Clay Jenny Swift Casey Dellacqua Daniella Jeflea 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Oct 2007 ITF Rockhampton, Australia 25,000 Hard Jessica Moore Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–3 Mar 2008 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand 10,000 Hard Emelyn Starr Maki Arai Yurina Koshino 6–7(3), 6–7(2)Loss 0–4 Mar 2009 ITF North Shore City, New Zealand 10,000 Hard Renee Binnie Kim So-jung Ayaka Maekawa 5–7, 6–7(4)Loss 0–5 Aug 2009 ITF Qianshan, China 10,000 Hard Sacha Jones Liang Chen Sun Shengnan 2–6, 4–6Loss 0–6 Sep 2010 ITF Alice Springs, Australia 25,000 Hard Emelyn Starr Erika Sema Yurika Sema 5–7, 1–6Win 1–6 Oct 2010 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia 25,000 Hard Ana Clara Duarte Ayu Fani Damayanti Jessy Rompies w/oLoss 1–7 Sep 2012 ITF Salisbury, Australia 10,000 Hard Sally Peers Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 6–7(5), 0–6Win 2–7 Mar 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia 10,000 Hard Tyra Calderwood Anja Dokic Jessica Moore 7–6(3), 6–4Win 3–7 Aug 2014 ITF Nottingham, UK 10,000 Hard Mari Tanaka Katie Boulter Freya Christie 6–4, 6–3Win 4–7 Aug 2014 ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Lu Jiajing Elyne Boeykens Jainy Scheepens 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]Win 5–7 Aug 2014 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Cornelia Lister Brandy Mina Jainy Scheepens 7–5, 6–4Loss 5–8 Oct 2014 ITF Cairns, Australia 15,000 Hard Ayaka Okuno Jessica Moore Abbie Myers 2–6, 2–6Loss 5–9 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Abbie Myers Ashleigh Barty Jessica Moore 6–3, 4–6, [8–10]Loss 5–10 Jun 2016 Surbiton Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Robin Anderson Sanaz Marand Melanie Oudin 4–6, 5–7Win 6–10 Oct 2016 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Lizette Cabrera Katarzyna Kawa Sandra Zaniewska 7–5, 5–7, [12–10]Loss 6–11 Oct 2016 Canberra International, Australia 50,000 Hard Lizette Cabrera Jessica Moore Storm Sanders 3–6, 4–6Loss 6–12 Feb 2017 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Riko Sawayanagi Barbora Štefková 6–7(6), 6–4, [7–10]Loss 6–13 Feb 2017 ITF Clare, Australia 25,000 Hard Erika Sema Beatriz Haddad Maia Genevieve Lorbergs 4–6, 3–6Win 7–13 Jun 2017 ITF Wuhan, China 25,000 Hard Lu Jiajing Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui 6–2, 7–6(3)Win 8–13 Nov 2017 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard Zoe Hives Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]Loss 8–14 Feb 2018 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Lu Jiajing Jessica Moore Olivia Tjandramulia 5–7, 7–6(8), [9–11]Win 9–14 May 2018 ITF Baotou, China 60,000 Clay Aleksandrina Naydenova Natalija Kostić Nika Kukharchuk 6–4, 0–6, [10–6]Loss 9–15 Jun 2018 ITF Luzhou, China 25,000 Hard Andreea Roșca Han Xinyun Lu Jingjing 3–6, 3–6Win 10–15 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay Jaimee Fourlis Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalíková 6–2, 6–2Loss 10–16 May 2019 Fukuoka International, Japan 60,000 Carpet Kristie Ahn Naomi Broady Heather Watson w/oWin 11–16 Jul 2019 ITF Corroios, Portugal 25,000 Hard Paige Hourigan Francisca Jorge Olga Parres Azcoitia 3–6, 6–2, [14–12]Loss 11–17 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia 60,000 Hard Jaimee Fourlis Destanee Aiava Lizette Cabrera 4–6, 6–2, [3–10]Loss 11–18 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Paige Hourigan Destanee Aiava Naiktha Bains 3–6, 3–6Win 12–18 Jan 2020 Canberra International, Australia 25,000 Hard Jaimee Fourlis Anna Bondár Pemra Özgen 5–7, 6–4, [10–8]Win 13–18 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard Jaimee Fourlis Alicia Smith Abigail Tere-Apisah 7–6(4), 6–3Loss 13–19 Jan 2022 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000+H Hard Alana Parnaby Fernanda Contreras Alycia Parks 3–6, 1–6Loss 13–20 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Jaimee Fourlis Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss 13–21 Feb 2022ITF Canberra, Australia25,000 Hard Jaimee Fourlis Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova 6–7(2), 6–7(5)

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