Three Australians clinched ITF glory in their respective finals throughout Sunday to provide a boost in ranking points and confidence.
Seeking a 10th consecutive victory after winning the ITF W35 Launceston title two weeks ago, Lizette Cabrera defeated Japan's Chihiro Muramatsu 6-0 7-5 to secure ITF W35 Mildura success.
Cabrera climbs to 240 live in the rankings and is in contention to earn a French Open qualifying berth in May, as she edges closer to making the six-week cutoff.
Cabrera also won the doubles title alongside Gabriella da Silva Fick, clawing back a set deficit against another all-Aussie pairing in Alicia Smith and Belle Thompson.
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In the same event, Omar Jasika wrapped up the ITF M25 title against Aussie countryman Pavle Marinkov 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 19 minutes.
Showing up in his 21st ITF singles final, Jasika put the disappointment of finishing runner-up in Burnie last month behind him to win his 16th ITF winners trophy.
The 2014 US Open boys' singles champion is now No.213 in the live ATP rankings, extending his head-to-head record over Marinkov to 4-0.
As for Marinkov, it was a memorable week for the 19-year-old, breaking new ground by playing in his first pro singles final. A big rankings jump of 127 spots to a career high 684.
Former world No.118 Priscilla Hon is trending in the right trajectory to reach those same heights achieved six years ago, having captured her second title of 2025 after a hard-fought 6-3 6-4 triumph over Arianne Hartono in Romania's Tarque Mures ITF W75 final.
Hon, 26, recently won the ITF W75 title in her home city of Brisbane and appeared in the semi-finals of an ITF W75 event in Prague.
She extends her record this season to 18-5 and has now won an impressive 13 of 15 finals in her career. Since May 2022, she has not tasted defeat in her last nine finals.
A positive week in Europe moves her 17 places to No.142, 24 places shy of her career-best.
Elsewhere 22 year old Tai Sach from Cairns fell short of winning his first ITF title after going down to Hikaru Shiraishi 2-6 2-6 in Tokyo's ITF M15 Hinode final. He was also runner up last December at the ITF M15 Wellington.
In addition to our Aussie winners at pro level over the weekend, 16 year old Ava Beck from Melbourne won her sixth ITF junior singles title taking out the J100 Mornington defeating fellow Melburnian Koharu Nishikawa 6-1, 7-5.
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