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Rebeka Masarova

Rebeka Masarova (Slovak: Rebeka Masárová, pronounced [ˈrebeka ˈmasaːrɔʋa]; born 6 August 1999) is a Swiss-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 62 in singles and 125 in doubles.

The 2016 French Open junior champion started representing Spain in January 2018.[1]

Personal life

Masarova's mother is Spanish and her father is Slovak. Born in Basel, hometown of Roger Federer, she was inspired to start playing tennis from watching Federer play in his first Wimbledon final in 2003.[2]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

Doubles:

In 2016, Masarova reached the juniors semifinals of the Australian Open, where she lost to defending champion Tereza Mihalíková. Later that year, she won the French Open junior title by defeating top-seed Olesya Pervushina in the semifinals and second-seed Amanda Anisimova in the final. Masarova was beaten by British wildcard Gabriella Taylor in the third round of the junior tournament at Wimbledon.

Professional career

Masarova made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut in 2016 at the Gstaad Ladies Championship beating former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the first round.

2021–2022: Grand Slam and top 150 debuts

Masarova made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier.[3] On her major debut, she reached the second round defeating Ana Bogdan 6–7(9), 7–6(2), 7–6(9) in the longest women's match at this major in the Open Era.[4] As a result, she moved 53 spots up the rankings, reaching the top 200 for the first time in her career, on 13 September 2021.

She reached the top 150 at No. 145 on 31 January 2022, following the 2022 Australian Open, where she reached the last round of the qualifying competition.

2023–2024: WTA Tour final, WTA 1000 debut

Masarova had a strong start into the new season, reaching her first tour final at the 2023 Auckland Open as a qualifier, where she lost to Coco Gauff.[5] This catapulted her into the top 100 for the first time in her career.[6]

At the Dubai, she qualified for the main draw by beating Olga Danilović and Rebecca Marino but then lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. She received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open where she reached the third round with wins over compatriot Cristina Bucșa and 20th seed Donna Vekić.

In 2024, she also qualified into the main draw for the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open.

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Hopman Cup.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Double bagel matches

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ 2018: WTA ranking - 760, 2019: WTA ranking - 564, 2020: WTA ranking - 717.
  3. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  4. ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
  5. ^ 2013: WTA ranking - 1016, 2014: WTA ranking - n/a, 2015: WTA ranking - n/a, 2016: WTA ranking - 948, ... 2018: WTA ranking - 1156, 2019: WTA ranking - 305, 2020: WTA ranking - 337.

References

  1. ^ "Masarova spielt nicht mehr für die Schweiz". 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Amanda Anisimova and Rebeka Masarova for a first title". Roland Garros.
  3. ^ "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  4. ^ "Top 3 longest women's US Open matches". 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ WTA Staff (8 January 2023). "Gauff seals dominant week to win third career title in Auckland". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ^ Aayush Majumdar (9 January 2023). "WTA rankings update: Madison Keys makes Top-10 return, Linda Noskova jumps up 46 places, Iga Swiatek begins her 41st week as World No. 1". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Rebeka Masarova [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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