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Rebeka Masarova
Masarova at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open
Country (sports) Spain (2018–)
 Switzerland (2013–2017)
ResidenceBasel, Switzerland
Born (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25)
Basel
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 974,470
Singles
Career record204–106
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 62 (11 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 91 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record72–37
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 125 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 210 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–0
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Rebeka Masarova (Template:Lang-sk, 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:

  • Australian Open: F (2017)
  • French Open: W (2016)
  • Wimbledon: 3R (2016)
  • US Open: 1R (2015)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 2R (2017)
  • French Open: -
  • Wimbledon: -
  • US Open: 2R (2015)

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 debut

Masarova made her Grand Slam debut at the 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 top 200 for the first time in her career.

2023-2024: First WTA Tour final, top 100 & WTA 1000 debuts

Masarova had a strong start to the year, reaching her first WTA Tour final at the 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 Championships, she qualified for the main draw by beating Olga Danilovic 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.

She also qualified into the main draw for the WTA 1000 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.

Tournament 2016 2017 ... 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A 2R Q2 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 0 / 5 3–5 38%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Career statistics
2016 2017 ... 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 2 2 4 14 Career total: 23
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 11–9 0 / 13 12–13 48%
Clay win–loss 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–4 0 / 6 5–8 38%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Overall win–loss 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 16–16 0 / 23 20–25 44%
Win % 75% 0% 33% 0% 50% Career total: 44%
Year-end ranking[b] 322 439 162 132 $971,795

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Hopman Cup.

Tournament 2017 ... 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[c] A RR RR RR 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0[d] 0[d] 3 Career total: 4
Overall win-loss 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–6 0 / 4 3–8 27%
Year-end ranking[e] 667 269 189

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2023 Auckland Classic, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard United States Coco Gauff 1–6, 1–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–3, 3–6, 1–6

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

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 Open Internacional de Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Russia Alexandra Panova
Netherlands Arantxa Rus 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2023 Internacional de La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova United States Caroline Dolehide
Russia Diana Shnaider 		6–7(5–7), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 ITF Madrid, Spain 15,000 Hard Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2017 ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain 15,000 Clay Australia Isabelle Wallace 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2018 ITF Badenweiler, Germany 15,000 Clay Switzerland Nina Stadler 6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–3 Jan 2019 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca 2–6, 0–6
Win 2–3 Mar 2019 ITF Amiens, France 15,000 Clay (i) Romania Oana Georgeta Simion 6–0, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Mar 2019 ITF Gonesse, France 15,000 Clay (i) Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 May 2021 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 4–5 Jun 2021 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000 Hard Switzerland Lulu Sun 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 5–5 Jul 2021 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain 60,000 Hard Spain Ane Mintegi del Olmo 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 6–5 Oct 2022 Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup, Germany 60,000 Hard (i) Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Apr 2023 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal 100,000 Clay Montenegro Danka Kovinić 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (5–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2017 ITF Dijon, France 15,000 Hard (i) Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča France Victoria Muntean
Ukraine Anastasia Zarytska 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2017 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Germany Vivian Heisen
Australia Storm Sanders 		5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 2–1 Jan 2019 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Germany Irina Cantos Siemers
Spain Júlia Payola 		6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Feb 2019 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay Spain Claudia Hoste Ferrer Japan Rina Saigo
Japan Yukina Saigo 		7–5, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jun 2019 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 60,000 Clay Slovakia Rebecca Šramková United States Robin Anderson
Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 		6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 5–1 Sep 2019 Open de Valencia, Spain 60,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
Australia Seone Mendez 		6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss 5–2 Mar 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Romania Ioana Gașpar Serbia Tamara Čurović
Sweden Fanny Östlund 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 5–3 Mar 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Hard Switzerland Ylena In-Albon Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva 		2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 5–4 Apr 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Latvia Daniela Vismane Romania Karola Bejenaru
Romania Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie 		2–6, 0–6
Win 6–4 Jul 2021 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain 60,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 		6–3, 6–3
Win 7–4 Oct 2022 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 100,000 Hard Spain Aliona Bolsova Japan Misaki Doi
Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya 		7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win 8–4 Nov 2022 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain 80,000 Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Croatia Lea Bošković
Latvia Daniela Vismane 		6–3, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2016 French Open Clay United States Amanda Anisimova 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2017 Australian Open Hard Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 5–7, 6–1, 4–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 1–4 (20%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2021
Loss 0–1 Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 5 US Open, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 5–7 No. 231 0–1
2023
Loss 0–2 United States Coco Gauff No. 7 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard F 1–6, 1–6 No. 130 0–2
Loss 0–3 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 9 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 3R 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 No. 74 0–1
Loss 0–4 United States Coco Gauff No. 6 French Open, France Clay 1R 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 No. 71
Win 1–4 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 8 US Open, United States Hard 1R 6–4, 6–4 No. 71

Double bagel matches

Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd RMR
Win 2013 1–0 ITF Benicarlo, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Ester Valles Pinol n/a Q1 n/a
Win 2015 2–0 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Spain Yulia Almiron Solano (WC) n/a Q1 n/a
Win 2020 3–0 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Italy Gaia Squarcialupi n/a Q2 717
Win 2021 4–0 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain Amanda Montes Khaghani n/a Q2 443
Win 2022 5–0 Iași Open, Romania WTA 125 Clay Australia Olivia Tjandramulia (LL) 413 1R No. 751

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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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