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Maria Mateas
	Mateas in 2024
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.
Born	July 21, 1999 (age 25); Oradea, Romania
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$196,994
Singles
Career record	221–180
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 190 (August 26, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 207 (November 11, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	63–63
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (July 3, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 326 (November 11, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	2R (2024)
	Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Maria Mateaș (born July 21, 1999) is a Romanian-American tennis player.^[1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 190, achieved on 26 August 2024.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Mateas had a career-high combined ranking of 26 in April 2016.

Early life

Maria Mateas was born in Oradea, Romania, to Calin and Angela Mateas. She has an older brother named Catalin, who was a tennis player.^[2]

Career

Mateas made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, having received a wildcard into the singles tournament.^{[citation needed]}

She made her major debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles, partnering Mackenzie McDonald.^{[citation needed]}

Ranked No. 348, Mateas made her singles debut at the WTA 1000 level, after qualifying into the main draw of the 2023 Guadalajara Open, losing in the first round to Emma Navarro.^[3]

She won the 2024 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	W25	Hard	Astra Sharma	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2018	ITF Fort Worth, United States	W25	Hard	Robin Anderson	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Mar 2023	ITF Spring, United States	W25	Hard	Yulia Starodubtseva	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	2–2	Nov 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	7–5, 7–6⁽²⁾
Loss	2–3	Jan 2024	ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	W35	Hard	Fanny Östlund	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2024	Championnats de Granby, Canada	W75	Hard	Kayla Cross	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	3–4	Sep 2024	ITF Redding, United States	W35	Hard	Lea Ma	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	ITF Pelham, United States	W25	Clay	María Portillo Ramírez	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2022	ITF Ourense, Spain	W25	Hard	Arantxa Rus	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cortez Llorca	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2022	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	W60	Hard	Madison Brengle	Anna Rogers Christina Rosca	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 2023	ITF Spring, United States	W25	Hard	Clervie Ngounoue	Sofia Johnson Yulia Starodubtseva	6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	3–2	May 2023	ITF Orlando, United States	W25	Clay	Makenna Jones	Dalayna Hewitt Katarina Jokić	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–2	Jun 2023	ITF Sumter, United States	W60	Hard	Anna Rogers	McCartney Kessler Yuliia Starodubtseva	6–4, 6–7⁽³⁾, [10–6]
Win	5–2	Jun 2023	ITF Wichita, United States	W25	Hard	Reese Brantmeier	Ava Markham Alina Shcherbinina	6–2, 6–4