Rebeka Masarova

Rebeka Masarova

Masarova at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open
Country (sports)	Spain (2018–2024)  Switzerland (2013–2017, 2024–)
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Born	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25) Basel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Marcos Roy
Prize money	US$ 1,385,550
Singles
Career record	227–132
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 62 (11 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 119 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	73–39
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 125 (2 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 378 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–0
Last updated on: 20 September 2024.

Rebeka Masarova (Slovak: Rebeka Masárová, pronounced [ˈrebeka ˈmasaːrɔʋa]; born 6 August 1999) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 62 in singles and No. 125 in doubles achieved in 2023. Masarova won the Juniors 2016 French Open.

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.[1]

She started representing Spain in January 2018.[2] On December 24, 2024, she announced that she would represent Switzerland again.^[citation needed]

Career

Junior 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.

2016: Professional debut

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.^[citation needed]

2021–2022: Grand Slam debut, Valencia 125 doubles title

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] She lost to fifth seed Elina Svitolina in the second round.[5]

Partnering with Aliona Bolsova, Masarova won the doubles at the Open Internacional de Valencia, defeating Alexandra Panova and Arantxa Rus in the final.[6]

2023–2024: WTA Tour final and 1000 debut

Masarova reached her first tour final at the 2023 Auckland Open as a qualifier, where she lost to Coco Gauff.[7] This catapulted her into the top 100 for the first time in her career.[8] At the Dubai, she qualified for the main draw but lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.[9]

Masarova 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[10] and 20th seed Donna Vekić.[11] She lost to ninth seed Maria Sakkari[12]

She was runner-up at the 2022 Swedish Open, losing to Jang Su-jeong in the final.[13] Masarova defeated eighth seed Maria Sakkari in the first round at the 2023 US Open,[14] before losing her next match to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[15]

In 2024, Masarova qualified into the main draw for the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open but lost in the first round to Emma Raducanu.[16]

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.[17]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	...	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A		A	Q3	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A		A	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A		A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	A		2R	Q2	2R	Q1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	0 / 8	4–8	33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a]	A	A		A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A		A	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami Open	A	A		A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A		A	A	3R	Q1	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Italian Open	A	A		A	A	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	A		A	A	A	Q1	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	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Career statistics
	2016	2017	...	2021	2022	2023	2024	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 Open, New Zealand	WTA 250	Hard	Coco Gauff	1–6, 1–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2022	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Jang Su-jeong	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2024	Solgironès Open, Spain	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	6–3, 1–6, 2–6

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2022	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Alexandra Panova Arantxa Rus	6–0, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2023	Solgironès Open, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Caroline Dolehide 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	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2017	ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	15,000	Clay	Isabelle Wallace	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2018	ITF Badenweiler, Germany	15,000	Clay	Nina Stadler	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jan 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2019	ITF Amiens, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Oana Georgeta Simion	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Mar 2019	ITF Gonesse, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Eléonora Molinaro	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 2020	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Miriam Kolodziejová	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	May 2021	ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain	25,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win	4–5	Jun 2021	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	25,000	Hard	Lulu Sun	6–3, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	5–5	Jul 2021	Open Araba en Femenino, Spain	60,000	Hard	Ane Mintegi del Olmo	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	6–5	Oct 2022	Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup, Germany	60,000	Hard (i)	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Apr 2023	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	100,000	Clay	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)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Victoria Muntean Anastasia Zarytska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	May 2017	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Vivian Heisen Storm Sanders	5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	2–1	Jan 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	Irina Cantos Siemers Júlia Payola	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Feb 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jun 2019	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	60,000	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	5–1	Sep 2019	Open de Valencia, Spain	60,000	Clay	Irina Bara	Andrea Gámiz Seone Mendez	6–4, 7–6^(2)
Loss	5–2	Mar 2020	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Ioana Gașpar	Tamara Čurović Fanny Östlund	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–3	Mar 2021	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Hard	Ylena In-Albon	Ángela Fita Boluda Oksana Selekhmeteva	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	5–4	Apr 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Daniela Vismane	Karola Bejenaru Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	2–6, 0–6
Win	6–4	Jul 2021	Open Araba en Femenino, Spain	60,000	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	Celia Cerviño Ruiz Olivia Nicholls	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Oct 2022	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	100,000	Hard	Aliona Bolsova	Misaki Doi Beatrice Gumulya	7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win	8–4	Nov 2022	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	80,000	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Lea Bošković 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	Amanda Anisimova	7–5, 7–5
Loss	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	5–7, 6–1, 4–6

Head-to-head records

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	Elina Svitolina	No. 5	US Open, United States	Hard	2R	2–6, 5–7	No. 231	0–1
2023
Loss	0–2	Coco Gauff	No. 7	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	F	1–6, 1–6	No. 130	0–2
Loss	0–3	Maria Sakkari	No. 9	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	3R	6–3, 3–6, 3–6	No. 74	0–1
Loss	0–4	Coco Gauff	No. 6	French Open, France	Clay	1R	6–3, 1–6, 2–6	No. 71
Win	1–4	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	Ester Valles Pinol	n/a	Q1	n/a
Win	2015	2–0	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Yulia Almiron Solano (WC)	n/a	Q1	n/a
Win	2020	3–0	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Gaia Squarcialupi	n/a	Q2	717
Win	2021	4–0	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Amanda Montes Khaghani	n/a	Q2	443
Win	2022	5–0	Iași Open, Romania	WTA 125	Clay	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 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. 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. "Amanda Anisimova and Rebeka Masarova for a first title". Roland Garros.
2. "Masarova spielt nicht mehr für die Schweiz" (in German). 12 January 2018.
3. "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association.
4. "Top 3 longest women's US Open matches". tennishead.com. 7 September 2021.
5. "Elina Svitolina shuts out qualifier Rebeka Masarova". US Open. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
6. "Zheng Qinwen captures WTA 125 Valencia title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
7. WTA Staff (8 January 2023). "Gauff seals dominant week to win third career title in Auckland". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
8. 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.
9. "Dubai Duty Free Championships: Sasnovich makes second round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
10. "Madrid: Masarova triumphs over Bucsa in all-Spanish derby". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
11. "Madrid Open: Masarova upends Vekic to reach third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
12. "Madrid Open: Sakkari reaches fourth round at 1:00 am". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
13. "Jang triumphs over Masarova at Bastad 125 for career-best title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
14. "US Open 2023: Maria Sakkari could smell 'weed' during shock first-round loss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
15. "US Open: Schmiedlova makes third round, gets past Masarova". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
16. "Indian Wells: Emma Raducanu earns first-round win against Rebeka Masarova". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
17. "Rebeka Masarova [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

External links

• Rebeka Masarova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebeka Masarova at the International Tennis Federation