Rebeka Masarova

Rebeka Masarova (Slovak: Rebeka Masárová, pronounced [ˈrebeka ˈmasaːrɔʋa]; born 6 August 1999) is a Spanish–Swiss tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 94 in singles and 170 in doubles. The 2016 French Open junior champion started representing Spain in January 2018.[1]

Rebeka Masarova
Masarova at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Spain (2018–)
 Switzerland (2013–2017)
ResidenceBasel, Switzerland
Born (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999
Basel
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 466,111
Singles
Career record173–84 (67.3%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 93 (16 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 94 (9 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2022)
French OpenQ1 (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record67–29 (69.8%)
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 151 (21 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 151 (21 November 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–0
Last updated on: 19 November 2022.

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

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

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

Junior Grand Slam results - 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.

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 55 spots up the rankings, reaching top 200 for the first time in her career.

2023: First WTA final & top 100 debut

Masarova had strong start of the year, getting to the final of the Auckland Open as a qualifier. In the final she lost to Coco Gauff but it was her first WTA singles final.[5] This helped her entering top 100 for the first time.[6]

Performance timeline
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current after the 2023 Linz Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 ... 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open A A A Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 2R Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 2 4 3 Career total: 12
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 5–3 0 / 12 9–12 42%
Year-end ranking 322 439 162 132 $466,111

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass
Clay
Carpet
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2023 Auckland Classic, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard 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 WTA 125 Båstad, Sweden Clay Jang Su-jeong 6–3, 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (title)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 WTA 125 Valencia, Spain Clay Aliona Bolsova Alexandra Panova
Arantxa Rus		 6–0, 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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass
Carpet
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 ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 60,000 Hard Ane Mintegi del Olmo 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 6–5 Oct 2022 ITF Hamburg, Germany 60,000 Hard (i) Ysaline Bonaventure 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (5–3)
Grass
Carpet
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 ITF Wiesbaden, 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 ITF Toruń, Poland 60,000 Clay Rebecca Šramková Robin Anderson
Anhelina Kalinina		 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 5–1 Sep 2019 ITF 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 ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, 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 Zadoinov Misaki Doi
Beatrice Gumulya		 7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win 8–4 Nov 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 80,000 Clay Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Lea Bošković
Daniela Vismane		 6–3, 6–3

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 Heraklin, 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 WTA 125 Iași, 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 Total 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.

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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