Rebeka Masarova

Masarova at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open
Country (sports)	Spain (2018–)  Switzerland (2013–2017)
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Born	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 24) Basel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 974,470
Singles
Career record	204–106 (65.8%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 62 (11 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 91 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	72–37 (66.1%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 125 (2 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 210 (15 January 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: 23 January 2024.

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:

• 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 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: First WTA Tour final, WTA 1000 & top 65 debuts

Masarova had a strong start to the 2023 season, reaching her first WTA 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 2023 Dubai Tennis 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 where she reached the third round with wins over compatriot Cristina Bucșa and 20th seed Donna Vekic.

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

Performance timelines

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)

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	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	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	Aliona Bolsova	Alexandra Panova Arantxa Rus	6–0, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2023	Internacional de La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Caroline Dolehide Diana Shnaider	6–7(5–7), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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)

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

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	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