Wikipedia - Rebeka Masarova
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.
History
Junior Grand Slam performance
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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.[]
2021–2022: Grand Slam debut, Valencia 125 doubles title
Masarova made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. 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. She lost to fifth seed Elina Svitolina in the second round.
Partnering with Aliona Bolsova, Masarova won the doubles at the Open Internacional de Valencia, defeating Alexandra Panova and Arantxa Rus in the final.
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. This catapulted her into the top 100 for the first time in her career. At the Dubai, she qualified for the main draw but lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.
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 and 20th seed Donna Vekić. She lost to ninth seed Maria Sakkari
She was runner-up at the 2022 Swedish Open, losing to Jang Su-jeong in the final. Masarova defeated eighth seed Maria Sakkari in the first round at the 2023 US Open, before losing her next match to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
In 2024, Masarova qualified into the main draw for the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open but lost in the first round to Emma Raducanu.