Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won nine singles titles and ten doubles titles on the

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. On 20 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On the same day, she peaked at No. 151 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life and background

Galfi started playing tennis when she was five years old. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis.

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: SF (2015) * French Open: 2R (2015) * Wimbledon: 2R (2014) * US Open: W (2015) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2015) * French Open: QF (2015) * Wimbledon: W (2015) * US Open: 2R (2014)

Career highlights

2013

Gálfi was given a

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for the

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, where she made her

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main-draw debut alongside

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in doubles, only to lose to the

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champions

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and

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2015: ITF Junior World Champion

In December 2015, Gálfi was pronounced ITF Junior World Champion. In that year, she won the girls' singles title at the US Open, and the girls' doubles title (with

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) at the

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2021: Grand Slam debut

In July 2021, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the

as a wildcard. Six years after winning the junior title at the US Open in 2015, Gálfi qualified, after eight attempts, for the first time into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open.

2022: Top 100

She reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022 at No. 97. After winning her first grass-court title in June, she became the world No. 81.

Performance timeline

''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.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 ASB Classic.''

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Note: Tournaments sourced fro
official ITF archives

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

National representation

Fed Cup (9–10)

Gálfi made her

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debut for

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in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Note: Tournaments sourced fro
official Billie Jean King Cup archives

Double bagel matches

Notes

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galfi, Dalma 1998 births Living people People from Veszprém Hungarian female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Sportspeople from Veszprém County 21st-century Hungarian women