Rebeka Masarova ( sk, Rebeka Masárová, ; born 6 August 1999) is a Spanish–Swiss

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player. She has career-high

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of 121 in singles and 170 in doubles. The 2016 French Open junior champion started representing Spain in January 2018.

Personal life

Masarova's mother is Spanish and her father is Slovak. Born in

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, hometown of

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, she was inspired to start playing tennis from watching Federer play in his first Wimbledon final in 2003.

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

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in the semifinals and second-seed

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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

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singles main-draw debut in 2016 at the Gstaad Ladies Championship, beating former world No. 1,

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, in the first round. Masarova made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. On her major debut, she reached the second round defeating

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6–7⁽⁹⁾, 7–6⁽²⁾, 7–6⁽⁹⁾ in the longest women’s match at this major in the

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. As a result, she moved 55 spots up the rankings, reaching top 200 for the first time in her career.

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 through the 2022 Poland Open.''

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Double bagel matches

Notes

References

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* * 1999 births Living people Swiss female tennis players Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt French Open junior champions Swiss people of Slovak descent Swiss people of Spanish descent Spanish people of Slovak descent Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub