Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional

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player. He achieved his career-high

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(ATP) singles ranking of world No. 97 on 12 December 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 427 on 1 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Czech player.

Professional career

2020: Grand Slam debut, first Challenger title

Macháč won his first

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singles title at the 2020 Koblenz Open in February. Macháč played his very first Grand Slam qualification at

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and defeated all three opponents without losing a set before losing the competitive first round against

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in five sets.

2021: First Grand Slam win, top 150 & Olympics debut

Macháč did exactly the same thing at the next Grand Slam at the

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losing just 14 games to qualify where he defeated Mario Vilella Martínez before losing in the second round to world No. 10

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in four sets. He made his

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debut at the 2021 Murray River Open with direct entry into main draw, losing in the first round to

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. In March, Macháč won his second

singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II. As a result, he entered the top 150 at career-high of No. 137 on 8 March 2021. He qualified to represent Czechia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he reached the second round by defeating

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. In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the

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where he lost to

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in 58 minutes.

2022: Masters 1000 debut & first win, Top 100

Macháč made the final of the 2022 Traralgon International Challenger and won, earning his first Challenger title on an outdoor hard court. As a result, he entered the top 130 on 10 January 2022. The following week he qualified for the

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main draw, defeating

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, and Jesper de Jong en route. He defeated

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before falling to

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in the second round. As a result, he moved to a new singles career high of No. 116 on 31 January 2022. In March, he made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier at the 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and recorded his first win at this level defeating

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. He lost to World No. 1

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. In August he won his fourth Challenger title at the

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in Poland and moved 32 positions up to No. 126 on 22 August 2022. In the same month, he qualified at the US Open making his debut at this Major.https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-26/meet_the_2022_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html Following a final at the Challenger in

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he reached a new year-end career-high of No. 104 on 21 November 2022. A week later, he further reached the top 100 at No. 98 with a quarterfinal showing at the Challenger in

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, Italy.

Personal life

Macháč is dating fellow Czech tennis player

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Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 6 (6 runner–ups)

Performance Timeline

''Current through the

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Record against top 10 players

Macháč's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machac, Tomas 2000 births Living people Czech male tennis players People from Beroun Olympic tennis players of the Czech Republic Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region 21st-century Czech people