Rebeka Masarova (Slovak: Rebeka Masárová, pronounced[ˈrebekaˈmasaːrɔʋa]; born 6 August 1999) is a Swiss-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 62 in singles and No. 125 in doubles. The 2016 French Open junior champion started representing Spain in January 2018.[1]
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]
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: WTA Tour final, WTA 1000 & top 65 debutsedit
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]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^2018: WTA Ranking - 760, 2019: WTA Ranking - 564, 2020: WTA Ranking - 717.
^ abDuring the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
^2013: WTA ranking - 1016, 2014: WTA ranking - n/a, 2015: WTA ranking - n/a, 2016: WTA ranking - 948, ...
2018: WTA ranking - 1156, 2019: WTA ranking - 305, 2020: WTA ranking - 337.