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Dalma Gálfi

The native form of this personal name is Gálfi Dalma Rebeka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. On 12 September 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79. On 19 September 2022, she peaked at No. 126 in the WTA doubles rankings. Gálfi has won nine singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Dalma Gálfi
Gálfi at the 2023 US Open
Full nameDalma Rebeka Gálfi
Country (sports) Hungary
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25)
Veszprém, Hungary
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
CoachBastien Fazincani
(Jan 2019–)[1]
Prize moneyUS$ 1,504,697
Singles
Career record285–205 (58.2%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 135 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record133–101 (56.8%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 126 (19 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 382 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–14 (51.7%)
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.

Personal life and background edit

Gálfi started playing tennis when she was five years old. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis.[2]

Career highlights edit

Junior career edit

Grand Slam performance - Singles:

Grand Slam performance - Doubles:

Professional career edit

2013: WTA Tour debut edit

Gálfi was given a wildcard for the Budapest Grand Prix, where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut alongside Lilla Barzó in doubles,[3] only to lose to the 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.[4][5]

2015: ITF Junior World Champion edit

In December 2015, Gálfi was pronounced ITF Junior World Champion.[6] In that year, she won the girls' singles title at the US Open, and the girls' doubles title (with Fanny Stollár) at Wimbledon.

2021: First tour semifinal, Grand Slam debut edit

In July 2021, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Budapest Grand Prix as a wildcard.[7]

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.[8][9]

2022: WTA 1000 debut, US Open 3rd round in singles and doubles, top 80 edit

She reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022, at No. 97 after recording her first win the WTA 1000 level in Miami.[10] After winning her first ITF Circuit grass-court title, the Ilkley Trophy in June, she set a new career-high of world No. 81.[11]

She improved to a new best ranking of No. 79 on 12 September 2022, after she reached the third round at a Major for the first time in her career, at the US Open, where she lost to 18th seed Veronika Kudermetova.[12] At the same tournament, she also advanced to the third round in doubles, partnering Bernarda Pera.

2023: Australian and Madrid Opens debuts, Wimbledon 3rd round edit

At the Ladies Linz, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating seventh seed Bernarda Pera for her first top-50 win, and wildcard Eva Lys. At the Indian Wells Open, she qualified as lucky loser and defeated world No. 31, Danielle Collins, for her second career win at this level.[13]

At Wimbledon, she appeared in the third round for the first time at this major, after defeating Linda Nosková and Jule Niemeier.

2024 edit

In Hua Hin, Thailand, she reached her third career quarterfinal as a qualifier, and first on outdoor hardcourts, defeating fifth seed Wang Xiyu.[14]

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[15]

Singles edit

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 A A A Q1 Q2 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A Q1 A A Q3 Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A A NH Q1 2R 3R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
US Open A A Q1 A A A 1R 3R Q2 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 2–3 0 / 7 5–7 42%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 A[b] PO PO 0 / 0 6–9 40%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A A A A NH A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0[d] 1 1 0[d] 0[d] 0 2 10 12 Career total: 26
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 7–12 7–13 0 / 26 21–35 38%
Win % 0% 0% 33% 33% 67%  –  60% 37% 35% Career total: 38%
Year-end ranking[e] 313 272 170 296 252 221 122 85 136 $1,440,168

Doubles edit

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A NH A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A A A A 3R A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–2 0–0 0 / 5 4–5 44%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 A[b] PO PO 0 / 0 8–4 67%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0 0[d] 0[d] 1 1 0 2 6 4 Career total: 15
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 6–6 4–5 0 / 15 16–19 46%
Year-end ranking[e] n/a 933 430 266 406 240 229 175 191 139 387

WTA Challenger finals edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 Contrexéville Open, France Clay   Sara Errani 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2024 Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain Clay   Tímea Babos   Miriam Kolodziejová
  Anna Sisková 		walkover

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–1)
Clay (1–5)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Julia Grabher 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–0 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Mar 2015 ITF Solarino, Italy 10,000 Hard   Gloria Liang 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 15,000 Hard   Storm Sanders 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win 5–0 Oct 2015 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard   Olivia Tjandramulia 6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–1
Win 6–0 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard   Katy Dunne 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–0 Nov 2016 ITF Chenzhou, China 25,000 Hard   Riko Sawayanagi 6–0, 6–4
Loss 7–1 Nov 2016 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard   Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 7–2 May 2019 Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain 60,000+H Clay   Wang Xiyu 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–3 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay   Mayar Sherif 4–6, 3–6
Loss 7–4 May 2021 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay   Jule Niemeier 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–4 Jun 2021 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Paula Ormaechea 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Jul 2021 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay   Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 2–6
Loss 8–6 Sep 2021 Internacional de Valencia, Spain 80,000 Clay   Martina Trevisan 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win 9–6 Jun 2022 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass   Jodie Burrage 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

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

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$50/60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (7–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Anna Bondár   Réka Luca Jani
  Julia Stamatova 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Anna Bondár   Martina Bašić
  Tena Lukas 		4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Mar 2015 ITF Solarino, Italy 10,000 Hard   Anna Bondár   Sofiya Kovalets
  Janina Toljan 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Sep 2015 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 15,000 Hard   Priscilla Hon   Kimberly Birrell
  Tammi Patterson 		7–6(3), 3–6, [8–10]
Win 3–2 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Cristiana Ferrando   Kseniia Bekker
  Raluca Șerban 		6–4, 5–7, [14–12]
Loss 3–3 May 2016 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Grass   Xu Shilin   Hsu Ching-wen
  Ksenia Lykina 		6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 3–4 Aug 2016 ITF Bükfürdő, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Réka Luca Jani   Georgina García Pérez
  Fanny Stollár 		3–6, 6–7(4)
Win 4–4 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard   Viktória Kužmová   Gabriela Cé
  Tereza Mihalíková 		6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss 4–5 Jun 2017 Open de Marseille, France 100,000 Clay   Dalila Jakupović   Natela Dzalamidze
  Veronika Kudermetova 		6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 4–6 Feb 2018 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Katarzyna Piter   Ysaline Bonaventure
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 4–7 Mar 2018 ITF Toyota, Japan 25,000 Hard (i)   Rika Fujiwara   Choi Ji-hee
  Kim Na-ri 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–8 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglar, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Ágnes Bukta   Anna Bondár
  Raluca Șerban 		1–6, 6–7(2)
Win 5–8 Aug 2018 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard   Valentini Grammatikopoulou   Emily Arbuthnott
  Anna Danilina 		6–0, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 5–9 Aug 2018 Budapest Ladies Open, Hungary 60,000 Clay   Réka Luca Jani   Ulrikke Eikeri
  Elitsa Kostova 		6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 6–9 May 2019 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Clay   Jana Fett   Despina Papamichail
  Nina Stojanović 		7–6(2), 6–2
Loss 6–10 May 2019 Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain 60,000+H Clay   Georgina García Pérez   Arina Rodionova
  Storm Sanders 		4–6, 4–6
Win 7–10 Jul 2019 ITF Bytom, Poland 25,000 Clay   Katarzyna Piter   Maryna Chernyshova
  Daria Lodikova 		6–4, 6–0
Loss 7–11 Sep 2019 ITF Trieste, Italy 25,000 Clay   Valentini Grammatikopoulou   Cristina Dinu
  Angelica Moratelli 		6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 8–11 Sep 2019 ITF Kaposvár, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Adrienn Nagy   Anna Bondár
  Réka Luca Jani 		7–6(5), 2–6, [10–3]
Win 9–11 Nov 2019 ITF Malibu, United States 25,000 Hard   Kimberley Zimmermann   Lorraine Guillermo
  Anna Hertel 		7–6(5), 6–3
Win 10–11 Jan 2020 ITF Daytona Beach, US 25,000 Clay   Kimberley Zimmermann   Paula Ormaechea
  Prarthana Thombare 		7–6(4), 6–2
Loss 10–12 Jun 2021 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Paula Ormaechea   Anna Danilina
  Valeriya Strakhova 		5–7, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 10–13 Jul 2021 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay   Kimberley Zimmermann   Anna Danilina
  Ulrikke Eikeri 		0–6, 6–1, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Girls' singles: 1 (title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard   Sofia Kenin 7–5, 6–4

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 Wimbledon Grass   Marie Bouzková   Tami Grende
  Ye Qiuyu 		2–6, 6–7(5)
Win 2015 Wimbledon Grass   Fanny Stollár   Vera Lapko
  Tereza Mihalíková 		6–3, 6–2

National representation edit

Fed Cup edit

Legend
Finals
Finals Qualif. Round
Finals Play-offs (0–1)
Zone Group (13–12)

Gálfi made her debut for the Hungary Fed Cup team in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Singles (6–9) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2015 Z1 RR Feb 2015 Budapest (HUN)   Serbia Hard (i) Ivana Jorović L 1–6, 0–6
2016 Z1 RR Feb 2016 Eilat (ISR)   Bulgaria Hard Elitsa Kostova L 5–7, 2–6
2017 Z1 RR Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST)   Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Jelena Simić W 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
  Croatia Donna Vekić L 2–6, 0–6
2018 Z1 RR Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST)   Sweden Hard (i) Rebecca Peterson L 3–6, 2–6
  Croatia Lea Bošković W 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Z1 PO   Great Britain Heather Watson L 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR)   Greece Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou W 6–0, 6–3
  Slovenia Kaja Juvan W 6–1, 6–4
  Great Britain Katie Boulter L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7)
2022 Z1 RR Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR)   Serbia Clay Aleksandra Krunić L 4–6, 2–6
PO Nov 2022 Oradea (ROU)   Romania Hard (i) Ana Bogdan L 1–6, 4–6
2023 Z1 RR Apr 2023 Antalya (TUR)   Egypt Clay Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz W 6–1, 6–3
  Turkey Zeynep Sönmez L 3–6, 4–6
  Netherlands Suzan Lamens W 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (7–4) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2016 Z1 RR Feb 2016 Eilat (ISR)   Bulgaria Hard Fanny Stollár Dia Evtimova
Isabella Shinikova 		W 6–3, 6–1
  Belgium Réka Luca Jani Ysaline Bonaventure
An-Sophie Mestach 		L 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
  Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko 		L 6–7(2–7), 3–6
2017 Z1 RR Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST)   Croatia Hard (i) Tímea Babos Darija Jurak
Ana Konjuh 		L 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
2018 Z1 RR Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST)   Sweden Hard (i) Fanny Stollár Cornelia Lister
Rebecca Peterson 		W 7–6(7–4), 6–3
  Slovenia Kaja Juvan
Tamara Zidanšek 		W 6–4, 6–3
2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR)   Greece Hard (i) Réka Luca Jani Despina Papamichail
Maria Sakkari 		W 6–3, 6–4
2022 Z1 RR Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR)   Turkey Clay Réka Luca Jani Ayla Aksu
Berfu Cengiz 		W 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
2023 Z1 RR Apr 2023 Antalya (TUR)   Turkey Clay Anna Bondár Berfu Cengiz
İpek Öz 		L 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 2–6
  Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Daniela Vismane 		W 6–1, 6–2
  Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Bibiane Schoofs 		W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Best Grand Slam results details edit

Singles edit

Doubles edit

Record against other players edit

Double bagel matches edit

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Opponent Rank Round
Win 2022 Miami Open Hard   Kristína Kučová 78 1R

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ a b Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ 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 to 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.
  4. ^ a b c d e During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
  5. ^ a b 2014: WTA ranking–1073.

References edit

  1. ^ "A teniszben is a komfortzónán túl kezdődik az élet - (In tennis, life begins beyond the comfort zone)" (in Hungarian). tenisz-palya.hu. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Dunlop: Dalma Galfi". dunlopsports.com.
  3. ^ "Hungarian Grand Prix" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Tenisz: Garros-győztesek ellen mutatkoztak be fiataljaink". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Búcsúzott a Barzó, Gálfi páros a Rómain". telesport.hu (in Hungarian). 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Fritz and Galfi crowned ITF Junior World Champions". International Tennis Federation. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Dalma Galfi thrills Hungarian fans with Budapest breakthrough".
  8. ^ "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  9. ^ "How Dalma Galfi served up a spot in her first-ever US Open main draw". usopen.org. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Photos: The Top 100 breakthroughs of 2022".
  11. ^ "Ilkley Trophy 2022: Jodie Burrage loses close final as Brits claim men's doubles title". 19 June 2022.
  12. ^ Clair Maciel (3 September 2022). "Kudermetova navigates the unknown in US Open fourth round". usopen.org. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Lucky loser Galfi surprises Collins at Indian Wells".
  14. ^ "Shnaider advances in Hua Hin as Badosa retires". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Dalma Galfi [HUN] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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