Rebeka Masarova

Rebeka Masarova (Slovak: Rebeka Masárová, pronounced [ˈɾɛbɛka ˈmasaːɾɔʋa]; born 6 August 1999) is a Spanish–Swiss tennis player. She is the 2016 French Open junior champion. Masarova started representing Spain in January 2018.[1]

Rebeka Masarova

Masarova in 2015
Country (sports)	Spain (2018–)   Switzerland (2013–2017)
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Born	6 August 1999 Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$50,115
Singles
Career record	91–44 (67.4%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 284 (3 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 718 (7 December 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2017)
French Open Junior	W (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2016)
US Open Junior	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	35–17 (67.3%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 300 (18 November 2019)
Current ranking	No. 337 (7 December 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open Junior	2R (2015)
Last updated on: 7 December 2020.

Personal life

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]

Junior career

In 2016, Masarova reached the juniors semifinals of the Australian Open, where she lost to defending champion Tereza Mihalíková. Later that year, she won the French Open junior title by defeating top-seed Olesya Pervushina in the semifinals and second-seed Amanda Anisimova in the final. Masarova was beaten by British wildcard Gabriella Taylor in the third round of the junior tournament at Wimbledon.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2016	French Open	Clay	Amanda Anisimova	7–5, 7–5
Loss	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	5–7, 6–1, 4–6

Professional career

She made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at Gstaad in 2016, beating former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	ITF Madrid, Spain	15,000	Hard	Nuria Párrizas-Díaz	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2017	ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	15,000	Clay	Isabelle Wallace	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2018	ITF Badenweiler, Germany	15,000	Clay	Nina Stadler	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jan 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Ioana Loredana Rosca	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2019	ITF Amiens, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Oana Georgeta Simion	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Mar 2019	ITF Gonesse, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Eleonora Molinaro	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 2020	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Miriam Kolodziejová	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2017	ITF Dijon, France	15,000	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Victoria Muntean Anastasia Zarytska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	May 2017	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Vivian Heisen Storm Sanders	5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	2–1	Jan 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers	Irina Cantos Siemers Julia Payola	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Feb 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jun 2019	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	60,000	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	5–1	Sep 2019	Open de Valencia, Spain	60,000	Clay	Irina Bara	Andrea Gámiz Seone Mendez	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	5–2	Mar 2020	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Ioana Gașpar	Tamara Čurović Fanny Östlund	4–6, 5–7

References

1. https://www.srf.ch/sport/tennis/tennis-allgemein/masarova-spielt-nicht-mehr-fuer-die-schweiz. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Amanda Anisimova and Rebeka Masarova for a first title". Roland Garros.

External links

• Rebeka Masarova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebeka Masarova at the International Tennis Federation