Maria Mateaș (born July 21, 1999) is a

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tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 190, achieved on 26 August 2024. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Mateas had a career-high combined ranking of 26 in April 2016.

Early life

Maria Mateas was born in Oradea, Romania, to Calin and Angela Mateas. She has an older brother named Catalin, who was a tennis player.

Career

Mateas made her

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main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, losing in the first round to

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. She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles, partnering

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. Ranked No. 348, Mateas made her singles debut at the WTA 1000 level, after qualifying into the main draw of the 2023 Guadalajara Open, losing in the first round to

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. She won the 2024 ITF Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating

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in the final. At the 2025 Morocco Open, Mateas won her first WTA Tour main-draw matches, defeating

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and then

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to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

References

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Duke Athletics bio
1999 births Living people American female tennis players Duke Blue Devils women's tennis players Romanian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Braintree, Massachusetts 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub