Maxim Mrva (born 2 August 2007) is a Czech professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 552, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 932, achieved on 19 May 2025. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2024 US Open with

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, and reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 2 on 6 January 2025.

Early life

Mrva was born in

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. He began playing tennis at the age of five, introduced to the sport by his older brother. He also played football in his youth with compatriot

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. He represents TK Agrofert Prostějov.

Junior career

In September 2021, he won the Petits As, defeating Federico Cinà in the final. In October 2022, he won the J1 Torneo Internacional Junior in

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. In January 2023, he made his Junior Grand Slam debut at the

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, where he reached the second round in singles. That year, he represented the Czech Republic at the Junior Davis Cup, where he won the title with

and Martin Doskočil. In April 2024, he won the J500 tournament in Offenbach. Later that year, he and

won the boys' doubles title at the 2024 US Open. He also reached the final of the J300 IMG Academy International Championships in

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, but lost to Andrés Santamarta Roig.

Professional career

In September 2024, he won his first professional singles title at the $15k

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Open, defeating Miloš Karol in the final. In January 2025, he received an invitation to represent the

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at the

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. On his debut in the first round of qualifiers, he defeated Shin San-hui of South Korea. That March, he made his

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main draw debut at the Open Città della Disfida, where he reached the semifinals with wins over Ergi Kırkın, Mili Poljičak, and Matej Dodig.

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mrva, Maxim 2007 births Living people 21st-century Czech sportsmen Czech male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportspeople from Prostějov Tennis players from the Olomouc Region US Open (tennis) junior champions