Rebeka Masarova (, ; born 6 August 1999) is a Swiss professional

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player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 62 in singles and No. 125 in doubles achieved in 2023. She is the current No. 4 Swiss player. Masarova won the juniors'

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Personal life

Masarova's mother is Spanish and her father is Slovak. Born in

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, hometown of

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, she was inspired to start playing tennis from watching Federer play in his first Wimbledon final in 2003. She started representing Spain in January 2018. On December 24, 2024, she announced that she would represent Switzerland again.

Career

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: F (2017) * French Open: W (2016) * Wimbledon: 3R (2016) * US Open: 1R (2015) Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2017) * French Open: - * Wimbledon: - * US Open: 2R (2015) In 2016, Masarova reached the juniors semifinals of the

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, where she lost to defending champion

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. Later that year, she won the

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junior title by defeating top-seed

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in the semifinals and second-seed

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in the final. Masarova was beaten by British wildcard Gabriella Taylor in the third round of the junior tournament at

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2016: Professional debut

Masarova made her

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singles main-draw debut in 2016 at the Gstaad Ladies Championship beating former world No. 1,

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, in the first round.

2021–2022: Major debut, WTA 125 doubles title

Masarova made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. On her major debut, she reached the second round defeating

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6–7⁽⁹⁾, 7–6⁽²⁾, 7–6⁽⁹⁾ in the longest women's match at this major in the

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. She lost to fifth seed

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in the second round. Partnering with

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, Masarova won the doubles at the Open Internacional de Valencia, defeating

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and

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in the final.

2023–2024: WTA Tour final and 1000 debut

Masarova reached her first tour final at the 2023 Auckland Open as a qualifier, where she lost to Coco Gauff. This catapulted her into the top 100 for the first time in her career. At the

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, she qualified for the main draw but lost to

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in the first round. Masarova received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open where she reached the third round with wins over compatriot

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and 20th seed

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. She lost to ninth seed

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She was runner-up at the 2022 Swedish Open, losing to

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in the final. Masarova defeated eighth seed Maria Sakkari in the first round at the 2023 US Open, before losing her next match to

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. In 2024, Masarova qualified into the main draw of the WTA 1000

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but lost in the first round to

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2025: Miami and Madrid third rounds

As a qualifier at the Madrid Open, Masarova defeated Ajla Tomljanovic and 22nd seed

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to reach the third round, where she lost to

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. The following week she was runner-up at the WTA 125 Catalonia Open, losing to

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in the final.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

, Grand Slam tournaments,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.''

Doubles

''Current through the

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.''

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

* She has a 1–4 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Double bagel matches

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masarova, Rebeka 1999 births Living people Swiss female tennis players Spanish female tennis players Tennis players from Basel-Stadt French Open junior champions Swiss people of Slovak descent Swiss people of Spanish descent Spanish people of Slovak descent Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles 21st-century Spanish sportswomen 21st-century Swiss sportswomen