Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional

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player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 20 on 3 March 2025 and doubles ranking of No. 46 on 30 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Czech player. He won the Mixed Doubles title with

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...

at the

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Early life and background

Macháč was born in

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. He took up tennis after watching his older sister, Kateřina, compete in tournaments. He began training at

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from the age of eight.

Professional career

2021: First Grand Slam win, top 150 & Olympics debut

In March, Macháč won his second

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singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II. In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the

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where he lost to

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in 58 minutes.

2022: Masters 1000 debut & first win, top 100

Macháč made the final of the

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Challenger and won, earning his first Challenger title on an outdoor hardcourt. As a result, he entered the top 130 on 10 January 2022. The following week he qualified for the

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main draw, defeating

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, and

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en route. In March, he made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier at the

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and recorded his first win at this level defeating

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. He lost to world No. 1,

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. In August, he won his fourth Challenger title at the 2022 Kozerki Open in Poland and moved 32 positions up to No. 126, on 22 August 2022. In the same month, he qualified for the

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making his debut at this Grand Slam.

2023: First two ATP quarterfinals and Challenger titles, top 65

In February, he qualified for the Dubai Championships but lost to world No. 1,

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in 3 sets. At the U.S. Clay Court Championships, he reached his first ATP quarterfinal as a qualifier defeating

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and seventh seed

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. He lost to

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. He won his fifth Challenger title at the 2023 Open d'Orléans in France and returned to the top 100 on 2 October 2023. The following week he won the Challenger 2023 Open de Vendée in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France and reached the top 85. At the

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, he entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing fourth seed

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directly into the second round. He defeated

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to reach his second ATP quarterfinal. As a result, he reached the top 75.

2024-2025: Olympics mixed gold, Major fourth round, Czech No. 1, first ATP title, top 20

In January, he qualified for the

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and defeated seventh seed

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for his first ATP win of the season. He also recorded wins at the

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over lucky loser

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and 17th seed

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, for his first top-20 and biggest win of his career, to reach the third round of a Major for the first time. In doubles, on his debut, he reached the quarterfinals with

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, having never won a doubles Major match before, taking out the 2020 champions and third seeds

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and

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. Next he reached the semifinals defeating

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and

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. For his first top 10 win at the

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, Macháč reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time, defeating ATP debutant local wildcard

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, and

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. Macháč defeated

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in a three and a half hours match to reach the fourth round of a Masters for the first time in his career. He went one step further to reach his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal having never been past the second round at this level, defeating

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, and reached the top 50 in the rankings on 1 April 2024 at world No. 43. He reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2024 Geneva Open with a win over

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. In the semifinals, Macháč beat world No. 1

to reach his first ATP Tour-level singles final. Macháč lost to second seed and two-time Geneva champion

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in straight sets. As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings on 27 May 2024. At the

he won the gold medal in the

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with his doubles partner

. At the same tournament, he also reached the bronze medal semifinals stage in Men's doubles with Adam Pavlásek but lost to Americans

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and Tommy Paul. At the

, he reached the third round for the first time at this Grand Slam, and for the third time in a Major during the season, defeating

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and upsetting 16th seed

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both in straight sets. He defeated

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to reach the fourth round for the first time in his career. At the

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, he reached his second ATP semifinal in his career, defeating

, fifth seed Tommy Paul and

. At the 2024 Shanghai Masters, he reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal upsetting en route 11th seed Tommy Paul and World No. 2

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, his second win over a Top 5 opponent (after Djokovic in Geneva SF). As a result he reached the top 25 in the singles rankings and became the Czech No. 1 player. Machac reached the top 20 in the singles rankings on 3 March 2025 following winning his first ATP title and first at the 500-level at the

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defeating

in the final.

Personal life

Macháč dated fellow Czech tennis player

. In July 2024, Siniaková confirmed they broke up.

Performance timeline

''Current through the

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.''

Significant finals

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 1 (4th place)

Mixed doubles: 1 (gold medal)

ATP Tour finals

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Doubles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

Head-to-head records

Wins against top 10 players

* Macháč has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes

References

External links

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