Tomáš_Macháč

Tomáš Macháč

Tomáš Macháč

Czech tennis player

Tomáš Macháč (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈmaxaːtʃ]; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 43 on 1 April 2024 and doubles ranking of No. 86 on 12 February 2024. He is currently the No. 2 Czech player.[1]

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Professional career

2020: Grand Slam debut, first Challenger title

Macháč won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2020 Koblenz Open in February.

Macháč played his very first Grand Slam qualification at 2020 French Open and defeated all three opponents without losing a set before losing the competitive first round against Taylor Fritz in five sets.

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

Macháč did exactly the same thing at the next Grand Slam at the 2021 Australian Open losing just 14 games to qualify where he defeated Mario Vilella Martínez before losing in the second round to world No. 10 Matteo Berrettini in four sets.

He made his ATP Tour debut at the Murray River Open with direct entry into main draw, losing in the first round to James Duckworth.

In March, Macháč won his second ATP Challenger singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II.[2] As a result, he entered the top 150 at career-high of No. 137 on 8 March 2021.

He qualified to represent Czechia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he reached the second round by defeating João Sousa.

In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the Svijany Open where he lost to Alex Molčan in 58 minutes.[3]

2022: Masters 1000 debut & first win, top 100

Macháč made the final of the Traralgon Challenger and won, earning his first Challenger title on an outdoor hardcourt.[4] As a result, he entered the top 130 on 10 January 2022. The following week he qualified for the 2022 Australian Open main draw, defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Yuki Bhambri, and Jesper de Jong en route.[5] He defeated Juan Manuel Cerúndolo before falling to Maxime Cressy in the second round. As a result, he moved to a new singles career high of No. 116 on 31 January 2022.

In March, he made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier at the Indian Wells Open and recorded his first win at this level defeating Alexei Popyrin. He lost to world No. 1, Daniil Medvedev.[6]

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 US Open making his debut at this major.[7]

Following a final at the Challenger in Helsinki, he reached a new year-end career-high of No. 104, on 21 November 2022. A week later, he further reached the top 100 at No. 98 with a quarterfinal showing at the Challenger in Andria, Italy.

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

In February, he qualified for the Dubai Championships but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic.[8]

At the U.S. Clay Court Championships, he reached his first ATP quarterfinal as a qualifier defeating Jack Sock and seventh seed Marcos Giron. He lost to Yannick Hanfmann.[9]

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.[10]

At the Stockholm Open, he entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing fourth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina directly into the second round. He defeated Stan Wawrinka to reach his second ATP quarterfinal. As a result, he reached the top 75.[11] He also qualified for the next tournament, the 2023 Erste Bank Open. He defeated Aleksandar Vukic and climbed to the top 65 in the rankings on 30 October 2023.

2024: Major singles third round & doubles semifinal, top-10 win, Masters quarterfinal, top 50

In January 2024, he qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International and defeated seventh seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry for his first ATP win of the season. He also recorded wins at the 2024 Australian Open over lucky loser Shintaro Mochizuki and 17th seed Frances Tiafoe, for his first top-20 and biggest win of his career, to reach the third round of a Major for the first time.[12][13] In doubles, on his debut, he reached the quarterfinals with Zhang Zhizhen, having never won a doubles Major match before, taking out the 2020 champions and third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.[14] Next he reached the semifinals defeating Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlásek.[15]

At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open he defeated Stan Wawrinka in the first round before losing to 21st seed Adrian Mannarino. At the 2024 Miami Open he reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time, defeating ATP debutant local wildcard Darwin Blanch, and then Andrey Rublev, for his first top 10 win.[16] He defeated Andy Murray in a three and a half hours match to reach the fourth round of a Masters for the first time in his career.[17] He went one step further to reach his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal having never been past the second round at this level, defeating Matteo Arnaldi. As a result he reached the top 50 in the rankings.[18][19]

Personal life

Macháč is dating fellow Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková.[19]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Indian Wells Masters

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 6 (6 runner–ups)

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Win/Loss vs Top 10 players

  • Macháč has a 1–6 (14.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[20]
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H2H against top 10 players

Macháč's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

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Notes

    References

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      "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
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      "ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap (7th March 2021)". 8 March 2021.
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      "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Alex Molcan Destroys the Field in Liberec". 9 August 2021.
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      "Tenista Macháč vyhrál challenger v Traralgonu". 9 January 2022.
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      "Australian Open: Povedlo se! Lehečka a Macháč se kvalifikovali do hlavní soutěže". 21 May 2023.
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      "Tomáš Macháč: The Michael Jordan Fan Trying to Stun Daniil Medvedev". ATP Tour.
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      "Meet the 2022 US Open men's qualifiers". www.usopen.org. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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      "Tomas Machac: 5 Things About Novak Djokovic's Dubai Opponent | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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      "US Clay Court: Machac reaches quarter-final". 8 April 2023.
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      "#NextGenATP Flavio Cobolli Earns Second Challenger Title, Boosts Jeddah Hopes | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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      @atptour (January 17, 2024). "Look at what it means" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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      "Forehands, backhands, volleys: Tomas Machac does it all to oust Frances Tiafoe at Aussie Open".
    14. [14]
      "Machac/Zhang upset Ram/Salisbury at Australian Open".
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      "The fascinating doubles storylines unfolding at AO 2024".
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      "Tomas Machac becomes third Czech to oust Andrey Rublev in last 30 days with Miami win". 25 March 2024.
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      "Injured Andy Murray falls to agonising defeat against Machac in Miami Open". 24 March 2024.
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      @atptour (March 26, 2024). "First Masters 1000 QF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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      "Short shorts, big game: Tomas Machac makes noise in Miami with breakout Masters 1000 run". 26 March 2024.
    20. [20]
      "TM Win/Loss".
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