Rebeka Masarova
Rebeka Masarova | |
Nation: |
Switzerland 2013–2017 Spain 2018– |
Birthday: | 6th August 1999 (age 21) |
Size: | 186 cm |
Weight: | 71 kg |
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
Trainer: | Maria Victoria Vieites |
Prize money: | $ 45,048 |
singles | |
Career record: | 78:38 |
Career title: | 0 WTA , 2 ITF |
Highest ranking: | 284 (July 3, 2017) |
Current placement: | 569 |
Double | |
Career record: | 26:15 |
Career title: | 0 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking: | 421 (August 5, 2019) |
Current placement: | 432 |
Last update of the infobox: September 29, 2019 |
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Rebeka Masarova ( Slovak : Rebeka Masárová; born August 6, 1999 in Basel ) is a Swiss- born tennis player who has competed for Spain since 2018.
Life
Her father came to Switzerland with his parents from Czechoslovakia as a child in 1968. Her mother Marivi is Spanish. She speaks Slovak in the family and also has a Spanish passport. Masarova also speaks Spanish, Catalan and English, she lived in Barcelona for five years.
Career
Masarova, whose role model is Roger Federer , started playing tennis at the age of five and prefers hard courts. She mainly plays in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit , so far she has won two singles and three doubles titles. She competed in her first tournament in October 2013 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain .
In 2016 she reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in the juniors and won the French Open of juniors.
When she took part in a WTA tournament for the first time in July 2016 in Gstaad , she reached the semi-finals after victories over Jelena Janković (then No. 27 in the world), Anett Kontaveit (No. 92) and Annika Beck (No. 38). It then improved to 314th place in the world rankings.
In January 2017 she reached the final of the Australian Open with the juniors , which she lost to Marta Kostjuk 5-7, 6-1, 4-6.
She has been eligible to play for Spain since 2018, and differences with Swiss Tennis were mentioned in the press as the reason for the association change .
Tournament victories
singles
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
1. | September 9, 2018 | Badenweiler | ITF $ 15,000 | sand | Nina Stadler | 6: 2, 7: 5 |
2. | March 10, 2019 | Amiens | ITF $ 15,000 | Sand (hall) | Oana Georgeta Simion | 6: 0, 6: 3 |
Double
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
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1. | April 7, 2017 | Dijon | ITF $ 15,000 | Hard court (hall) | Diāna Marcinkēviča |
Victoria Muntean Anastasia Zarycká |
6: 4, 6: 3 |
2. | January 25, 2019 | Manacor | ITF $ 15,000 | sand | Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers |
Irina Cantos Siemers Julia Payola |
6: 4, 6: 3 |
3. | 1st February 2019 | Manacor | ITF $ 15,000 | sand | Claudia Hoste Ferrer |
Rina Saigō Yukina Saigō |
7: 5, 6: 3 |
4th | June 8, 2019 | Toruń | ITF $ 60,000 | sand | Rebecca Šramková |
Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina |
6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4] |
5. | September 28, 2019 | Valencia | ITF $ 60,000 + H | sand | Irina Bara |
Andrea Gámiz Seone Mendez |
6: 4, 7: 6 2 |
Web links
- WTA profile of Rebeka Masarova (English)
- ITF profile Rebeka Masarova (English)
- ITF junior profile Rebeka Masarova (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tennis talent Masarova (18) no longer plays for Switzerland. In: blick.ch. January 12, 2018, accessed January 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Junior title for Swiss Rebeka Masarova. In: tennisnet.com. June 6, 2016, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- ↑ 16 years old, Swiss, in the Australian Open semi-finals on January 28, 2016
- ↑ Masarova (16) from Basel wins the French Open! 5th June 2016
- ↑ [1] January 29, 2017
- ↑ Masarova no longer plays for Switzerland. In: srf.ch. January 12, 2018, accessed January 12, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Masarova, Rebeka |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Masárová, Rebeka |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-Spanish tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |