Tomáš Macháč
Tomáš Macháč (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈmaxaːtʃ]; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 74 on 23 October 2023 and doubles ranking of world No. 427 on 1 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Czech player.[1]
Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
Born | Beroun, Czech Republic | 13 October 2000
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Daniel Vacek |
Prize money | US $1,009,903 |
Singles | |
Career record | 15–16 (48.4%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 74 (23 October 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 74 (23 October 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2021, 2022) |
French Open | 1R (2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–4 (0%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 427 (1 August 2022) |
Current ranking | Not ranked (23 October 2023) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2022) |
Last updated on: 23 October 2023. |
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 debut at the 2021 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 2021 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 2022 Traralgon International Challenger and won, earning his first Challenger title on an outdoor hard court.[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 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells 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 at 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 75
In February he qualified for the 2023 Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[8]
At the 2023 U.S. Men'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 2023 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.
Personal life
Macháč is dating fellow Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | Czech Republic F8, Opava | Futures | Carpet (i) | Filip Duda | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2018 | Czech Republic F10, Milovice | Futures | Hard (i) | Christoph Negritu | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 2018 | Czech Republic F11, Říčany | Futures | Hard (i) | Jiří Lehečka | walkover |
Win | 4–0 | Mar 2019 | M15 Manama, Bahrain | Futures | Hard | Tim van Rijthoven | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | Feb 2020 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Botic van de Zandschulp | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–1 | Nov 2020 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Maximilian Marterer | 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–1 | Mar 2021 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sebastian Ofner | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–2 | Aug 2021 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Alex Molčan | 0–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7–2 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bjorn Fratangelo | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Win | 8–2 | Aug 2022 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Zhang Zhizhen | 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 8–3 | Nov 2022 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Leandro Riedi | 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 8–4 | Jun 2023 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Dalibor Svrčina | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8–5 | Sep 2023 | Cassis, France | Challenger | Hard | Mattia Bellucci | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 9–5 | Oct 2023 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jack Draper | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 6 (6 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | Czech Republic F3, Most | Futures | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | Patrik Rikl Petr Michnev |
2–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2018 | Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí | Futures | Clay | Antonín Bolardt | Patrik Rikl Filip Polášek |
6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2019 | M15+H Bressuire, France | Futures | Hard (i) | Michal Konečný | Dan Added Albano Olivetti |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Futures | Clay | Michal Konečný | Patrik Niklas-Salminen Bogdan Bobrov |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2021 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marek Gengel | Bart Stevens Tim van Rijthoven |
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [3–10] |
Loss | 0–6 | Oct 2021 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Marek Gengel | Andre Begemann Igor Zelenay |
2-6, 4-6 |
Performance Timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2023 French Open
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | ||
French Open | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Wimbledon | NH | Q3 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
US Open | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | ||
Masters 1000 tournaments | |||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||
Miami Open | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Italian Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||
Year-end ranking | 195 | 143 | 98 |
Record 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:
Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
Novak Djokovic | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–7)) at 2023 Dubai |
Daniil Medvedev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2022 Indian Wells Masters |
Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
Casper Ruud | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 3–6) at 2023 Australian Open |
Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
Stan Wawrinka | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2023 Stockholm |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 6–4, 5–7) at 2023 Vienna |
Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
Taylor Fritz | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (5–7, 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–2, 3–6) at 2020 French Open |
Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
Matteo Berrettini | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Australian Open |
Number 7 ranked players | ||||||
Richard Gasquet | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (7–6(7–3), 6–2) at 2021 Davis Cup Finals |
Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
Jack Sock | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2023 Houston |
Cameron Norrie | 0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Lost (3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6) at 2023 Wimbledon |
Diego Schwartzman | 0–2 | 0% | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–2, 2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Davis Cup |
Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
Frances Tiafoe | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 4–2, ret.) at 2023 United Cup |
Total | 3–10 | 23% | 2–7 (22%) |
1–2 (33.33%) |
0–1 (0%) |
* Statistics correct as of 26 October 2023. |
Notes
References
- "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
- "ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap (7th March 2021)". 8 March 2021.
- "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Alex Molcan Destroys the Field in Liberec". 9 August 2021.
- "Tenista Macháč vyhrál challenger v Traralgonu". 9 January 2022.
- "Australian Open: Povedlo se! Lehečka a Macháč se kvalifikovali do hlavní soutěže".
- "Tomáš Macháč: The Michael Jordan Fan Trying to Stun Daniil Medvedev". ATP Tour.
- https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-26/meet_the_2022_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html
- "Tomas Machac: 5 Things About Novak Djokovic's Dubai Opponent | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- "US Clay Court: Machac reaches quarter-final". 8 April 2023.
- https://www.atptour.com/en/news/cobolli-hassan-lisbon-challenger-2023-final
- https://www.atptour.com/en/news/monfils-wawrinka-stockholm-2023-thursday