Tomáš Macháč

Tomáš Macháč
Macháč at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 24)
Beroun, Czech Republic
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDaniel Vacek
Prize moneyUS $2,943,670
Singles
Career record49–40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 25 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 25 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open3R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open4R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021, 2024)
Doubles
Career record21–15
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 46 (30 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 46 (30 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2024)
French OpenQF (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesSF (2024)
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2024)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesW (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

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. 25 on 14 October 2024 and doubles ranking of No. 46 on 30 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Czech player.[1] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won the Mixed Doubles title with Kateřina Siniaková, defeating Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 in the final.

Early life and background

Macháč was born in Beroun, Central Bohemia.[2][3] He took up tennis after watching his older sister, Kateřina, compete in tournaments.[4][5]

He began training at TK Sparta Prague in Prague from the age of eight.[5][6]

Professional career

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

Macháč at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée

In March, Macháč won his second ATP Challenger singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II.[7]

In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the Svijany Open where he lost to Alex Molčan in 58 minutes.[8]

2022: Masters 1000 debut & first win, top 100

Macháč at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée

Macháč made the final of the Traralgon Challenger and won, earning his first Challenger title on an outdoor hardcourt.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

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 Grand Slam.[12]

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

Macháč at the 2023 US Open

In February, he qualified for the Dubai Championships but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic in 3 sets.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16]

2024: Olympics mixed doubles gold, Major fourth round, Masters semifinal, top 25, Czech No. 1

In January, 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.[17][18] 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.[19] Next he reached the semifinals defeating Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlásek.[20]

For his first top 10 win at the 2024 Miami Open, Macháč reached the third round of a Masters 1000 for the first time, defeating ATP debutant local wildcard Darwin Blanch, and Andrey Rublev.[21] Macháč 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.[22] 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, and reached the top 50 in the rankings on 1 April 2024 at world No. 43.[23][24]

He reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2024 Geneva Open with a win over Alex Michelsen.[25][26] In the semifinals, Macháč beat world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach his first ATP Tour-level singles final.[27] Macháč lost to second seed and two-time Geneva champion Casper Ruud in straight sets. As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings on 27 May 2024.[28]

At the 2024 Paris Olympics he won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with his doubles partner Kateřina Siniaková.[29] At the same tournament, he also reached the bronze medal semifinals stage in Men's doubles with Adam Pavlásek but lost to Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.

At the US Open, 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 Fabio Fognini and upsetting 16th seed Sebastian Korda both in straight sets.[30] He defeated David Goffin to reach the fourth round for the first time in his career.[31] At the 2024 Japan Open, he reached his second ATP semifinal in his career, defeating Alexei Popyrin, fifth seed Tommy Paul and Alex Michelsen.[32][33] At the 2024 Shanghai Masters, he reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal upsetting en route 11th seed Tommy Paul and World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, 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.[34]

Personal life

Macháč dated fellow Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková.[24] In July 2024, Siniaková confirmed they broke up.[35]

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 Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R 1R 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
French Open 1R Q1 A Q1 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon NH Q3 A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1-2 33%
US Open A Q1 1R Q3 4R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 8–4 0 / 10 10–10 50%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Masters NH A 2R A 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami Open NH A Q1 Q2 QF 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Monte-Carlo Masters NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open NH A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open NH A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters NH A SF 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Paris Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 10–6 0 / 7 11–7 61%
Year-end ranking 195 143 98 78

Significant finals

Olympics medal finals

Doubles: 1 (4th place)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place 2024 Summer Olympics, France Clay Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek United States Taylor Fritz
United States Tommy Paul 		3–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (Gold medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Gold 2024 Summer Olympics, France Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková China Wang Xinyu
China Zhang Zhizhen 		6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2024 Geneva Open, Switzerland ATP 250 Clay Norway Casper Ruud 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2024 Open 13, France ATP 250 Hard (i) China Zhang Zhizhen Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Finland Emil Ruusuvuori 		6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2020 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Germany Maximilian Marterer 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Mar 2021 Nur-Sultan II, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard (i) Austria Sebastian Ofner 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Aug 2021 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Slovakia Alex Molčan 0–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Jan 2022 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard United States Bjorn Fratangelo 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 4–2 Aug 2022 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard China Zhang Zhizhen 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Nov 2022 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Leandro Riedi 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Jun 2023 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Sep 2023 Cassis, France Challenger Hard Italy Mattia Bellucci 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Oct 2023 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jack Draper 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 6–5 Oct 2023 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Arthur Fery 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2021 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Marek Gengel Netherlands Bart Stevens
Netherlands Tim van Rijthoven 		7–6(7–2), 5–7, [3–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2021 Ismaning, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Czech Republic Marek Gengel Germany Andre Begemann
Slovakia Igor Zelenay 		2–6, 4–6

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F8, Opava Futures Carpet (i) Czech Republic Filip Duda 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win 2–0 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F10, Milovice Futures Hard (i) Germany Christoph Negritu 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F11, Říčany Futures Hard (i) Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka walkover
Win 4–0 Mar 2019 M15 Manama, Bahrain WTT Hard Netherlands Tim van Rijthoven 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2018 Czech Republic F3, Most Futures Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 		2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2018 Czech Republic F5, Ústí nad Orlicí Futures Clay Czech Republic Antonín Bolardt Czech Republic Patrik Rikl
Slovakia Filip Polášek 		6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–3 Jan 2019 M15+H Bressuire, France WTT Hard (i) Czech Republic Michal Konečný France Dan Added
France Albano Olivetti 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Czech Republic Michal Konečný Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Russia Bogdan Bobrov 		3–6, 3–6

Head-to-head records

Wins against top 10 players

  • Macháč has a 4–11 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[36][37]
Season 2024 Total
Wins 4 4
# Player Rk Tournament Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
2024
1. Andrey Rublev 6 Miami Open, USA Hard 2R 6–4, 6–4 60 [38]
2. Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 Geneva Open, Switzerland Clay SF 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 44 [39]
3. Spain Carlos Alcaraz 2 Shanghai Masters, China Hard QF 7–6(7–5), 7–5 33 [40]
4. Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 9 Vienna Open, Austria Hard (i) 2R 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 27
  • Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Notes

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