Maria Mateas
Mateas in 2024 | |
| Country (sports) | United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Born | July 21, 1999 Oradea, Romania |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $202,369 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 226–183 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 190 (August 26, 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 238 (January 6, 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2025) |
| US Open | Q1 (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 67–63 |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 193 (July 3, 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 254 (January 6, 2025) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | 2R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 6 January 2025. | |
Maria Mateaș (born July 21, 1999) is a Romanian-American tennis player.[1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 190, achieved on 26 August 2024.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Mateas had a career-high combined ranking of 26 in April 2016.
Early life
Maria Mateas was born in Oradea, Romania, to Calin and Angela Mateas. She has an older brother named Catalin, who was a tennis player.[2]
Career
Mateas made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, losing in the first round to Zheng Saisai.[3]
She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles, partnering Mackenzie McDonald.
Ranked No. 348, Mateas made her singles debut at the WTA 1000 level, after qualifying into the main draw of the 2023 Guadalajara Open, losing in the first round to Emma Navarro.[4]
She won the 2024 ITF Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.[5]
At the 2025 Morocco Open, Mateas won her first WTA Tour main-draw matches, defeating Elizabeth Mandlik[6] and then Arantxa Rus[7] to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Camila Osorio.[8]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | W25 | Hard | Astra Sharma | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | W25 | Hard | Robin Anderson | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard | Yulia Starodubtseva | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Hard | Ana Sofía Sánchez | 7–5, 7–6(2) |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2024 | ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe | W35 | Hard | Fanny Östlund | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jul 2024 | Championnats de Granby, Canada | W75 | Hard | Kayla Cross | 6–3, 7–6(3) |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2024 | ITF Redding, United States | W35 | Hard | Lea Ma | 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pelham, United States | W25 | Clay | María Portillo Ramírez | Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Ourense, Spain | W25 | Hard | Arantxa Rus | Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cortez Llorca |
6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2022 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States |
W60 | Hard | Madison Brengle | Anna Rogers Christina Rosca |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard | Clervie Ngounoue | Sofia Johnson Yulia Starodubtseva |
6–4, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 3–2 | May 2023 | ITF Orlando, United States | W25 | Clay | Makenna Jones | Dalayna Hewitt Katarina Jokić |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Sumter, United States | W60 | Hard | Anna Rogers | McCartney Kessler Yuliia Starodubtseva |
6–4, 6–7(3), [10–6] |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Wichita, United States | W25 | Hard | Reese Brantmeier | Ava Markham Alina Shcherbinina |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Jan 2025 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W75 | Hard | Alana Smith | Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Apr 2025 | Florida's Sports Coast Open, United States | W50 | Clay | Alana Smith | Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich |
4–6, 1–6 |
References
- ^ "Braintree siblings making their mark on junior tennis circuit". boston.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ Joey (January 22, 2024). "Who Is Mackenzie McDonald Girlfriend? All About Maria Mateas". Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "China's Zheng advances at Stanford". Yahoo News Singapore. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "Guadalajara Open Akron: Navarro into round of 32". Tennis Majors. September 18, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Arseneault, Kupres Reign at Home in Granby". Tennis Canada. July 22, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ "Nine years after WTA debut, Mateas tops Mandlik in Rabat for first WTA win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "Mateas bests Rus in Rabat for first Top 100 win, first WTA quarterfinal". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "Rabat Open: Osorio breezes past Mateas to reach semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
External links
- Maria Mateas at the Women's Tennis Association
- Maria Mateas at the International Tennis Federation
- Duke Athletics bio