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Hungarian tennis player
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13 August 1998(Budapest, Hungary)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player.
Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 243, achieved on 17 December 2018.
Junior career
On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ranking of 1 achieved on 11 January 2016. Valkusz was the winner of the 2015 Yucatán Cup, a Grade 1 event in Mérida and the Canadian Open Junior Championships in Repentigny. He was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Orange Bowl and a finalist at the 2015 Osaka Mayor's Cup. Valkusz was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles and 2015 French Open boys' doubles events.
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 12 (8-4)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challengers (0–1) |
| ITF Futures (8–3) |
| Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (8–4) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Aug 2017 | Karlsruhe Germany F11 | Futures | Clay | Jan Choinski | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | Mar 2018 | Poreč Croatia F2 | Futures | Clay | Dragoș Dima | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| Win | May 2018 | Zalaegerszeg Hungary F1 | Futures | Clay | Filip Horanský | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | May 2018 | Zalaegerszeg Hungary F2 | Futures | Clay | Kenneth Raisma | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Jun 2018 | Gyula Hungary F4 | Futures | Clay | Lenny Hampel | 6–7, 0–3 RET | |
| Win | Jul 2018 | Porto Portugal F12 | Futures | Clay | Nuno Borges | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | Aug 2018 | Cordenons Italy | Challenger | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Win | Sep 2018 | Székesfehérvár Hungary F7 | Futures | Clay | Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | Mar 2019 | M15 Opatija Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nerman Fatić | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | Aug 2019 | M15 Baja Hungary | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | |
| Win | Oct 2019 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán | 6–2, 7-5 | |
| Loss | Dec 2019 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Álvaro López San Martín | 6–4, 2-6, 4-6 |
Doubles: 2 (2-0)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challengers (0–0) |
| ITF World Tennis Tour (2–0) |
| Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (2–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Oct 2019 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán | Vladimir Korolev Ronald Slobodchikov |
7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | Dec 2019 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán | David Jorda Sanchis Niklas Schell |
6–3, 7–5 |
Davis Cup
Participations: (0–2)
| Matches by type |
|---|
| Group membership |
| World Group (0–0) |
| WG Play-off (0–2) |
| Group I (0–0) |
| Group II (0–0) |
| Group III (0–0) |
| Group IV (0–0) |
| Matches by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Matches by type |
| Singles (0–2) |
| Doubles (0–0) |
| World Group (0–0) |
| WG Play-off (0–2) |
| Group I (0–0) |
| Group II (0–0) |
| Group III (0–0) |
| Group IV (0–0) |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Singles (0–2) |
| Doubles (0–0) |
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2–3; 14–16 September 2018; Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary; World Group Play-off; Clay surface
| ||||||
| Defeat | 1 | II | Singles | Czech Republic | Lukáš Rosol | 1–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 2 | IV | Singles | Jiří Veselý | 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6 | |
Record against other players
Valkusz's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.
| Opponent | Highest ranking |
Matches | Won | Lost | Win % | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2016 Italy F12 1R |
| Marco Cecchinato | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2018 Budapest 1R |
| Lukáš Rosol | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Davis Cup WG PO |
| Paolo Lorenzi | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2018 Cordenons F |
| Jiří Veselý | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Davis Cup WG PO |
| Teymuraz Gabashvili | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (4–6, 1–0 ret.) at 2019 L'Aquila 1R |
| Ernesto Escobedo | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2018 Monterrey 1R |
| Blaž Kavčič | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (2–6 ret.) at 2018 Shenzhen QF |
| Jannik Sinner | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (2–6, 6–0, 4–6) at 2019 Budapest 1R |
| Thomas Fabbiano | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | Won (7–6, 7–5) at 2018 Shenzhen 2R |
| Attila Balázs | 76 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% | Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2019 Rome 2R |
| Gianluca Mager | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (6–3, 6–7, 4–6) at 2018 Pullach Q1 |
| Norbert Gombos | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2017 Budapest 1R |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2018 Liuzhou 2R |
| Kamil Majchrzak | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (5–7, 6–3, 0–4 ret.) at 2016 Hungary F1 QF |
| Kimmer Coppejans | 97 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2019 Bratislava 1R |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11.11% | * Statistics correct as of 9 March 2020 | |