Dalma Gálfi

Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. On 12 September 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79. On 19 September 2022, she peaked at No. 126 in the WTA doubles rankings. Gálfi has won two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as nine singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early life Gálfi began playing tennis at the age of five. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis.

Career 2013: WTA Tour debut Gálfi was given a wildcard for the Budapest Grand Prix, where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut alongside Lilla Barzó in doubles, only to lose to the 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.

2014-2015: Junior ITF and US Open champion In December, Gálfi was pronounced ITF Junior Champion. In that year, she won the girls' singles title at the US Open, and the girls' doubles title (with Fanny Stollár) at Wimbledon.

Juniors Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: SF (2015) French Open: 2R (2015) Wimbledon: 2R (2014) US Open: W (2015)

Doubles: Australian Open: 2R (2015) French Open: QF (2015) Wimbledon: W (2015) US Open: 2R (2014)

2021: Major debut, WTA Tour semifinal

In July 2021, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Budapest Grand Prix as a wildcard.

Six years after winning the junior title at the US Open in 2015, Gálfi qualified, after eight attempts, for the first time into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open.

2022: WTA 1000 debut, US Open third round, top 80 Gálfi reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022, at No. 97 after recording her first win the WTA 1000 level in Miami. After winning her first ITF Circuit grass-court title, the Ilkley Trophy in June, she set a new career-high of world No. 81.

She was runner-up at the WTA 125 Contrexéville Open in July, losing to Sara Errani in three sets in the final.

Gálfi improved to a new best ranking of No. 79 on 12 September, after reaching the third round at a major for the first time in her career, at the US Open, where she lost to 18th seed Veronika Kudermetova. At the same tournament, she also advanced to the third round in doubles, partnering Bernarda Pera.

2023: Australian Open debut, Wimbledon third round At the Linz Open, Gálfi reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating seventh seed Bernarda Pera and wildcard Eva Lys, before retiring while trailing in the first set of her last eight march against Markéta Vondroušová.

At the Indian Wells Open, she qualified as a lucky loser and defeated world No. 31, Danielle Collins, for her second career win at this level. She lost in the second round to fifth seed Caroline Garcia in three sets.

At Wimbledon, Gálfi appeared in the third round for the first time at this major, after defeating Linda Nosková and Jule Niemeier. Her run was ended by 21st seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.

2024: WTA Tour semifinal on grass In Hua Hin, Thailand, Gálfi reached her third career quarterfinal as a qualifier, defeating wildcard Ajla Tomljanović and fifth seed Wang Xiyu. She lost in the last eight to eventual champion Diana Shnaider.

At the Rosmalen Open, she reached her first grass-court semifinal and first since Budapest 2021, as a qualifier defeating Arantxa Rus, fifth seed Veronika Kudermetova and Aleksandra Krunić. She lost her semifinal match to Bianca Andreescu in straight sets. Gálfi made it through qualifying at Wimbledon, going on to reach the second-round where she lost to 11th seed Danielle Collins.

2025: First WTA 125 titles Gálfi won her first WTA 125 title at the Oeiras Ladies Open in April, defeating second seed Katie Volynets in the final. The following week, she claimed the WTA 125 Catalonia Open winning the final against Rebeka Masarova, in straight sets.

In July at Wimbledon, Gálfi recorded wins over wildcard entrant Harriet Dart and 21st seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the third round, where she lost to 13th seed Amanda Anisimova in three sets.

At the Hamburg Open, she defeated qualifier Aleksandra Krunić and wildcard entrant Nastasja Schunk to make it through to her first clay-court quarterfinal since 2021, at which point her run was ended by second seed Dayana Yastremska.

2026: First WTA 1000 third round Having qualified for the main draw at the Madrid Open, wins over Ajla Tomljanović and 22nd seed Anna Kalinskaya saw Gálfi reach the third round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time, before losing to ninth seed Mirra Andreeva.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 Italian Open.

Doubles Current through the 2023 French Open.

WTA 125 finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Solgironès Open, Spain Clay Tímea Babos Miriam Kolodziejová Anna Sisková walkover

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–2)$80,000 tournaments (0–1)$60,000 tournaments (0–1)$25,000 tournaments (4–2)$10/15,000 tournaments (4–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Clay (1–5)Grass (1–0)

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–2)$50/60,000 tournaments (0–3)$25,000 tournaments (7–6)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (4–8)Grass (0–1)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Girls' singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2015US Open Hard Sofia Kenin 7–5, 6–4

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

National representation Fed Cup LegendFinalsFinals Qualif. RoundFinals Play-offs (0–1)Zone Group (13–12) Gálfi made her debut for the Hungary Fed Cup team in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Singles (6–9)

Doubles (7–4)

Best Grand Slam tournament results details Singles

French Open2022 French OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Olga Danilović (Q)No. 1726–3, 6–7(4–7), 2–6No. 962023 French OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Varvara GrachevaNo. 414–6, 6–2, 1–6No. 982024 French Open (Lucky Loser)RoundOpponentRankScoreQ1 Gao XinyuNo. 1966–3, 4–6, 6–3No. 147Q2 Anastasia TikhonovaNo. 1766–3, 6–1Q3 Jule Niemeier (5)No. 974–6, 1–61R Kateřina Siniaková (32)No. 335–7, 6–7(3–7)No. 1452026 French OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Mayar Sherif (Q)No. 1295–7, 4–6No. 115

Doubles

Australian Open2023 Australian Openwith Bernarda PeraRoundOpponentsRankScore1R Anna Danilina (8) Sania Mirza (8)No. 14No. 292–6, 5–7 No. 162

Wimbledon Championships2022 Wimbledonwith Dayana YastremskaRoundOpponentsRankScore1R Belinda Bencic Storm SandersNo. 168No. 122–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(16–18)No. 153

Record against other players Double bagel matches