Máté Valkusz

Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023.

Juniors

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.

Professional career

2018: First Challenger final He reached his first final at the 2018 Cordenons Challenger.

2023: First Challenger title and ATP win, nearby top 200 He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open and reached the top 225 in the rankings on 29 May 2023.

He entered the 2023 Moselle Open as lucky loser and defeated ninth seed Daniel Altmaier in the first round, for his first ATP win.

2024: Grand Slam debut, hiatus Ranked No. 214, he qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Major debut, defeating Wu Tung-lin, Francisco Comesaña, and Andrea Vavassori in the last round of the qualifying competition. He lost to Max Purcell in the first round.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 21 (16–5) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–2)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (15–3)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (16–5)

Doubles: 3 (3–0) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (3–0)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–0)

Davis Cup

Participations: (3–4)

Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)Qualifying Round (2–2)WG Play-off (0–2)Group I (1–0)Group II (0–0)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (0–3)Doubles (3–1) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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.

Personal life His father Tamás Valkusz was a javelin thrower, and his brother Milán Valkusz is a member a Hungarian Music Awards winner pop duo VALMAR.