| Máté Valkusz | |
| Residence: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Birth Date: | 1998 8, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $187,240 |
| Coach: | Zoltán Kuhárszky |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 204 (12 June 2023) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 214 (15 January 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q1 (2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (2022) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2023) |
| Australianopenjuniorresult: | 3R (2016) |
| Frenchopenjuniorresult: | 3R (2016) |
| Wimbledonjuniorresult: | QF (2016) |
| Usopenjuniorresult: | 1R (2015)--> |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 893 (18 October 2021) |
| Australianopendoublesjuniorresult: | SF (2015) |
| Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult: | SF (2015) |
| Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult: | 2R (2015) |
| Usopendoublesjuniorresult: | 2R (2015)--> |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | 2–2 |
| Updated: | 20 January 2024 |
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.
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.
He reached his first final at the 2018 Cordenons Challenger.[2]
He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open.He entered the 2023 Moselle Open as lucky loser and defeated ninth seed Daniel Altmaier in the first round, for his first ATP win.[3]
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.[4] He lost to Max Purcell in the first round.[5]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| ATP Challengers (1–2) | |
| ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13-4) |
| Titles by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (0–0) | |
| Clay (14–5) | |
| Grass (0–0) | |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Futures | Clay | Jan Choinski | 2-6, 4-6 | |||
| Win | 1–1 | Futures | Clay |  Dragoș Dima | 6–0, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 2–1 | Futures | Clay |  Filip Horanský | 6–1, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 3–1 | Hungary F2, Zalaegerszeg | Futures | Clay |  Kenneth Raisma | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Futures | Clay |  Lenny Hampel | 6–7(4–7), 0–3 ret. | |||
| Win | 4–2 | Futures | Clay | Nuno Borges | 6–3, 6–2 | |||
| Loss | 4–3 | Cordenons Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Paolo Lorenzi | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Futures | Clay |  Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 6–3 | M15 Opatija, Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Nerman Fatić | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 7–3 | M15 Baja, Hungary | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 8–3 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Fábián Marozsán | 6–2, 7-5 | ||
| Loss | 8–4 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Álvaro López San Martín | 6–4, 2–6, 4-6 | ||
| Win | 9–4 | M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Francisco Comesaña | 6–1, 6-2 | ||
| Win | 10–4 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán | 3–6, 6–1, 5-4 ret. | ||
| Win | 11–4 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Danylo Kalenichenko | 6–0, 6-2 | ||
| Win | 12-4 | M25 Budapest, Hungary | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Pawel Cias | 6–3, 6-4 | ||
| Win | 13–4 | M25 Opatija, Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Riccardo Bonadio | 4-6, 6–4, 6-2 | ||
| Loss | 13–5 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Zdeněk Kolář | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 14–5 | Skopje, North Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Comesaña | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| ATP Challengers (0–0) | |
| ITF World Tennis Tour (3–0) |
| Titles by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (0–0) | |
| Clay (3–0) | |
| Grass (0–0) | |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán |  Vladimir Korolev Ronald Slobodchikov | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | M15 Antalya Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fábián Marozsán | David Jordà Sanchis Niklas Schell | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 3–0 | M15 Bratislava Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Zsombor Velcz | Andrew Paulson Robin Staněk | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7] |
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| 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(7–4), 3–6, 2–6, 4–6 | |
| 2–3; 4-5 March 2022; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 3 | III | Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán) |  Australia | John Peers / Luke Saville | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2–3; 3-4 February 2023; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán) |  France | Nicolas Mahut / Arthur Rinderknech | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| 3–0; 15–16 September 2023; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely, Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 5 | III | Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán) |  Turkey | Altuğ Çelikbilek / Cem İlkel | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2–3; 2-3 February 2024; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 6 | III | Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán) | Germany | Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Defeat | 7 | IV | Singles | Jan-Lennard Struff | 3–6, 2–6 | |
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.
His father Tamás Valkusz was a javelin thrower, and his brother Milán Valkusz is a member a Hungarian Music Awards winner pop duo VALMAR.[6]