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The native form of this personal name is Gálfi Dalma Rebeka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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Dalma Gálfi
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Gálfi at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Dalma Rebeka Gálfi
Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25) Veszprém, Hungary
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Coach	Bastien Fazincani (Jan 2019–)
Prize money	US$ 1,440,168
Career record	268–190 (58.52%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 79 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 137 (20 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2023)
US Open	3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	131–98 (57.21%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 126 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 294 (18 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	2R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–13 (51.85%)

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 nine singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal life and background

Gálfi started playing tennis when she was five years old. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis.

Career highlights

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - Singles:

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

Grand Slam performance - Doubles:

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

Professional 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.

2015: ITF Junior World Champion

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

2021: First WTA Tour semifinal, major debut

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 in singles and doubles, top 80 debut

She reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022, at No. 97. 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 overcame this with No. 79, after entering the third round at the US Open. At the same tournament, she also advanced to the third round in doubles, partnering Bernarda Pera.

2023: Australian and Madrid Opens debuts, Wimbledon third round

At the Ladies Linz, she reached quarterfinals as a qualifier, defeating seventh seed Bernarda Pera for her first top-50 win, and wildcard Eva Lys.

At the Indian Wells Open, she qualified as lucky loser and defeated world No. 31, Danielle Collins, for her second career win at this level.

At Wimbledon, she reached the third round for the first time at this major, after defeating Linda Nosková and Jule Niemeier.

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 2023 US Open.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q3	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	A	NH	Q1	2R	3R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	1R	3R	Q2	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	2–3	0 / 7	5–7	42%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A		PO	PO	0 / 0	6–9	40%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH							A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Career statistics
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	10	12	Career total: 26
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	7–12	7–13	0 / 26	21–35	38%
Win %	0%	0%	33%	33%	67%	–	60%	37%	35%	Career total: 38%
Year-end ranking	313	272	170	296	252	221	122	85		$1,440,168

Doubles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–2	0–0	0 / 5	4–5	44%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	A	A	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A		PO	PO	0 / 0	8–4	67%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	4	Career total: 15
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	6–6	4–5	0 / 15	16–19	46%
Year-end ranking	n/a	933	430	266	406	240	229	175	191	139

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2022	WTA 125 Contrexéville, France	Clay	Sara Errani	4–6, 6–1, 6–7^(4–7)

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 surface
Hard (7–1)
Clay (1–5)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Julia Grabher	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–0	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–2, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	3–0	Mar 2015	ITF Solarino, Italy	10,000	Hard	Gloria Liang	6–4, 7–6^(7–0)
Win	4–0	Sep 2015	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	15,000	Hard	Storm Sanders	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	5–0	Oct 2015	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Olivia Tjandramulia	6–4, 6–7^(9–11), 6–1
Win	6–0	Oct 2016	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Katy Dunne	6–2, 6–4
Win	7–0	Nov 2016	ITF Chenzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	6–0, 6–4
Loss	7–1	Nov 2016	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Zhang Shuai	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Loss	7–2	May 2019	Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain	60,000+H	Clay	Wang Xiyu	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	7–3	Mar 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7–4	May 2021	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Jule Niemeier	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–4	Jun 2021	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Jul 2021	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–6	Sep 2021	Open Internacional de Valencia, Spain	80,000	Clay	Martina Trevisan	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2022	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Jodie Burrage	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (7–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Anna Bondár	Réka Luca Jani Julia Stamatova	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Anna Bondár	Martina Bašić Tena Lukas	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	2–1	Mar 2015	ITF Solarino, Italy	10,000	Hard	Anna Bondár	Sofiya Kovalets Janina Toljan	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Sep 2015	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	15,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	Kimberly Birrell Tammi Patterson	7–6⁽³⁾, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	3–2	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Cristiana Ferrando	Kseniia Bekker Raluca Șerban	6–4, 5–7, [14–12]
Loss	3–3	May 2016	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Xu Shilin	Hsu Ching-wen Ksenia Lykina	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 2016	ITF Bükfürdő, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	4–4	Oct 2016	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	Gabriela Cé Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	4–5	Jun 2017	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 2018	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Ysaline Bonaventure Valentini Grammatikopoulou	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Mar 2018	ITF Toyota, Japan	25,000	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Choi Ji-hee Kim Na-ri	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–8	May 2018	ITF Balatonboglar, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Ágnes Bukta	Anna Bondár Raluca Șerban	1–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	5–8	Aug 2018	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK	25,000	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Emily Arbuthnott Anna Danilina	6–0, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	5–9	Aug 2018	Budapest Ladies Open, Hungary	60,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Ulrikke Eikeri Elitsa Kostova	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	6–9	May 2019	ITF Monzón, Spain	25,000	Clay	Jana Fett	Despina Papamichail Nina Stojanović	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–2
Loss	6–10	May 2019	Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain	60,000+H	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Arina Rodionova Storm Sanders	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–10	Jul 2019	ITF Bytom, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Maryna Chernyshova Daria Lodikova	6–4, 6–0
Loss	7–11	Sep 2019	ITF Trieste, Italy	25,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Cristina Dinu Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	8–11	Sep 2019	ITF Kaposvár, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Adrienn Nagy	Anna Bondár Réka Luca Jani	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, [10–3]
Win	9–11	Nov 2019	ITF Malibu, United States	25,000	Hard	Kimberley Zimmermann	Lorraine Guillermo Anna Hertel	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	10–11	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Paula Ormaechea Prarthana Thombare	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Loss	10–12	Jun 2021	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	5–7, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	10–13	Jul 2021	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Anna Danilina Ulrikke Eikeri	0–6, 6–1, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2015	US Open	Hard	Sofia Kenin	7–5, 6–4

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Marie Bouzková	Tami Grende Ye Qiuyu	2–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Fanny Stollár	Vera Lapko Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–2

National representation

Fed Cup

Legend
Finals
Finals Qualif. Round
Finals 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)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015	Z1 RR	Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Ivana Jorović	L	1–6, 0–6
2016	Z1 RR	Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Bulgaria	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	L	5–7, 2–6
2017	Z1 RR	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Jelena Simić	W	6–4, 1–6, 7–5
2017	Z1 RR	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	Hard (i)	Donna Vekić	L	2–6, 0–6
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Sweden	Hard (i)	Rebecca Peterson	L	3–6, 2–6
	Z1 RR			Croatia		Lea Bošković	W	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
	Z1 PO			Great Britain		Heather Watson	L	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Greece	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	W	6–0, 6–3
				Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	W	6–1, 6–4
				Great Britain		Katie Boulter	L	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(1–7)
2022	Z1 RR	Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Serbia	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	L	4–6, 2–6
2022	PO	Nov 2022	Oradea (ROU)	Romania	Hard (i)	Ana Bogdan	L	1–6, 4–6
2023	Z1 RR	Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Egypt	Clay	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	W	6–1, 6–3
				Turkey		Zeynep Sönmez	L	3–6, 4–6
				Netherlands		Suzan Lamens	W	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (7–4)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2016	Z1 RR	Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Bulgaria	Hard	Fanny Stollár	Dia Evtimova Isabella Shinikova	W	6–3, 6–1
				Belgium		Réka Luca Jani	Ysaline Bonaventure An-Sophie Mestach	L	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
				Latvia		Réka Luca Jani	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
2017	Z1 RR	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	Darija Jurak Ana Konjuh	L	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Sweden	Hard (i)	Fanny Stollár	Cornelia Lister Rebecca Peterson	W	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Slovenia	Hard (i)	Fanny Stollár	Kaja Juvan Tamara Zidanšek	W	6–4, 6–3
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Greece	Hard (i)	Réka Luca Jani	Despina Papamichail Maria Sakkari	W	6–3, 6–4
2022	Z1 RR	Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Turkey	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Ayla Aksu Berfu Cengiz	W	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
2023	Z1 RR	Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Turkey	Clay	Anna Bondár	Berfu Cengiz İpek Öz	L	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 2–6
				Latvia			Diāna Marcinkēviča Daniela Vismane	W	6–1, 6–2
				Netherlands			Suzan Lamens Bibiane Schoofs	W	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

	Australian Open
2023 Australian Open
Round	Opponent	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Zheng Qinwen (29)	No. 28	0–6, 2–6	No. 88

	French Open
2022 French Open
Round	Opponent	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Olga Danilović (Q)	No. 172	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6	No. 96

2023 French Open
Round	Opponent	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Varvara Gracheva	No. 41	4–6, 6–2, 1–6	No. 98

	Wimbledon Championships
2023 Wimbledon
Round	Opponent	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Linda Nosková	No. 45	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–2	No. 126
2R	Jule Niemeier	No. 103	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
3R	Ekaterina Alexandrova (21)	No. 22	0–6, 4–6

	US Open
2022 US Open
Round	Opponent	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	No. 62	6–4, 6–3	No. 91
2R	Harriet Dart	No. 88	6–4, 6–0
3R	Veronika Kudermetova (18)	No. 18	2–6, 0–6

Doubles

	Australian Open
2023 Australian Open
with Bernarda Pera
Round	Opponents	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Anna Danilina (8) Sania Mirza (8)	No. 14 No. 29	2–6, 5–7	No. 162

	French Open
2022 French Open
with Anna Kalinskaya
Round	Opponents	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Anna-Lena Friedsam (Alt) Tatjana Maria (Alt)	No. 116 No. 385	6–4, 6–3	No. 185
2R	Anna Bondár Greet Minnen	No. 120 No. 74	5–7, 3–6	No. 185

2023 French Open
with Katarzyna Piter (Alt)
Round	Opponents	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	No. 48 No. 34	6–2, 5–7, 6–2	No. 166
2R	Gabriela Dabrowski (8) Luisa Stefani (8)	No. 18 No. 23	6–4, 2–6, 5–7	No. 166

	Wimbledon Championships
2022 Wimbledon
with Dayana Yastremska
Round	Opponents	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Belinda Bencic Storm Sanders	No. 168 No. 12	2–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(16–18)	No. 153

	US Open
2022 US Open
with Bernarda Pera
Round	Opponents	Rank	Score	DGR
1R	Maryna Zanevska Kimberley Zimmermann	No. 153 No. 48	6–1, 3–6, 6–3	No. 218
2R	Leylah Fernandez Daria Saville	No. 52 No. 228	6–7^(5–7) 6–3, 7–6^(12–10)
3R	Caty McNally Taylor Townsend	No. 22 No. 103	4–6, 4–6

Record against other players

Double bagel matches

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Round
Win	2022	Miami Open	Hard	Kristína Kučová	78	1R

Dalma Gálfi facts for kids

Contents

Personal life and background

Career highlights

Junior career

Professional career

2013: WTA Tour debut

2015: ITF Junior World Champion

2021: First WTA Tour semifinal, major debut

2022: WTA 1000 debut, US Open third round in singles and doubles, top 80 debut

2023: Australian and Madrid Opens debuts, Wimbledon third round

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

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

National representation

Fed Cup

Singles (6–9)

Doubles (7–4)

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Doubles

Record against other players

Double bagel matches

See also