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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 26)
Veszprém, Hungary
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Coach Bastien Fazincani
(Jan 2019–)
Prize money US$ 1,701,387
Singles
Career record 296–212 (58.27%)
Career titles 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 79 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking No. 127 (5 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open 1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon 3R (2023)
US Open 3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record 133–101 (56.84%)
Career titles 10 ITF
Highest ranking No. 126 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking No. 660 (5 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open 2R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 15–14 (51.72%)

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.

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 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, Grand Slam debut

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Gálfi in 2021

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

She 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 improved to a new best ranking of No. 79 on 12 September 2022, after she reached 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 & Madrid Opens debuts, 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 Tomljanovic 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.

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 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 A A A Q1 Q2 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A Q1 A A Q3 Q1 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A A NH Q1 2R 3R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
US Open A A Q1 A A A 1R 3R Q2 Q1 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 1–2 0 / 9 6–9 40%
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 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A 1R 2R Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A A A A NH A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A Q1 1R A 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 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  – 
Guadalajara Open NH 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 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 2024 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 85 136 $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 933 430 266 406 240 229 175 191 139 387

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2024 Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain Clay Hungary Tímea Babos Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Anna Sisková
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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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Austria Julia Grabher 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–0 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Mar 2015 ITF Solarino, Italy 10,000 Hard Canada Gloria Liang 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 15,000 Hard Australia Storm Sanders 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win 5–0 Oct 2015 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–1
Win 6–0 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Katy Dunne 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–0 Nov 2016 ITF Chenzhou, China 25,000 Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi 6–0, 6–4
Loss 7–1 Nov 2016 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard China Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 7–2 May 2019 Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain 60,000+H Clay China Wang Xiyu 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–3 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 4–6, 3–6
Loss 7–4 May 2021 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Germany Jule Niemeier 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–4 Jun 2021 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Jul 2021 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 2–6
Loss 8–6 Sep 2021 Internacional de Valencia, Spain 80,000 Clay Italy Martina Trevisan 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win 9–6 Jun 2022 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass United Kingdom Jodie Burrage 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

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

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard United States 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 Czech Republic Marie Bouzková Indonesia Tami Grende
China Ye Qiuyu
2–6, 6–7(5)
Win 2015 Wimbledon Grass Hungary Fanny Stollár Belarus Vera Lapko
Slovakia 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 Serbia Hard (i) Ivana Jorović L 1–6, 0–6
2016 Z1 RR Feb 2016 Eilat (ISR) Bulgaria Bulgaria Hard Elitsa Kostova L 5–7, 2–6
2017 Z1 RR Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Jelena Simić W 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
Croatia Croatia Donna Vekić L 2–6, 0–6
2018 Z1 RR Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Sweden Sweden Hard (i) Rebecca Peterson L 3–6, 2–6
Croatia Croatia Lea Bošković W 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Z1 PO United Kingdom Great Britain Heather Watson L 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR) Greece Greece Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou W 6–0, 6–3
Slovenia Slovenia Kaja Juvan W 6–1, 6–4
United Kingdom Great Britain Katie Boulter L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7)
2022 Z1 RR Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Serbia Serbia Clay Aleksandra Krunić L 4–6, 2–6
PO Nov 2022 Oradea (ROU) Romania Romania Hard (i) Ana Bogdan L 1–6, 4–6
2023 Z1 RR Apr 2023 Antalya (TUR) Egypt Egypt Clay Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz W 6–1, 6–3
Turkey Turkey Zeynep Sönmez L 3–6, 4–6
Netherlands 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 Bulgaria Hard Fanny Stollár Dia Evtimova
Isabella Shinikova
W 6–3, 6–1
Belgium Belgium Réka Luca Jani Ysaline Bonaventure
An-Sophie Mestach
L 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Latvia Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko
L 6–7(2–7), 3–6
2017 Z1 RR Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST) Croatia Croatia Hard (i) Tímea Babos Darija Jurak
Ana Konjuh
L 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
2018 Z1 RR Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Sweden Sweden Hard (i) Fanny Stollár Cornelia Lister
Rebecca Peterson
W 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Slovenia Slovenia Kaja Juvan
Tamara Zidanšek
W 6–4, 6–3
2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR) Greece Greece Hard (i) Réka Luca Jani Despina Papamichail
Maria Sakkari
W 6–3, 6–4
2022 Z1 RR Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Turkey Turkey Clay Réka Luca Jani Ayla Aksu
Berfu Cengiz
W 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
2023 Z1 RR Apr 2023 Antalya (TUR) Turkey Turkey Clay Anna Bondár Berfu Cengiz
İpek Öz
L 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 2–6
Latvia Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Daniela Vismane
W 6–1, 6–2
Netherlands Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Bibiane Schoofs
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Doubles

Record against other players

Double bagel matches

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

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