Maja Chwalińska
Polish tennis player (born 2001)
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Maja Chwalińska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmaja xfaˈliɲska, -lij̃ska]; born 11 October 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 113, achieved on 4 May 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 91, achieved on 9 June 2025. She won her first senior singles title at a ITF Circuit tournament in Bytom in July 2019.
Chwalińska at the 2025 Transylvania Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland |
| Born | 11 October 2001 Dąbrowa Górnicza |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Plays | Left (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Jaroslav Machovsky |
| Prize money | US$ 861,237 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 266–137 |
| Career titles | 3 WTA Challengers, 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 113 (4 May 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 113 (4 May 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2025) |
| French Open | 4R (2026) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2022) |
| US Open | Q2 (2022, 2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 121–51 |
| Career titles | 3 WTA Challengers, 11 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 91 (9 June 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 267 (4 May 2026) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 4–3 |
| Last updated on: 14 May 2026. | |
Junior years
She won the European 14-and-under doubles title in 2015 and the 16-and-under doubles title in 2016.[1] She was a member of the Polish team which won the Junior Fed Cup title in 2016,[2] and she made the final of the 2017 Australian Open junior doubles. She won the 16-and-under singles title six months later.[3]
Her highest junior Tennis Europe ranking was No. 6 in August 2017.[1]
Professional
2019: Fed Cup debut
Poland hosted the Europe/Africa I Fed Cup pool at Zielona Góra in February. Chwalińska represented her country at senior level for the first time in the tie against Denmark, where she partnered Alicja Rosolska in the doubles. They defeated Maria Jespersen and Hannah Viller Møller, recording her first Fed Cup win. She reached the doubles final of the ITF event in Trnava the following week and the singles semifinals in Altenkirchen the following week. She and Ulrikke Eikeri won the doubles title at the ITF tournament in Sunderland. Her first singles title followed in July in Bytom. A week later, she made it two singles titles in a row on the Polish swing of the circuit.[citation needed]
2020: Grand Slam qualifying debut
Chwalińska made her Grand Slam qualifying debut at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first round. She returned to tournament play in August at the Prague Open, which had been upgraded to replace the cancelled US Open qualifying competition.[citation needed]
2021–23: Major debut at Wimbledon and first win
Chwalińska lost to Yuan Yue in the first round of qualifying for the 2021 Australian Open, which was held in Dubai,[4] before reaching the semifinals of a $25k tournament in Grenoble, but aggravated her wrist injury in Altenkirchen the following week and had to withdraw from her first match. She then went to Argentina for a series of $25k tournaments, but contracted COVID-19 and had to return home, after quarantining without playing a match.[5]
Chwalińska qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, defeating second seed CoCo Vandeweghe in the final round of qualifying.[6][7] She beat Kateřina Siniaková[8][9] and then lost to Alison Riske in the second round.[10]
For her WTA Tour debut, Chwalińska was given a wildcard entry into the main draw at the 2023 Poland Open, but lost to Laura Siegemund in the first round.[11]
2024: WTA 125 singles and doubles titles
In October, Chwalińska qualified for the main draw at the Mérida Open and defeated Rebecca Marino for her first WTA Tour win on hardcourts,[12] where she lost to top seed Renata Zarazúa.[13]
Partnering Katarzyna Kawa, Chwalińska won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Argentina Open defeating Laura Pigossi and Mayar Sherif in the final which went to a deciding tiebreak.[14] The following week, she won her first WTA 125 singles title at the MundoTenis Open in Florianópolis, Brazil overcoming Ylena In-Albon in the final in straight sets.[15][16] Alongside Laura Pigossi, she also won the doubles title, defeating Nicole Fossa Huergo and Valeriya Strakhova in the final.[15] Chwalińska reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 128 on 9 December 2025.[17]

2025–2026: French Open fourth round, top 100
In 2025, at the 2025 Iași Open, Chwalińska defeated Iryna Shymanovich to record her second WTA Tour win since 2024,[18] before losing to sixth seed Jil Teichmann in the second round.[19] Chwalińska won her second WTA 125 singles title at the 2025 Montreux Ladies Open, defeating fifth seed Darja Semeņistaja in the final.[20]
In April 2026, she won her third WTA 125 singles title at the Oeiras Ladies Open.[21][22]
Chwalinska qualified for the main draw at the 2026 French Open.[23] She reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career with wins over Zheng Qinwen, Elise Mertens, [24][25] and Maria Sakkari.[citation needed]
Grand Slam performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2026 Australian Open
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 3 (3 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2024 | Florianópolis Open, Brazil | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2025 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 2026 | Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2024 | Buenos Aires Open, Argentina |
Clay | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2024 | Florianópolis Open, Brazil |
Clay | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 2025 | Antalya Challenger, Turkey | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [10–2] | ||
| Loss | 3–1 | Mar 2025 | Antalya Challenger 2, Turkey | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2026 | Antalya Challenger 3, Turkey | Clay | 6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2017 | ITF Birkenhead, UK | W15 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2019 | ITF Bytom, Poland | W25 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | ITF Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | W25 | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2019 | Warsaw Open, Poland | W60 | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Jan 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W25 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 4–2 | Feb 2022 | Porto Indoor 2, Portugal | W25 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–7 | |
| Win | 5–2 | May 2022 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 5–3 | Jan 2024 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | W75+H | Hard (i) | 6–3, 0–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | May 2024 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W75 | Clay | 3–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | 6–4 | Jul 2024 | Open de Montpellier, France | W75 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 7–4 | July 2024 | Porto Open, Portugal | W75 | Hard | 7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Brno, Czech Republic | W10 | Clay | 6–7(5), 6–3, [10–12] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 2017 | ITF Birkenhead, UK | W15 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2018 | Bella Cup Torún, Poland | W25 | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2018 | Warsaw Open, Poland | W25 | Clay (i)[a] | 3–6, 7–6(5), [10–1] | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Nov 2018 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | W60 | Hard (i) | 0–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2019 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | W25 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 4–3 | Apr 2019 | ITF Sunderland, UK | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Aug 2019 | Warsaw Open, Poland (2) | W60 | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 5–4 | Dec 2020 | ITF Selva Gardena, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | 5–7, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–5 | Oct 2021 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W25 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Nov 2021 | ITF Haabneeme, Estonia | W25 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–7 | Nov 2021 | ITF Milovice, Czech Republic | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 2–6, [8–10] | ||
| Win | 6–7 | Dec 2021 | ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic |
W25 | Carpet (i) | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 7–7 | Apr 2022 | Edge Istanbul, Turkey | W60 | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 8–7 | May 2023 | Prague Open, Czech Republic |
W60 | Clay | 6–0, 7–6(5) | ||
| Loss | 8–8 | Jun 2023 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom |
W100 | Grass | 6–7(10), 6–7(5) | ||
| Loss | 8–9 | Dec 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W25 | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [11–13] | ||
| Loss | 8–10 | Jan 2024 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W50 | Hard | 5–7, 6–7(3) | ||
| Win | 9–10 | Feb 2024 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | W75 | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 10–10 | Jun 2024 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | W75 | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, [10–6] | ||
| Win | 11–10 | May 2025 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | W75 | Clay | 6–0, 6–3 |
Team competition
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Doubles (2–1)
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Against | Opponents | W/L | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ZG1 R/R | Feb 2019 | Zielona Góra (POL) | Hard (i) | Alicja Rosolska | Maria Jespersen Hannah Viller Møller |
W | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| 2020–21 | ZG1 R/R | Feb 2020 | Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) | Kaja Juvan Pia Lovrič |
L | 5–7, 0–6 | |||
| Magdalena Fręch | Ayla Aksu İpek Öz |
W | 6–3, 6–4 |
Junior finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(4) |
ITF Junior Circuit
| Legend |
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| Grade 1 |
| Grade 2 |
| Grade 3 |
| Grade 4 |
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Location | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | G4 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Hamburg, Germany | G4 | Hard (i) | 6–0, 7–6(0) |
Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Location | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2016 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | G4 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 3–6, [2–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2016 | ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania | G2 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2016 | ITF Mödling, Austria | G2 | Clay | 6–4, 6–7(2), [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | May 2016 | ITF Marcinelle, Belgium | G1 | Clay | 2–6, 7–5, [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–5 | Aug 2016 | ITF Budaörs, Hungary | G2 | Clay | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 0–6 | Sep 2016 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | G2 | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 1–6 | Jan 2017 | ITF Traralgon, Australia | G1 | Hard | 3–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Other junior finals
Fed Cup
| Result | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Oct 2016 | Junior Fed Cup, Budapest | Clay | 2–1 |
Head-to-head record
Record against top 10 players
Chwalinska's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, active players are in boldface.[26]
| Player | Record | Win% | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
| No. 1 ranked players | ||||||
| 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2016 ITF Stockholm (W10) | |
| No. 2 ranked players | ||||||
| 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6) at 2019 ITF Staré Splavy | |
| No. 5 ranked players | ||||||
| 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2019 ITF Staré Splavy | |
| 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (0–6, 2–6) at 2016 Katowice (Q) | |
| No. 9 ranked players | ||||||
| 1–0 | 100% | – | – | 1–0 | Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2022 Wimbledon (Q) | |
| Total | 2–3 | 40% | 0–2 (0%) |
1–1 (50%) |
1-0 (100%) |
current through the 2022 Warsaw Open |
Notes
- This tournament is an outdoor event, but rain on the day caused the singles semifinals and doubles final to be transferred to an indoor court.