Maria Mateas
Romanian-American tennis player (born 1999)
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Maria Mateaș (born July 21, 1999) is a Romanian-American tennis player.[1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 190, achieved on 26 August 2024.
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| Country (sports) | United States |
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| Residence | Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Born | July 21, 1999 Oradea, Romania |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $265,029 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 242–205 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 190 (August 26, 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 331 (October 27, 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2025) |
| US Open | Q1 (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 73–73 |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 193 (July 3, 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 338 (October 27, 2025) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | 2R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 29 October 2025. | |
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Mateas had a career-high combined ranking of 26 in April 2016.
Early life
Maria Mateas was born in Oradea, Romania, to Calin and Angela Mateas. She has an older brother named Catalin, who was a tennis player.[2]
Career
Mateas made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, losing in the first round to Zheng Saisai.[3]
She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles, partnering Mackenzie McDonald.[citation needed]
Ranked No. 348, Mateas made her singles debut at the WTA 1000 level, after qualifying into the main draw of the 2023 Guadalajara Open, losing in the first round to Emma Navarro.[4]
She won the 2024 ITF Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.[5]
At the 2025 Morocco Open, Mateas won her first WTA Tour main-draw matches, defeating Elizabeth Mandlik[6] and then Arantxa Rus[7] to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Camila Osorio.[8]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | W25 | Hard |  Astra Sharma |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | W25 | Hard |  Robin Anderson |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard |  Yulia Starodubtseva |
3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
W25 | Hard |  Ana Sofía Sánchez |
7–5, 7–6(2) |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2024 | ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe | W35 | Hard |  Fanny Östlund |
6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jul 2024 | Championnats de Granby, Canada | W75 | Hard |  Kayla Cross |
6–3, 7–6(3) |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2024 | ITF Redding, United States | W35 | Hard | Lea Ma |
3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pelham, US | W25 | Clay | María Portillo Ramírez |
 Alexa Guarachi  Erin Routliffe |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Ourense, Spain | W25 | Hard |  Arantxa Rus |
 Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cortez Llorca |
6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2022 | Tennis Classic of Macon, US | W60 | Hard | Madison Brengle |
Anna Rogers Christina Rosca |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, US | W25 | Hard | Clervie Ngounoue |
 Sofia Johnson Yulia Starodubtseva |
6–4, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 3–2 | May 2023 | ITF Orlando, US | W25 | Clay | Makenna Jones |
Dalayna Hewitt  Katarina Jokić |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Sumter, US | W60 | Hard | Anna Rogers |
McCartney Kessler Yuliia Starodubtseva |
6–4, 6–7(3), [10–6] |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Wichita, US | W25 | Hard | Reese Brantmeier |
Ava Markham Alina Shcherbinina |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Jan 2025 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W75 | Hard | Alana Smith |
 Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Apr 2025 | Florida's Sports Coast Open, US | W50 | Clay | Alana Smith |
 Maria Kozyreva  Iryna Shymanovich |
4–6, 1–6 |
