Máté Valkusz

The native form of this personal name is Valkusz Máté. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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.

Máté Valkusz

Valkusz at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 27)[1] Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach	Zoltán Kuhárszky
Prize money	$187,240
Singles
Career record	2–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 204 (12 June 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	3–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 893 (18 October 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	2–2
Last updated on: 31 March 2025.

Juniors

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.

Professional career

2018: First Challenger final

He reached his first final at the 2018 Cordenons Challenger.^[2]

2023: First Challenger title and ATP win, nearby top 200

He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open and reached the top 225 in the rankings on 29 May 2023.^[2][3]

He entered the 2023 Moselle Open as lucky loser and defeated ninth seed Daniel Altmaier in the first round, for his first ATP win.^[4]

2024: Grand Slam debut, hiatus

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.^[5] He lost to Max Purcell in the first round.^[6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 19 (14–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13–3)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (14–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	Germany F11, Karlsruhe	Futures	Clay	Jan Choinski	2-6, 4-6
Win	1–1	Mar 2018	Croatia F2, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Dragoș Dima	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–1	May 2018	Hungary F1, Zalaegerszeg	Futures	Clay	Filip Horanský	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2018	Hungary F2, Zalaegerszeg	Futures	Clay	Kenneth Raisma	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Jun 2018	Hungary F4, Gyula	Futures	Clay	Lenny Hampel	6–7(4–7), 0–3 ret.
Win	4–2	Jul 2018	Portugal F12, Porto	Futures	Clay	Nuno Borges	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Aug 2018	Cordenons Italy	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	5–3	Sep 2018	Hungary F7, Székesfehérvár	Futures	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	6–3	Mar 2019	M15 Opatija, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nerman Fatić	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–3	Aug 2019	M15 Baja, Hungary	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	8–3	Oct 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Fábián Marozsán	6–2, 7-5
Loss	8–4	Dec 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Álvaro López San Martín	6–4, 2–6, 4-6
Win	9–4	Jul 2021	M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francisco Comesaña	6–1, 6-2
Win	10–4	Aug 2021	M15 Bratislava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Fábián Marozsán	3–6, 6–1, 5-4 ret.
Win	11–4	Aug 2021	M15 Bratislava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Danylo Kalenichenko	6–0, 6-2
Win	12-4	Oct 2021	M25 Budapest, Hungary	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pawel Cias	6–3, 6-4
Win	13–4	Mar 2022	M25 Opatija, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Riccardo Bonadio	4-6, 6–4, 6-2
Loss	13–5	Apr 2023	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	3–6, 2–6
Win	14–5	May 2023	Skopje, North Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Comesaña	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2019	M15 Antalya Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Fábián Marozsán	Vladimir Korolev Ronald Slobodchikov	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–0	Dec 2019	M15 Antalya Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Fábián Marozsán	David Jordà Sanchis Niklas Schell	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–0	Aug 2021	M15 Bratislava Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Zsombor Velcz	Andrew Paulson Robin Staněk	3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7]

Davis Cup

Participations: (3–4)

Group membership World Group (0–0) Qualifying Round (2–2) WG Play-off (0–2) Group I (1–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–3) Doubles (3–1)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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

Record against other players

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.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2016 Italy F12 1R
Jannik Sinner	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 6–0, 4–6) at 2019 Budapest 1R
Ernests Gulbis	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2022 Vilnius 1R
Aslan Karatsev	14	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(1-7), 2–6) at 2018 Egypt F2 2R
Marco Cecchinato	16	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2018 Budapest 1R
Lorenzo Musetti	18	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–1, 6–7(0-7), 4–6) at 2019 Turkey M15 SF
Damir Džumhur	23	1	1	0	100%	Won (5–2 ret.) at 2022 Mauthausen 1R
Lukáš Rosol	26	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Davis Cup WG PO
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	27	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2018 Liuzhou 2R
Paolo Lorenzi	33	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2018 Cordenons F
John Millman	33	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 1–6, 6–3) at 2022 Mauthausen QF
Jiří Veselý	35	1	0	1	0%	Lost (7–6(7-4), 3–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Davis Cup WG PO
Alex Molčan	38	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–1, 2–6, 6–1) at 2016 Hungary F5 1R
Radu Albot	39	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–3, 1–6, 6–2) at 2022 Sanremo 2R
Peter Gojowczyk	39	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Rovereto 1R
Emil Ruusuvuori	40	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7-3), 6–2) at 2018 Hungary F1 QF
Teymuraz Gabashvili	43	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 1–0 ret.) at 2019 L'Aquila 1R
Constant Lestienne	48	1	0	1	0%	Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2017 Hungary F4 QF
Federico Coria	49	2	0	2	0%	Lost (0–3 ret.) at 2022 Sibiu SF
Illya Marchenko	49	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Bergamo Q1
Ričardas Berankis	50	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(3-7), 1–6) at 2023 Oeiras 1R
Marius Copil	56	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7-3), 7–6(7-4)) at 2022 Sibiu 1R
Quentin Halys	61	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–7(3-7), 6–1, 7–6(7-4)) at 2018 Budapest 1R
Gianluca Mager	62	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–3, 6–7(5-7), 4–6) at 2018 Pullach Q1
Ernesto Escobedo	67	1	0	1	0%	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2018 Monterrey 1R
Blaž Kavčič	68	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6 ret.) at 2018 Shenzhen QF
Thomas Fabbiano	70	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7-5), 7–5) at 2018 Shenzhen 2R
Kamil Majchrzak	75	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 6–3, 0–4 ret.) at 2016 Hungary F1 QF
Attila Balázs	76	3	1	2	33%	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2019 Rome 2R
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	79	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 4–6, 6–2) at 2019 Hungary M15 F
Nuno Borges	80	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Portugal F12 F
Norbert Gombos	80	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2017 Budapest 1R
Carlos Taberner	85	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7-5), 6–3) at 2023 Tenerife 1R
Pavel Kotov	96	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–7(7-9), 6–3, 3–6) at 2019 Turkey M15 QF
Kimmer Coppejans	97	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2019 Bratislava 1R
Total		38	13	25	34%	* Statistics correct as of 6 March 2023

Personal life

His father Tamás Valkusz was a javelin thrower, and his brother Milán Valkusz is a member a Hungarian Music Awards winner pop duo VALMAR.^[7]