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Dalma Gálfi

Hungarian tennis playerThe native form of this personal name is Gálfi Dalma Rebeka.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player.

She has won eight singles *les and ten doubles *les on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 April 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 91. On 14 December 2020, she peaked at No. 165 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Contents

  • 1 Personal life and background
  • 2 Career highlights
    • 2.1 2013
    • 2.2 2015: ITF Junior World Champion
    • 2.3 2021: Grand Slam debut
    • 2.4 2022: Top 100 debut
  • 3 Performance timeline
    • 3.1 Singles
  • 4 ITF finals
    • 4.1 Singles: 14 (8 *les, 6 runner–ups)
    • 4.2 Doubles: 23 (10 *les, 13 runner–ups)
  • 5 Junior Grand Slam finals
    • 5.1 Girls' singles: 1 (*le)
    • 5.2 Girls' doubles: 2 (1 *le, 1 runner–up)
  • 6 National representation
    • 6.1 Fed Cup (9–9)
      • 6.1.1 Singles: 10 (4–6)
      • 6.1.2 Doubles: 8 (5–3)
  • 7 Double Bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)
  • 8 Notes
  • 9 References
  • 10 External links

Personal life and background

Galfi 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

2013

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 *le at the US Open, and the girls' doubles *le (with Fanny Stollár) at the Wimbledon Championships.

2021: Grand Slam 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 *le 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: Top 100 debut

She reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022 at World No. 97.

Performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record. 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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 French Open.

ITF finals

Singles: 14 (8 *les, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 23 (10 *les, 13 runner–ups)

Note: Tournaments sourced from official ITF archives

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (*le)

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

National representation

Fed Cup (9–9)

Gálfi made her Fed Cup debut for Hungary in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Note: Tournaments sourced from official Billie Jean King Cup archives

Double Bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

Notes

    References

      External links

      • Dalma Gálfi at the Women's Tennis *ociation
      • Dalma Gálfi at the International Tennis Federation
      • Dalma Gálfi at the Billie Jean King Cup
      • Dalma Gálfi on Instagram