Dalma Gálfi

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

The native form of this personal name is Gálfi Dalma Rebeka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dalma Gálfi
Gálfi at the 2019 Fed Cup
Full nameDalma Rebeka Gálfi
Country (sports) Hungary
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Veszprém, Hungary
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
CoachBastien Fazincani
(Jan 2019-)[1]
Prize moneyUS$ 1,116,252
Singles
Career record258–176 (59.4%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 93 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record130–96 (57.5%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 126 (19 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 158 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–13 (48.0%)
Last updated on: 24 April 2023.

On 12 September 2022, she reached her 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.

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.[2]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - singles:

Grand Slam performance - doubles

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,[3] only to lose to the 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.[4][5]

2015: ITF Junior World Champion

In December 2015, Gálfi was pronounced ITF Junior World Champion.[6] In that year, she won the girls' singles title at the US Open, and the girls' doubles title (with Fanny Stollár) at the Wimbledon Championships.

2021: First WTA Tour semifinal, major debut

In July 2021, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Budapest Grand Prix as a wildcard.[7]

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.[8][9]

2022: Top 100 debut

She reached the top 100 on 4 April 2022, at No. 97. After winning her first ITF Circuit grass-court title, the Ilkley Trophy in June, she reached a new career-high of world No. 81.

2023

At the Ladies Linz, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier defeating seventh seed Bernarda Pera, for her first top-50 win, and wildcard Eva Lys.

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.[10]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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.[11]

Singles

Current after the 2023 Madrid Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A A A Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q1 A A Q3 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A Q1 A A NH Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A Q1 A A A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A NH A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A NH A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 50%
Madrid Open A A A A NH A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 0 0 2 10 9 Career total: 23
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 7–10 5–10 0 / 23 15–24 37%
Win % 0% 0%  –   –   –  60% 41% 0% Career total: 37%
Year-end ranking 272 170 296 252 221 122 85 $957,209

Doubles

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)

ITF 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)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–1)
Clay (1–5)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, 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 Open 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)
$80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (7–6)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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[lower-alpha 2] 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 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 Monzon, Spain 25,000 Clay Croatia Jana Fett Greece Despina Papamichail
Serbia Nina Stojanović		 7–6(2), 6–2
Loss 6–10 May 2019 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, 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, United States 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 Qualifying Round
Finals Play-offs (0–1)
Zone Group (13–12)

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

Singles: 15 (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: 11 (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 top 10 players

Gálfi's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only WTA Tour (including WTA 125 events) main draw counting. Active players are in boldface:[12]

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 3 ranked players
United States Jessica Pegula 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2020 Newport Beach
Number 4 ranked players
France Caroline Garcia 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6) at 2023 Indian Wells
Number 5 ranked players
Italy Sara Errani 0–2 0% – 0–2 – Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at 2022 Bucharest
Number 7 ranked players
United States Danielle Collins 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2023 Indian Wells
Number 9 ranked players
Russia Veronika Kudermetova 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (2–6, 0–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
France Kristina Mladenovic 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3) at 2022 Contrexéville
Total 2–6 25% 1–4
(20%)		 1–2
(33%)		 0–0
( – )		 last updated 11 March 2023

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

Notes
  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

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