Tomas Machac | Bio | ATP Tour

Father, Tomas; mother, Daniela; sister, Katerina.
Started playing tennis at age 5, hitting on a wall while his sister played.
Invited to train at TK Sparta Praha in Prague as a 10-year-old and has practised there ever since.
Favourite shot is tweener, surface is hard, tournament is Wimbledon and city on tour is Paris.
Tennis idols were both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Enjoys basketball and lists favourite team as Chicago Bulls and favourite player as Michael Jordan, though Jordan's last game as a Bull was 2+ years before Machac was born.
Also admires world-record sprinter Usain Bolt.
Favourite actor is Hugh Grant, musician is Queen, movie is Harry Potter andTV show is Two and a Half Men.
Likes reading, studying and watching shows about history.
Favourite food is schnitzel with potatoes.
Says that his best quality is his strong mindset and his worst quality is his fear of snakes and spiders.
Out from April-August 2022 with rib injury.

(UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2025)

Former Top-20 junior broke into Top 100 in time for 2022 year-end rankings and achieved career-high No. 25 in October 2024, after defeating No. 2 Alcaraz to reach ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai SF (l. to No. 1 Sinner).
Defeated No. 1 Djokovic for biggest win of career to reach 1st ATP Tour final in Geneva and No. 6 Rublev en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at 2024 Miami.
Representing Czech Republic, defeated Sousa to reach 2021 Tokyo Olympics 2R and earned wins over Zhang at Paris Olympics in men’s singles 1R and mixed doubles final to win gold medal with Siniakova.
Boasts 110-54 Challenger record (6-5 in finals), including back-to-back titles at Orleans and Mouilleron le Captif in October 2023.
Says that his favourite sports team is Chicago Bulls and his hero is Michael Jordan, who played his last game as a Bull in 1998 – 2 years before Machac was born.

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