Maria Mateas


Maria Mateaș is a Romanian-American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 190, achieved on 26 August 2024.
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.

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.
She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles, partnering Mackenzie McDonald.
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.
She won the 2024 ITF Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.
At the 2025 Morocco Open, Mateas won her first WTA Tour main-draw matches, defeating Elizabeth Mandlik and then Arantxa Rus to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Camila Osorio.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2018ITF Baton Rouge, United StatesW25Hard

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2018ITF Pelham, USW25Clay