Maria Mateaș (born July 21, 1999) 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) LegendW75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 2018ITF Baton Rouge, United StatesW25 Hard Astra Sharma 2–6, 1–6Win 1–1 Aug 2018ITF Fort Worth, United States W25 Hard Robin Anderson 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–2 Mar 2023ITF Spring, United StatesW25 Hard Yulia Starodubtseva 3–6, 6–2, 2–6Win 2–2 Nov 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Hard Ana Sofía Sánchez 7–5, 7–6(2)Loss 2–3 Jan 2024ITF Petit-Bourg, GuadeloupeW35 Hard Fanny Östlund 6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win 3–3 Jul 2024Championnats de Granby, CanadaW75 Hard Kayla Cross 6–3, 7–6(3)Loss 3–4 Sep 2024ITF Redding, United StatesW35 Hard Lea Ma 3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 2018ITF Pelham, USW25 Clay María Portillo Ramírez Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe 1–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Aug 2022ITF Ourense, Spain W25 Hard Arantxa Rus Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cortez Llorca 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]Loss 1–2 Oct 2022Tennis Classic of Macon, USW60 Hard Madison Brengle Anna Rogers Christina Rosca 4–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Mar 2023ITF Spring, USW25 Hard Clervie Ngounoue Sofia Johnson Yulia Starodubtseva 6–4, 2–6, [10–4]Win 3–2 May 2023ITF Orlando, US W25 Clay Makenna Jones Dalayna Hewitt Katarina Jokić 6–4, 6–2Win 4–2 Jun 2023ITF Sumter, USW60 Hard Anna Rogers McCartney Kessler Yuliia Starodubtseva 6–4, 6–7(3), [10–6]Win 5–2 Jun 2023ITF Wichita, USW25 Hard Reese Brantmeier Ava Markham Alina Shcherbinina 6–2, 6–4Win 6–2 Jan 2025ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW75 Hard Alana Smith Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen 6–1, 6–3Loss 6–3 Apr 2025Florida's Sports Coast Open, USW50 Clay Alana Smith Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich 4–6, 1–6
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Duke Athletics bio