Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș

Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș (born 12 September 1997) is a Romanian-born Swedish professional tennis player.

Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
Mădăraș at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Sweden (2016–present)
 Romania (2013–2015)
Born (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997
Deva, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$184,696
Singles
Career record0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 191 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 223 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 420 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 459 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Mădăraș has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 17 July 2023. His career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 420 was achieved on 14 August 2023.[1]

Career

2022: ATP debut

He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Sofia Open as a qualifier where he lost to Oscar Otte in the first round.[2]

2023: ITF success and suspension

Mădăraș first half of the season led him to winning a record-breaking of 10 ITF titles in one season. However, on August the 27th he was provisionally suspended from all tennis by the ITIA after failing to comply with the anti-corruption rules.[3]

2024: 4.5 years suspension from professional tennis

On March the 14th the ITIA revealed the final verdict (4.5 years suspension) and the details of the incident of the previous year that had led up to the suspension. At the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying tournament Mădăraș had refused to hand over a mobile phone to ITIA investigators who wanted to examine it. Mădăraș handed the phone to his brother who ran away with it. It was also revealed Mădăraș had previously been under investigation for match-fixing by the ITIA in the years 2017–2020.[4]

National representation

Davis Cup

Mădăraș has represented Sweden at the Davis Cup, where he made his first appearance in March 2022 in a tie against Japan.[5][6]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 28 (19-9)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (19-9)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (18-9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2015 Sweden F3, Båstad Futures Clay Mikael Ymer 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1-1 Jul 2018 Estonia F1, Pärnu Futures Clay Markos Kalovelonis 6-2, 6-3
Loss 1–2 Oct 2018 Turkey F31, Antalya Futures Clay Vit Kopriva 6–7(5–7), 1–3 ret.
Loss 1-3 May 2019 M15, Kalmar, Sweden World Tennis Tour Clay Markus Eriksson 2–6, 2-6
Not Played 1-3 Dec 2020 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Nerman Fatić Bad weather
Win 2-3 Mar 2021 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Miljan Zekić 2–6, 7-6(8.6), 6-5 ret.
Loss 2-4 Apr 2021 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Flavio Cobolli 6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Win 3-4 May 2021 M15, Bucharest, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Pol Toledo Bagué 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 4-4 Jul 2021 M15, Sofia, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Clay Francisco Comesaña 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Win 5-4 Dec 2021 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Billy Harris 7-5, 6-1
Win 6-4 Jan 2022 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard Martin Krumich 6-3, 6-2
Win 7-4 Jan 2022 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Bogdan Ionut Apostol 6-0, 6-0
Win 8-4 Jan 2022 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Corentin Denolly 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 9-4 May 2022 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Oleg Prihodko 6-4, 6-2
Loss 9-5 Sep 2022 M25, Szabolcsveresmart, Hungary World Tennis Tour Clay Michael Vrbenský 6–1, 6–7(6–8)
Win 10-5 Jan 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Alex Marti Pujolras 6-1, 3–6, 6–2
Win 11-5 Jan 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Yanaki Milev 6–3, 6–2
Win 12-5 Jan 2023 M15, Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay José Francisco Vidal Azorín 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 13-5 Feb 2023 M25, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Edoardo Lavagno 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 14-5 Mar 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Gilles-Arnaud Bailly 6–3, 6–1
Loss 14-6 Apr 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Cezar Crețu 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)
Win 15-6 Apr 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Sidané Pontjodikromo 6–0, 6–1
Loss 15-6 Apr 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Yanaki Milev 4–6, 6–0, 4–6
Win 16-7 Apr 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Viacheslav Bielinskyi 3–2, ret.
Loss 16-8 Apr 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 17-8 May 2023 M25, Värnamo, Sweden World Tennis Tour Clay Oliver Crawford 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 18-8 May 2023 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez 7–5, 6–1
Loss 18-9 Jun 2023 M15, Nyíregyháza, Hungary World Tennis Tour Clay Péter Fajta 3–6, 2–6
Win 19-9 Jul 2023 M25, Brașov, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Vlad Andrei Dancu 6–3, 6–3

References
  1. "Dragos Nicolae Madaras | Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. "Ilya Ivashka Outlasts Mikael Ymer in Sofia Marathon".
  3. https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/swedish-tennis-player-dragos-nicolae-madaras-provisionally-suspended/
  4. https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/dragos-nicolae-madaras-suspended-from-tennis/
  5. "Teams Announced For 2022 Davis Cup Qualifiers". February 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  6. "Davis Cup: Alex de Minaur & Márton Fucsovics Leave Things All-Square in Sydney".


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