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 12 DECEMBER 2022)

Former Top-20 junior broke into Top 100 in time for 2022 year-end rankings, achieving career-high No. 97 on 12 December 2022.
Qualified at 2020 Roland Garros, 2021 Australian Open, 2022 Australian Open and 2022 US Open.
Representing Czech Republic, defeated Sousa to reach 2020 Tokyo Olympics 2R (held in 2021) and beat both Gasquet and Evans during 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
Boasts 82-41 Challenger record (4-3 in finals), including 2022 Grodzisk Mazowiecki title a week prior to qualifying for US Open.
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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