Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș

Romanian-born Swedish tennis player

Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
Singles
Mădăraș at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Sweden (2016–present) Romania (2013–2015)
Born	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 26) Deva, Romania
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$184,696
Career record	0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 191 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 223 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 420 (14 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 459 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

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

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

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