Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
Mădăraș at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | Sweden (2016–present) Romania (2013–2015) |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1997 Deva, Romania |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 193,556 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 191 (17 July 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 676 (22 December 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–2 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 420 (14 August 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,311 (22 December 2025) |
| Last updated on: 22 December 2025. | |
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș (born 12 September 1997) is a Romanian-born Swedish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 17 July 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No. 420 reached on 14 August 2023.[1] He plays mostly on ITF Men's Tour.
Mădăraș was temporarily banned from the sport for breaking anti-corruption rules. He returned to professional circuit in 2025.
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 provisional ban
Mădăraș first half of the season led him to winning a record-breaking of 10 ITF titles in one season.
However, on 17 August 2023 he was provisionally suspended from all tennis by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after failing to comply with the anti-corruption rules.[3][4][5]
2024: Suspension from professional tennis
On 14 March 2024 the ITIA revealed the final verdict (four years and five months suspension) and the details of the incident that had led up to the ban. At the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, Mădăraș had refused to hand over a mobile telephone to ITIA investigators who wanted to examine it. Instead he gave 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.[6][7][8]
2025: Appeal and ban reduction
In February 2025, it was announced that, following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Mădăraș' suspension had been cut to two years and ultimately ended in August of that year.[9][10][11]
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.[12][13]
ITF Tour Finals
Singles: 30 (21 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 | Vít Kopřiva | 6–7(5–7), 1–3 ret. |
| Loss | 1-3 | May 2019 | M15 Kalmar, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Markus Eriksson | 2–6, 2-6 |
| Finalist | NP | Dec 2020 | M15, Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Nerman Fatić | cancelled |
| Win | 2-3 | Mar 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Miljan Zekić | 2–6, 7-6(8-6), 6-5 ret. |
| Loss | 2-4 | Apr 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Flavio Cobolli | 6–0, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3-4 | May 2021 | M15 Bucharest, Romania | WTT | Clay | Pol Toledo Bagué | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4-4 | Jul 2021 | M15 Sofia, Bulgaria | WTT | Clay | Francisco Comesaña | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
| Win | 5-4 | Dec 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Billy Harris | 7-5, 6-1 |
| Win | 6-4 | Jan 2022 | M15 Doha, Qatar | WTT | Hard | Martin Krumich | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Win | 7-4 | Jan 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Bogdan Ionut Apostol | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Win | 8-4 | Jan 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Corentin Denolly | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Win | 9-4 | May 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Oleg Prihodko | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Loss | 9-5 | Sep 2022 | M25 Szabolcsveresmart, Hungary | WTT | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | 1-6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 10-5 | Jan 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Àlex Marti Pujolras | 6-1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 11-5 | Jan 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Yanaki Milev | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12-5 | Jan 2023 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | WTT | Clay | José Francisco Vidal Azorín | 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 13-5 | Feb 2023 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Edoardo Lavagno | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 14-5 | Mar 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Gilles-Arnaud Bailly | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 14-6 | Apr 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Cezar Crețu | 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 15-6 | Apr 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Sidané Pontjodikromo | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 15-7 | Apr 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Yanaki Milev | 4–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
| Win | 16-7 | Apr 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Viacheslav Bielinskyi | 3–2, ret. |
| Loss | 16-8 | Apr 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 17-8 | May 2023 | M25 Värnamo, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Oliver Crawford | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| Win | 18-8 | May 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Lorenzo Joaquín Rodríguez | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 18-9 | Jun 2023 | M15 Nyíregyháza, Hungary | WTT | Clay | Péter Fajta | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 19-9 | Jul 2023 | M25 Brașov, Romania | WTT | Clay | Vlad Andrei Dancu | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 20-9 | Dec 2025 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Yassine Dlimi | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 21-9 | Dec 2025 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Michel Hopp | 6–0, 4–6, 7–5 |
References
- ^ "Dragos Nicolae Madaras | Overview". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Ilya Ivashka Outlasts Mikael Ymer in Sofia Marathon". ATP Tour. ATPTour.
- ^ "ITIA - Swedish tennis player Dragos Nicolae Madaras provisionally suspended". ITIA.
- ^ "Dragos Nicolae Madaras Suspended From Tennis". tennistourtalk.com. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Swedish tennis player suspended over anti-corruption breach". tennis365.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "ITIA - Dragos Nicolae Madaras suspended from tennis". ITIA.
- ^ "ITIA bans Spanish tennis player for 15 years over corruption". igamingbusiness.com. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Non aveva consegnato il telefonino: quattro anni e mezzo di squalifica". Tennis Magazine Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on Tennis Anti-Corruption Program appeals". ITIA. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Court Of Arbitration For Sport Rules On Tennis Anti-Corruption Program Appeals". tennistourtalk.com. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Suspension cut for Dragoș Mădăraș in tennis corruption case". ESPN. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "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".
External links
- Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș at the International Tennis Federation
- Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș at the Davis Cup (archived)