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 24 MAY 2025)
Broke into Top 100 in time for 2022 year-end rankings and achieved career-high No. 20 in March 2025 after capturing 1st ATP Tour title in Acapulco, becoming first Czech man in Top 20 since Berdych in 2018.
Reached 1st ATP Tour final at 2024 Geneva by defeating No. 1 Djokovic and upset No. 2 Alcaraz to advance to 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai SF.
Representing Czechia, defeated Sousa to reach 2021 Tokyo Olympics 2R and earned wins over Zhang at 2024 Paris Olympics in men’s singles 1R and mixed doubles final to win gold medal with Siniakova.
Boasts 110-54 Challenger record (6-5 in finals), including back-to-back titles at Orleans and Mouilleron le Captif in October 2023.