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Match play
Match play, golf's head-to-head format under Rule 3.2, scores by holes won, lost or tied, allows concessions of stroke, hole or match, and needs no scorecard; used in the Ryder Cup and the PGA Tour's 2028 Tour Championship.
Mathias Boe
Mathias Boe (born 1980, Frederikssund) is a Danish former badminton player, left-handed men's doubles specialist with Carsten Mogensen: Olympic silver 2012, world No. 1, All England 2011 and 2015, Thomas Cup 2016, retired April 2020, later an Indian doubles coach.
Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander, born Mats Arne Olof Wilander in 1964, is a Swedish former tennis player who won seven major singles titles and reached world No. 1 in 1988.
Matt Fitzpatrick
Matt Fitzpatrick, born Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick in 1994, is an English golfer who won the 2013 U.S. Amateur and 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club.
Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar, American PGA Tour golfer born 1978 in Winter Park, Florida; Georgia Tech graduate, 1997 U.S. Amateur champion, nine PGA Tour wins including the 2012 Players Championship, no major title, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist.
Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player born 1996 in Rome; 2021 Wimbledon finalist, career-high No. 6 (2022), 10 ATP titles, Davis Cup winner 2024 and 2025; career marked by recurring injuries.
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden, born 1987 in Durban, South Africa, is an Australian tennis player, doubles world No. 1 (2024), three-time Grand Slam doubles champion, and Paris 2024 Olympic men's doubles gold medallist with John Peers.
Matthew Wolff
Matthew Wolff (born 1999) is an American golfer; 2019 NCAA champion, 3M Open winner in his third pro start, 2020 U.S. Open runner-up, and a LIV Golf player for RangeGoats GC.
Maurice Flitcroft
Maurice Gerald Flitcroft (1929–2007) was a British crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness who, having never played a full round, shot 121 in qualifying for the 1976 Open, then re-entered for years under pseudonyms.
Maurice Germot
Maurice Germot (Marie Claude Maurice Germot, 1882-1958), French tennis player from Vichy; two Olympic doubles golds (1906 with Decugis, 1912 with Gobert), 1906 singles silver, and multiple French championships.
Maverick McNealy
Maverick McNealy, also known as Maverick Scott McNealy, is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won his first title at the 2024 RSM Classic.
Max Homa
Max Homa (John Maxwell Homa), American pro golfer from Burbank, California; 2013 NCAA individual champion for Cal, six-time PGA Tour winner, 2023 World No. 5, Ryder Cup 2023 and Presidents Cup 2022 and 2024 player.
Max Mirny
Max Mirny (Maksim Mirnyi, "The Beast"), Belarusian tennis player born 1977 in Minsk; doubles No. 1, ten Grand Slam titles, 2012 Olympic mixed doubles gold with Azarenka, later coach to Nishikori and Sabalenka.
Maya Joint
Maya Joint, Australian tennis player born 2006 in Detroit, WTA pro. Two 2025 singles titles (Rabat, Eastbourne), career-high No. 28, 2026 wins over Serena Williams at Wimbledon and in US Open doubles.
Maya Taguchi (田口 真彩)
Maya Taguchi (田口 真彩, born 2005) is a Japanese left-handed badminton doubles player for ACT SAIKYO; 2023 world junior doubles champion and Yuta Watanabe's mixed doubles partner since 2024, world No. 13 in 2026.
Melbourne Park
Melbourne Park is a 40-hectare sports and entertainment precinct on Olympic Boulevard in central Melbourne, Australia, home to Rod Laver Arena and the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Memphis Open (tennis)
Memphis Open (tennis): ATP men's tournament at the Racquet Club of Memphis, 1976-2017, the only indoor U.S. ATP event; champions included Borg, Connors, Sampras; moved to Long Island in 2018 as the New York Open.
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, or golf majors, are the four most prestigious tournaments in men's professional golf: the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship.
Miami Open (tennis)
Miami Open presented by Itau, also the Sony/Itau combined event, is an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tennis tournament held each March at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, since 2019 after 30 years at Key Biscayne; founded 1985, 96-player draw, $9.4 million prize pool.
Michael Antonius
Michael Antonius (born 2010, New York City) is an American right-handed tennis player, ITF junior No. 4, 2026 Roland Garros boys' singles finalist, and two-time ITF pro titlist with an ATP career high of No. 622.
Michael Brennan (golfer)
Michael Brennan, American pro golfer from Leesburg, Virginia, Wake Forest graduate, won the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship, 2026 Wyndham Championship, and 2026 Baycurrent Classic on the PGA Tour.
Michael Chang
Michael Chang (张德培, Zhang Depei), born 1972, American tennis player, 1989 French Open champion at 17, the youngest male Grand Slam singles winner; world No. 2, 34 titles, later coach to Nishikori and Tien.
Michael La Sasso
Michael La Sasso (born 2004) is an American golfer from Raleigh, N.C., the 2025 NCAA Division I individual champion for Ole Miss who joined LIV Golf's HyFlyers GC in 2026 and won LIV Golf Indianapolis.
Michael Stich
Michael Stich (born 1968, Pinneberg, Germany) is a German former tennis player, 1991 Wimbledon champion over Boris Becker, world No. 2 in 1993, winner of 18 singles titles, 1992 Olympic doubles gold with Becker, and 2018 Hall of Fame inductee.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (MVG, Mighty Mike), Dutch darts player born 1989, three-time PDC world champion 2014, 2017, 2019; world number one 2014-2021, record 123.40 televised average, 48+ major titles.
Michael Zheng (郑瑞)
Michael Zheng (郑瑞), born 2004, American tennis player; two-time NCAA singles champion (2024, 2025) for Columbia University, 2022 Wimbledon boys' finalist, and 2026 Grand Slam qualifier with wins over Korda and Norrie.
Michelle Wie West
Michelle Wie West (born 1989, Honolulu) is an American golfer, teenage prodigy, and 2014 U.S. Women's Open champion with five LPGA wins; retired 2023, returned for the 2026 U.S. Women's Open and WTGL.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, El Pisha, Spanish golfer born 1964 in Málaga; 21 European Tour titles, four Ryder Cups, oldest European Tour winner (2014, age 50), and 17 PGA Tour Champions wins including three senior majors.
Mika Stojsavljevic
Mika Stojsavljevic (born 2008, London) is a British tennis player, 2024 US Open junior girls' champion, first British girls' Grand Slam winner since 2009; turned pro 2025, career-high WTA No. 261.
Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 1998), Swedish tennis player, brother of Elias Ymer; career-high ATP No. 50 in 2023, 2021 Winston-Salem finalist, 2016 Stockholm doubles champion, 18-month doping ban, returned January 2025.