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Mayar Sherif
ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز

Sherif at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Born	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) Cairo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Pepperdine
Prize money	$2,001,046
Singles
Career record	244–131
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 31 (19 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 66 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	92–55
Career titles	1 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 88 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 157 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022, 2023)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	25–13
Medal record Representing  Egypt Women's Tennis African Games 2019 Rabat Singles 2019 Rabat Doubles 2019 Rabat Team
Last updated on: 25 May 2024.

Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Template:Lang-ar; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles, achieved on 19 June 2023, making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era. She also has a career-high ranking of No. 88 in doubles, reached on 11 July 2022. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open. She has also won a record six WTA 125 singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.

Sherif spent her final two years of college at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, graduating in 2018 with a bachelor of science in sports medicine. She was part of the university's tennis team and was an All-American in both 2017 and 2018, and the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2018. She made the semifinals of the 2018 NCAA singles tournament and ended her senior season ranked 11th in the nation in singles.

Sherif made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2020 Prague Open. She was the first Egyptian female player in a main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2020 French Open. She made history again for Egyptian tennis at the 2021 Australian Open, becoming the first woman from her nation to win a Grand Slam main-draw match. She became also the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the Olympic Games and reach a WTA tournament final in Cluj-Napoca. At the 2023 Madrid Open, she became the first Egyptian player to reach a WTA 1000 quarterfinal.

Playing for Egypt Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 25–13 (singles 13–7; doubles 12–6) as of April 2024.

Professional career

2019–2020: Historic major & WTA Tour debuts

Sherif started 2020 playing in the Australian Open qualifiers which was her first appearance at a WTA tournament. She lost in the first round of qualifiers to Ann Li. In March, she won the title at a $25k tournament in Antalya defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.

In August, at the Prague Open Prague Open, Sherif advanced through the qualifying making her main-draw debut at WTA Tour-level. In the first round, she lost there to Laura Siegemund in three sets.

In late September 2020, Sherif defeated Camila Osorio, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone in the French Open qualifying. Making her Grand Slam main-draw debut as the first Egyptian female player, Sherif came up against second seed and world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, losing in three sets.

2021: Major & WTA 1000 wins, Olympics & top 100 debut

Sherif again made history as the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament, beating Chloe Paquet in the first round of the Australian Open.

She qualified for Indian Wells making her WTA 1000 debut, and defeated Zheng Saisai for her first win at this level. She received a wildcard for the WTA 1000 Miami Open.

Sherif delivered another highlight, when she, as the first Egyptian woman, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, after winning the 2019 African Games.

Sherif also became the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA Tour singles and doubles final in Cluj-Napoca. In singles, she defeated top seed Alizé Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristína Kučová and Mihaela Buzărnescu but lost to Andrea Petkovic in the final. In doubles, partnering Katarzyna Piter, she lost to Natela Dzalamidze and Kaja Juvan in the final. As a result, she entered the top 100 at world No. 97 on 9 August 2021, the first Egyptian woman to do so, and also reached a career-high in doubles at No. 154.

2022: First WTA Tour title, top 50 in singles & top 100 in doubles

She made her top 50 debut in singles and reached world No. 98 in doubles on 16 May 2022.

At the French Open, she became the first Egyptian woman to win a Roland Garros main-draw match, after defeating Marta Kostyuk in two sets. She withdrew in the second round due to injury.

At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Sherif defeated Anna Bondár, Simona Waltert, Lauren Davis, and Ana Bogdan to reach her second WTA 250 final, and her first since the previous summer. She then defeated top seed and world No. 7, Maria Sakkari, in straight sets to claim her first singles title and become the first woman from Egypt to win a WTA Tour title. The win against Sakkari was also her first top-10 win.

2023-2024: WTA 1000 QF, record 6th WTA 125 title, historic ranking

At the 2023 Madrid Open, Sherif defeated Camila Giorgi by retirement, 30th seed Anhelina Kalinina, world No. 5 Caroline Garcia and 24th seed Elise Mertens to reach her first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal, thus also becoming the first Egyptian player to do so.

She won her second WTA 125 title at the Open Internacional de Valencia in two weeks following her triumph at the WTA 125 Makarska International. As a result, she reached a historic career high of No. 31 in the singles rankings, becoming the highest ranked Egyptian player, male or female, in the Open Era. No other player had won more than three WTA 125 titles since it was introduced in 2012.

In 2023 at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open, she reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering Jasmine Paolini.

At the 2024 Italian Open, she made the third round at a WTA 1000 level for the second time, defeating 11th seed and former doubles partner, Jasmine Paolini, for her third career top 15 win.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 China Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	Winners Open, Romania	WTA 250	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Maria Sakkari	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–2	May 2024	Morocco Open, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Peyton Stearns	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	Winners Open, Romania	WTA 250	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Natela Dzalamidze Kaja Juvan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2022	Melbourne Summer Set, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Tereza Martincová	Bernarda Pera Kateřina Siniaková	2–6, 7–6,

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2021	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Martina Trevisan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2022	Marbella Open, Spain	Clay	Tamara Korpatsch	7–6, 6–4
Win	3–0	May 2022	Karlsruhe Open, Germany (2)	Clay	Bernarda Pera	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–0	Nov 2022	Copa Colina, Chile	Clay	Kateryna Baindl	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	5–0	Jun 2023	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	2–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	6–0	Jun 2023	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Marina Bassols Ribera	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–1	May 2024	Catalonia Open, Spain	Clay	Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	6–2	May 2024	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	5–7, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2021	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze	3–6, 6–2,
Win	1–1	May 2022	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Panna Udvardy	Yana Sizikova Alison Van Uytvanck	5–7, 6–4,
Loss	1–2	Nov 2022	Copa Colina, Chile	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	Yana Sizikova Aldila Sutjiadi	1–6, 6–3,
Loss	1–3	May 2024	Catalonia Open, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Ellen Perez Nicole Melichar-Martinez	5-7, 2-6 ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $60,000 tournaments (0–2) $25,000 tournaments (3–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (5–4) Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (6–7) Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 Loss 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–0, 3–6, 2–6 Loss 1–2 Nov 2013 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Olga Sáez Larra 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 Loss 1–3 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 7–6, 5–7, 4–6 Loss 1–4 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Eleni Kordolaimi 4–6, 6–3, 2–6 Win 2–4 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Simona Waltert 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 Win 3–4 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Simona Waltert 6–2, 6–1 Win 4–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Bárbara Gatica 6–4, 6–4 Win 5–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Nina Stadler 6–3, 6–2 Win 6–4 Jun 2019 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Eva Guerrero Álvarez 6–2, 6–3 Loss 6–5 Jul 2019 ITF Biella, Italy 25,000 Clay Katarina Zavatska 1–6, 3–6 Loss 6–6 Jul 2019 ITF Baja, Hungary 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 Win 7–6 Aug 2019 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 25,000+H Clay Leonie Küng 6–1, 6–0 Win 8–6 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay Dalma Galfi 6–4, 6–3 Win 9–6 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston Pro, United States 100,000 Clay Katarzyna Kawa 6–2, 6–3 Loss 9–7 Nov 2020 ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 25,000 Clay Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 2–6 Loss 9–8 Jul 2021 Open de Montpellier, France 60,000 Clay Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 3–6 Loss 9–9 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay Arantxa Rus 4–6, 2–6 Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner–ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–2) $25,000 tournaments (2–1) $10/15,000 tournaments (4–4) Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (3–3) Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Valeria Podda Eugeniya Pashkova Ekaterina Yashina 6–3, 2–6, Loss 0–2 Jun 2013 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard Vanda Lukács Lucia Cervera-Vasquez Pilar Dominguez-Lopez 3–6, 4–6 Win 1–2 Jul 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Lynn Kiro Alina Mikheeva Anna Morgina 6–3, 6–2 Win 2–2 Jul 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Zuzana Zlochová Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara 7–5, 6–3 Loss 2–3 Apr 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ola Abou Zekry Jana Fett Oleksandra Korashvili 4–6, 5–7 Win 3–3 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien 3–6, 6–3, Loss 3–4 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Rana Sherif Ahmed Despina Papamichail Simona Waltert 3–6, 2–6 Win 4–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Alica Rusová Lena Lutzeier Nina Stadler 6–4, 4–6, Loss 4–5 Jul 2019 ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay Melanie Stokke Chihiro Muramatsu Yuki Naito 0–6, 2–6 Win 5–5 Jul 2019 ITF Baja, Hungary 25,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner Réka Luca Jani Lara Salden 6–2, 4–6, Loss 5–6 Feb 2020 Cairo Open, Egypt 100,000 Hard Arantxa Rus Aleksandra Krunić Katarzyna Piter 4–6, 2–6 Win 6–6 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani Melis Sezer İpek Öz 6–7, 6–1, Loss 6–7 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston Pro, US 100,000 Clay Astra Sharma Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa 6–4, 4–6, Head-to-head records Record against top 10 players She has a 2–5 (29%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Result W–L Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score Rank H2H 2020 Loss 0–1 Karolína Plíšková No. 4 French Open Clay 1R 7–6, 2–6, 4–6 No. 172 2022 Win 1–1 Maria Sakkari No. 7 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy Clay F 7–5, 6–3 No. 74 2023 Loss 1–2 Caroline Garcia No. 5 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard QF 0–6, 4–6 No. 53 Win 2–2 Caroline Garcia No. 5 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 3R 7–6, 6–3 No. 59 Loss 2–3 Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 Madrid Open, Spain Clay QF 6–2, 2–6, 1–6 No. 59 Loss 2–4 Markéta Vondroušová No. 10 Canadian Open Hard 1R 4–6, 2–6 No. 33 Loss 2–5 Coco Gauff No. 7 Cincinnati Open, US Hard 2R 2–6, 2–6 No. 33 2024 Loss 2-6 Elena Rybakina No. 4 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 3R 1-6, 4-6 No. 72 Notes Withdrew during the tournament; not counted as a loss. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021. ^ During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted. 2012: WTA ranking-n/a, 2013: WTA ranking-641, ... 2015-16: WTA ranking-n/a, 2017: WTA ranking-780, 2018: WTA ranking-n/a. 2013: WTA ranking-700, ... 2015-16: WTA ranking-n/a, 2017: WTA ranking-1049, 2018: WTA ranking-n/a. References "Mayar Sherif says becoming highest-ranked Egyptian in tennis history is 'no coincidence'". 19 June 2023. "Fresno State Sisters Team Up to Shock No. 5 Doubles Team". Mountain West. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2020-08-13. "Mayar Sherif - Women's Tennis". Pepperdine University Athletics. 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External links Mayar Sherif at the Women's Tennis Association Mayar Sherif at the International Tennis Federation Mayar Sherif at the Billie Jean King Cup Pepperdine Waves bio v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Middle Eastern female singles tennis players as of 4 November 2024 1. Zeynep Sönmez (91 36) 2. Mayar Sherif (99 3) 3. Berfu Cengiz (214 1) 4. İpek Öz (225 6) 5. Lina Glushko (238 19) 6. Ayla Aksu (292 29) 7. Çağla Büyükakçay (394 11) 8. Sandra Samir (457 26) 9. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (545 3) 10. Pemra Özgen (628 1) v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top female singles tennis players of the Confederation of African Tennis countries as of 9 September 2024 1. Ons Jabeur (22 5) 2. Mayar Sherif (92 3) 3. Sada Nahimana (308 96) 4. Sandra Samir (457 26) 5. Angella Okutoyi (507 6) 6. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (545 3) 7. Aya El Aouni (613 1) 8. Isabella Kruger (730 5) 9. Merna Refaat (772 42) 10. Zoë Kruger (776 1) v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of the Confederation of African Tennis countries as of 9 September 2024 1. Mayar Sherif (126 5) 2. Ons Jabeur (255 3) 3. Sada Nahimana (314 7) 4. Inès Ibbou (332 29) 5. Angella Okutoyi (469 2) 6. Sandra Samir (474 3) 7. Aya El Aouni (625 4) 8. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (681 3) 9. Merna Refaat (685 ) 10. Yasmin Ezzat (722 6)

• 1996 births
• Living people
• Egyptian female tennis players
• Tennis players from Cairo
• African Games gold medalists for Egypt
• African Games medalists in tennis
• African Games silver medalists for Egypt
• African Games bronze medalists for Egypt
• Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
• Pepperdine Waves women's tennis players
• Egyptian expatriate tennis players in the United States
• Olympic tennis players for Egypt
• Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics