Mayar Sherif
Full name | Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cairo | 5 May 1996|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||||
College | Pepperdine University | |||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 542,324 | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 173–79 (68.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 9 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 61 (8 November 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 61 (8 November 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 69–33 (67.6%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 6 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 141 (18 October 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 142 (25 October 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 14–10 (58.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 28 October 2021. |
Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian tennis player. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.[1] She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 64 in singles and 141 in doubles, both achieved on 18 October 2021. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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.[2]
Sherif made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2020 Prague Open. She made history as the first Egyptian female player to make it into the 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.[3][4] Sherif became also the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reach a WTA final in Cluj-Napoca.
Playing for Egypt Fed Cup team, she has a win/loss record of 14–10.[5]
Professional career[]
2019–2020: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut at the French Open[]
Sherif started the year playing in the Australian Open qualifiers which was her first appearance at a professional 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, Sherif attempted to qualify for the main draw of the Prague Open after being unable to do so at the Australian Open. At the Prague Open, Sherif made it through qualifications making her main-draw debut at the WTA Tour level. In that first round of the Prague Open, she lost in three sets to Laura Siegemund.
In late September, Sherif successfully navigated her way through the French Open qualifying defeating María Camila Osorio Serrano, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone. Making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, Sherif came up against the second seed and world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, losing in three sets.[6] Her appearance at the main draw of French Open made her the first Egyptian female player to do so.[7]
2021: First Grand Slam match win and WTA finals, Olympics debut, top singles 100 debut[]
Sherif again made history as the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament, after beating Chloe Paquet in the first round of the Australian Open.[8]
Sherif also made history for Egyptian sport at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where she made her debut, as the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the Olympics in 2021 after she won the 2019 African Games.[9][10]
Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA singles and doubles finals in Cluj-Napoca. In singles she defeated top seed Alize Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristína Kučová and Mihaela Buzărnescu. She lost to Andrea Petkovic in the final.[11] In doubles partnering Katarzyna Piter, the pair 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.[12]
Performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[13]
Singles[]
Current through the 2021 Tenerife Open.
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
French Open | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | NH | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
US Open | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Indian Wells Open | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Miami Open | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Career statistics | ||||||
Tournaments | 2 | 11 | Career total: 13 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 1 | Career total: 1 | |||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–2 | 7–11 | 0 / 13 | 7–13 | 35% | |
Year-end ranking | 132 | $542,324 |
WTA career finals[]
Singles: 1 (runner-up)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Clay | Andrea Petkovic | 1–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Clay | Katarzyna Piter | Natela Dzalamidze Kaja Juvan |
3–6, 4–6 |
WTA 125K series finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2021 | WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany | Clay | Martina Trevisan | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2021 | WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany | Clay | Katarzyna Piter | Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze |
3–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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(4), 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jul 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Eleni Kordolaimi | 4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 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 | 15,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | 6–4 | Jun 2019 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | 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, 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 | ITF 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)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Valeria Podda | Eugeniya Pashkova Ekaterina Yashina |
6–3, 2–6, [3–10] |
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 | 10,000 | Hard | Zuzana Zlochová | Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 10,000 | Hard | Ola Abou Zekry | Jana Fett Oleksandra Korashvili |
4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 3–3 | Jul 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
3–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
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 | |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] | |
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, [10–8] |
Loss | 5–6 | Feb 2020 | ITF Cairo, 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(8), 6–1, [10–3] |
Loss | 6–7 | Nov 2020 | ITF Charleston, United States | 100,000 | Clay | Astra Sharma | Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa |
6–4, 4–6, [2–10] |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Sherif makes history at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Sherif breaks new ground at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Mayar Sherif at the Fed Cup".
- ^ Kane, David (September 29, 2020). "Pliskova solves Sherif to pass first hurdle in Paris". WTA. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Macpherson, Alex (September 25, 2020). "Zarazua, Sherif qualify for Roland Garros, score national milestones". Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Mayar Sherif delights fans as she creates history at Australian Open 2021". 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Egypt's Mayar Sherif makes history as first female tennis player to qualify for Olympics in 2021". 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Mayar Sherif and Mohamed Safwat Become First Ever Egyptian Olympic Tennis Competitors". Egyptian Streets. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ^ "Insider Wrap: Sherif makes history for Egypt as Collins, Petkovic shine".
- ^ "Trailblazer Sherif becomes first Egyptian in WTA final; to face Petkovic in Cluj-Napoca".
- ^ "Mayar Sherif [EGY] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Egyptian female tennis players
- Sportspeople 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
- Olympic tennis players of Egypt
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Egyptian sportspeople stubs
- African tennis biography stubs