Younes El Aynaoui

Younes El Aynaoui
يونس العيناوي
Country (sports) Morocco
ResidenceRabat, Morocco
Born (1971-09-12) 12 September 1971 (age 53)
Rabat, Morocco
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,044,667
Singles
Career record265–227
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 14 (11 March 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2000, 2003)
French Open4R (1995, 2000)
Wimbledon3R (2000, 2001, 2003)
US OpenQF (2002, 2003)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record24–56
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 85 (14 July 2003)
Last updated on: 31 March 2018.

Younes El Aynaoui (Arabic: يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.

He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in March 2003, at the age of 31. His long career has been plagued by injuries and he did not play competitive tennis between September 2008 and January 2010. However, in December 2009 he scheduled to play at the ATP Champions Tour tournament in London, where he made his debut at the senior tour.

He received a gold medal – the nation's highest sporting honor – from King Mohammed VI. In a 2003 poll by leading Moroccan newspaper L'Economiste, readers named El Aynaoui their favorite role model for society, ahead of athletics star Hicham El Guerrouj.