Mayar Sherif

Mayar Sherif
ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز
Sherif at the 2022 French Open
Full nameMayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Country (sports) Egypt
ResidenceCairo, Egypt
Born (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28)
Cairo
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegePepperdine
Prize money$2,223,698
Singles
Career record259–138
Career titles1 WTA, 6 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 31 (19 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 90 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open2R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon1R (2023, 2024)
US Open1R (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021, 2024)
Doubles
Career record93–55
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 88 (11 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 130 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022, 2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup25–13
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Women's Tennis
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra Doubles
Last updated on: 22 August 2024.

Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles - making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era[1] - and No. 88 in doubles. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and one in doubles. 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

  1. ^ "Mayar Sherif says becoming highest-ranked Egyptian in tennis history is 'no coincidence'". 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Fresno State Sisters Team Up to Shock No. 5 Doubles Team". Mountain West. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. ^ "Mayar Sherif - Women's Tennis". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. ^ "Sherif makes history at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Sherif breaks new ground at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Billie Jean King Cup - Player Profile: Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz". Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.