_(52144293999).jpg) Sherif at the 2022 French Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1996 Cairo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Pepperdine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $2,223,698 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 259–138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 6 WTA Challengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 31 (19 June 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 90 (19 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2022, 2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 93–55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 88 (11 July 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 130 (19 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2022, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 25–13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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, 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.[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]
- ^ "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. 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.
- ^ "Billie Jean King Cup - Player Profile: Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz". Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.