Mayar Sherif
Age: 29 (04/05/1996)
  • Overview
    WTA singles titles
    36 / 26
    305 / 171
    WTA doubles titles
    7 / 7
    109 / 64
    Prize money
    $659,750
    $3,062,257
    Prize money
    $659,750
    $3,062,257
    Titles
    0
    1
    Titles
    1
    2
  • Full description
    Personal

    Coach since she was 16 is Justo Gonzalez Martinez; trains in Elche, southeast Spain Mother is Amal, father is Sherif and has three sisters, Rawan, Dalya, Rana (also a player on tour); introduced to tennis by her sister and parents at the age of four Studied at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, graduating in 2018 with a bachelor degree of science in Sports Medicine Has a sponsorship deal with a bank in Egypt Love listening to drums and would like to play one day Speaks English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

    Career Highlights

    SINGLES Winner (1): 2022 - Parma Finalist (2): 2024 - Rabat 2021 - Cluj-Napoca DOUBLES Winner (2): 2025 - Merida (w/Piter) 2024 - Monastir (w/Blinkova) Finalist (2): 2022 - Melbourne 250 #2 (w/Martincova) 2021 - Cluj-Napoca (w/Piter) WTA 125 TITLES AND FINALS SINGLES Winner (8): 2025 - Parma 2024 - Buenos Aires 2023 - Makarska, Valencia 2022 - Marbella, Karlsruhe, Colina 2021 - Karlsruhe Finalist (5): 2025 - Tucuman 2024 - Contrexeville, Makarska, Parma, Lleida DOUBLES Winner (2): 2024 - Colina (w/Stojanovic) 2022 - Karlsruhe (w/P. Udvardy) Finalist (4): 2024 - Buenos Aires (w/Pigossi), Lleida (w/Piter) 2022 - Colina (w/Zidansek) 2021 - Karlsruhe (w/Piter)

    Career in Review

    In 2025, won WTA 125 title at Parma and finished R-Up at WTA 125 Tucuman; captured 2nd career WTA Tour doubles title at Merida (w/Piter); and won a pair of ITF/W100 singles titles at Madrid and Biarritz

    During 2024, finished R-Up at WTA 250 Rabat (l. Stearns in F) and won her first WTA Tour doubles title at Monastir (w/Blinkova); also reached a further four WTA 125 finals, all on clay: Lleida, Parma, Makarska and Contrexeville

    In 2023, enjoyed SF run at Palermo (l. Q. Zheng) and was a quarterfinalist at Monterrey (l. Garcia) and Madrid, where she became the first Egyptian player to reach QF at a WTA 1000 event (l. Sabalenka in 3s)

    Also in 2023, won back-to-back WTA 125 titles at Makarska (saving six championship points against Paolini in F) and Valencia (d. Bassols Ribera in F), afterwards attaining new career-high ranking of No.31 (week of June 19); best Grand Slam result came at Roland Garros (2r, l. Potapova)

    Broke new ground in 2022 by winning her first career WTA Tour singles title at Parma, becoming the first Egyptian player to win a WTA Tour title; she defeated No.7 Sakkari in the Parma final for her first career Top 10 win

    Also in 2022, reached 2r on three further occasions on Tour (including Roland Garros) and won WTA 125 titles at Marbella, Karlsruhe and Colina

    Broke into Top 100 for first time on August 9, 2021 - highest-ranked Egyptian woman ever

    In 2021, reached first Tour-level finals at Cluj-Napoca, finishing R-Up in singles (l. Petkovic) and doubles (w/Piter); also won first career WTA 125 title at Karlsruhe and reached 2r on three further occasions on Tour (including at Australian Open and Indian Wells)

    Made WTA main draw debut at 2020 Prague, and made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 Roland Garros, falling 1r as qualifier on both occasions; became the first woman representing Egypt to contest the main draw of a Grand Slam event

    Fell in qualifying at 2020 Australian Open (l. Li in 1r), her first time contesting qualifying at Tour level

    Ended 2019 at No.212 after winning six ITF titles, including a 26-match winning streak, and finishing the year with a win-loss record of 68-17 (at all levels); cracked Top 200 for the first time on November 11, 2019 at No.189

    Won the 2019 African Games to earn a place at Tokyo Olympics in 2021

    Owns 11 singles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit

    Won first ITF Circuit title in 2013 at $10K Sharm El-Sheik

    Made ITF Circuit debut in 2010, at a $10K event in Ain Alsoukhna-Suiz in Egypt

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