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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Egyptian tennis player
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
5 May 1996(Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt)
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Residences
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Education:
Pepperdine University
The details
Biography
Introduction
Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdul Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian female tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 171 in singles, as well as 268 in doubles, set on 16 March 2020. Sherif has won eight singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for Egypt in Fed Cup, she has a win/loss record of 14–10. Playing for Egypt, she won the 2019 African Games and will therefore feature in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, provided she still has a ranking within the top-300 on the 1st of July 2020.
Sherif studied at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, graduating in 2018 with a BS in Sports Medicine. She was part of the university's women's tennis team, playing for the Waves.
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
| Tournament | 2020 | W–L |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | Q1 | 0–0 |
| French Open | 0–0 | |
| Wimbledon | NH | 0–0 |
| US Open | 0–0 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 / $80,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 / $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (3–2) |
| Clay (5–4) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 / $80,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 / $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments |
| Hard (3–2) |
| Clay (5–4) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jan 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Aleksandrina Naydenova | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Sep 2013 | ITF Lleida, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Aliona Bolsova | 6–0, 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | Nov 2013 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Olga Sáez Larra | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Jul 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Jacqueline Cabaj Awad | 7–6, 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Jul 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Eleni Kordolaimi | 4–6, 6–3, 2–6 | |
| Win | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Simona Waltert | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Simona Waltert | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | Jun 2019 | ITF Tabarka, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Bárbara Gatica | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | Jun 2019 | ITF Tabarka, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Nina Stadler | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | Jun 2019 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Eva Guerrero Álvarez | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Loss | Jul 2019 | ITF Biella, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Katarina Zavatska | 1–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Jul 2019 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
| Win | Aug 2019 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | 25,000+H | Clay | Leonie Küng | 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Win | Mar 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 25,000 | Clay | Dalma Galfi | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 / $80,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 / $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jan 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
10,000 | Hard | Valeria Podda | Eugeniya Pashkova Ekaterina Yashina |
6–3, 2–6, [3–10] | |
| Loss | Jun 2013 | ITF Melilla, Spain |
10,000 | Hard | Vanda Lukács | Lucia Cervera-Vasquez Pilar Dominguez-Lopez |
3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | Jul 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
10,000 | Hard | Lynn Kiro | Alina Mikheeva Anna Morgina |
6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | Jul 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
10,000 | Hard | Zuzana Zlochová | Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara |
7–5, 6–3 | |
| Loss | Apr 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
10,000 | Hard | Ola Abou Zekry | Jana Fett Oleksandra Korashvili |
6–4, 7–5 | |
| Win | Jul 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
15,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
3–6, 6–3, [10–5] | |
| Loss | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt |
15,000 | Clay | Rana Sherif Ahmed | Despina Papamichail Simona Waltert |
3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2019 | ITF Tabarka, Tunisia |
15,000 | Clay | Alica Rusová | Lena Lutzeier Nina Stadler |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] | |
| Loss | Jul 2019 | ITF Turin, Italy |
25,000 | Clay | Melanie Stokke | Chihiro Muramatsu Yuki Naito |
0–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | Jul 2019 | ITF Baja, Hungary |
25,000 | Clay | Melanie Klaffner | Réka Luca Jani Lara Salden |
6–2, 4–6, [10–8] | |
| Loss | Feb 2020 | Zed Open, Egypt |
100,000 | Hard | Arantxa Rus | Aleksandra Krunic Katarzyna Piter |
4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | Mar 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey |
25,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | Melis Sezer İpek Öz |
6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–3] |