Mayar Sherif

Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز‎; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian tennis player. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.[1] She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 64 in singles and 141 in doubles, both achieved on 18 October 2021. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Mayar Sherif
ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز
Full nameMayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Country (sports) Egypt
ResidenceCairo, Egypt
Born (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996
Cairo
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegePepperdine University
Prize moneyUS$ 542,324
Singles
Career record173–79 (68.7%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 61 (8 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 61 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open1R (2020)
WimbledonQ2 (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record69–33 (67.6%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 141 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 142 (25 October 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup14–10 (58.3%)
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Women's Tennis
African Games
2019 RabatSingles
2019 RabatDoubles
2019 RabatTeam
Last updated on: 28 October 2021.

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.[2]

Sherif made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2020 Prague Open. She made history as the first Egyptian female player to make it into the 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.[3][4] Sherif became also the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reach a WTA final in Cluj-Napoca.

Playing for Egypt Fed Cup team, she has a win/loss record of 14–10.[5]

Professional career

2019–2020: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut at the French Open

Sherif started the year playing in the Australian Open qualifiers which was her first appearance at a professional tournament. She lost in the first round of qualifiers to Ann Li. In March, she won the title at a $25k tournament in Antalya defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.

In August, Sherif attempted to qualify for the main draw of the Prague Open after being unable to do so at the Australian Open. At the Prague Open, Sherif made it through qualifications making her main-draw debut at the WTA Tour level. In that first round of the Prague Open, she lost in three sets to Laura Siegemund.

In late September, Sherif successfully navigated her way through the French Open qualifying defeating María Camila Osorio Serrano, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone. Making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, Sherif came up against the second seed and world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, losing in three sets.[6] Her appearance at the main draw of French Open made her the first Egyptian female player to do so.[7]

2021: First Grand Slam match win and WTA finals, Olympics debut, top singles 100 debut

Sherif again made history as the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament, after beating Chloe Paquet in the first round of the Australian Open.[8]

Sherif also made history for Egyptian sport at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where she made her debut, as the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the Olympics in 2021 after she won the 2019 African Games.[9][10]

Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA singles and doubles finals in Cluj-Napoca. In singles she defeated top seed Alize Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristína Kučová and Mihaela Buzărnescu. She lost to Andrea Petkovic in the final.[11] In doubles partnering Katarzyna Piter, the pair lost to Natela Dzalamidze and Kaja Juvan in the final. As a result she entered the top 100 at World No. 97 on 9 August 2021, the first Egyptian woman to do so, and also reached a career-high in doubles at No. 154.[12]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[13]

Singles

Current through the 2021 Tenerife Open.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 11 Career total: 13
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 1 Career total: 1
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 7–11 0 / 13 7–13 35%
Year-end ranking 132 $542,324

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Andrea Petkovic 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Katarzyna Piter Natela Dzalamidze
Kaja Juvan		 3–6, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2021 WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Martina Trevisan 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2021 WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Katarzyna Piter Irina Bara
Ekaterine Gorgodze		 3–6, 6–2, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
$15,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (6–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2013 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Olga Sáez Larra 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 7–6(4), 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Eleni Kordolaimi 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 2–4 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Simona Waltert 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win 3–4 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Simona Waltert 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Bárbara Gatica 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka 15,000 Clay Nina Stadler 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–4 Jun 2019 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Eva Guerrero Álvarez 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Jul 2019 ITF Biella, Italy 25,000 Clay Katarina Zavatska 1–6, 3–6
Loss 6–6 Jul 2019 ITF Baja, Hungary 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 7–6 Aug 2019 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 25,000+H Clay Leonie Küng 6–1, 6–0
Win 8–6 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay Dalma Galfi 6–4, 6–3
Win 9–6 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston, United States 100,000 Clay Katarzyna Kawa 6–2, 6–3
Loss 9–7 Nov 2020 ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 25,000 Clay Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 2–6
Loss 9–8 Jul 2021 ITF Montpellier, France 60,000 Clay Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 3–6
Loss 9–9 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay Arantxa Rus 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (2–1)
$10,000 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Valeria Podda Eugeniya Pashkova
Ekaterina Yashina		 6–3, 2–6, [3–10]
Loss 0–2 Jun 2013 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard Vanda Lukács Lucia Cervera-Vasquez
Pilar Dominguez-Lopez		 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Lynn Kiro Alina Mikheeva
Anna Morgina		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–2 Jul 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 10,000 Hard Zuzana Zlochová Sowjanya Bavisetti
Rishika Sunkara		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 10,000 Hard Ola Abou Zekry Jana Fett
Oleksandra Korashvili		 4–6, 5–7
Win 3–3 Jul 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Chen Pei-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien		 3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 3–4 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Rana Sherif Ahmed Despina Papamichail
Simona Waltert		 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–4 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Alica Rusová Lena Lutzeier
Nina Stadler		 6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 4–5 Jul 2019 ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay Melanie Stokke Chihiro Muramatsu
Yuki Naito		 0–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Jul 2019 ITF Baja, Hungary 25,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner Réka Luca Jani
Lara Salden		 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 5–6 Feb 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 100,000 Hard Arantxa Rus Aleksandra Krunić
Katarzyna Piter		 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani Melis Sezer
İpek Öz		 6–7(8), 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 6–7 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston, United States 100,000 Clay Astra Sharma Magdalena Fręch
Katarzyna Kawa		 6–4, 4–6, [2–10]

Notes

    References
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    2. "Mayar Sherif - Women's Tennis". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
    3. "Sherif makes history at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
    4. "Sherif breaks new ground at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
    5. "Mayar Sherif at the Fed Cup".
    6. Kane, David (September 29, 2020). "Pliskova solves Sherif to pass first hurdle in Paris". WTA. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
    7. Macpherson, Alex (September 25, 2020). "Zarazua, Sherif qualify for Roland Garros, score national milestones". Retrieved September 29, 2020.
    8. "Mayar Sherif delights fans as she creates history at Australian Open 2021". 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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    10. "Mayar Sherif and Mohamed Safwat Become First Ever Egyptian Olympic Tennis Competitors". Egyptian Streets. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
    11. "Insider Wrap: Sherif makes history for Egypt as Collins, Petkovic shine".
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