Malek Jaziri
Malek Jaziri (Arabic: مالك الجزيري, romanized: Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a professional Tunisian tennis player. He reached the final of Istanbul in 2018, the semifinals of Moscow in 2012, Winston-Salem in 2015, Dubai in 2018 and the quarterfinals of Dubai in 2014.
Jaziri at the 2019 French Open | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Tunis, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bizerte, Tunisia | January 20, 1984|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) *occasionally uses one-handed backhand | |||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Christophe Freyss | |||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 3,868,179 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 97–132 (42.4% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 42 (7 January 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 260 (9 March 2020)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2015, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R (2012, 2016, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2011, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 28–54 (34.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 73 (12 August 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 296 (9 March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2015, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||
US Open | SF (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 9 March 2020. |
Career overview
Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour of world no. 42 in January 2019. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland. He primarily plays on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. Jaziri qualified for the 2011 US Open, defeating Brian Dabul, Michael Ryderstedt, and Guillaume Rufin in the qualifying draw. This was the first time Jaziri played in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Jaziri defeated world no. 159 Thiemo de Bakker in four sets. Jaziri lost to world no. 8 Mardy Fish in the second round. Jaziri has been coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career.
In 2012, he kicked off his year at the ATP 250 event in Doha and pushed world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to three sets in the first round. He fell in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open to Tim Smyczek. He then reached three Challenger finals in Quimper, Kyoto, and Pingguo to break into the top 100 for the first time.
In his clay season, he made the semifinals in the Barletta Challenger and played his first Roland Garros main draw, winning his first-round match over German Philipp Petzschner before losing a tight second-round match to Spaniard Marcel Granollers, missing two match points.
On grass, he reached the second round in his Wimbledon debut (lost to Kohlschreiber) and also the second round at the London Olympics (lost to John Isner).
He lost in the US Open first round, but later had his best result on the ATP World Tour when he reached the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow (lost to eventual champion Andreas Seppi) to become the first Tunisian male to reach the semifinals of an ATP event.
In 2013, Jaziri started off the year in Dubai, where he faced 17-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer and lost in three tight sets.
Jaziri started off 2015 making his first appearance at the Australian Open main draw, and beating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin, making him the first Arab male tennis player to make it to the third round of a Grand Slam in over a decade. Jaziri then lost in the third round to Australian teen Nick Kyrgios.
Jaziri has been a member of the Tunisia Davis Cup team since 2000, posting an 33–15 record in singles and a 10–14 record in doubles in 41 ties.
2018
In 2018 he played against Gilles Müller at the Australian Open. At Dubai Tennis Championships, Jaziri stunned top seed and then world no. 4 Grigor Dimitrov to register his first win against a top-10 player.[2] Jaziri made his first ATP final at the 2018 Istanbul Open, where he plays Japanese-American Taro Daniel, also in his maiden final.
Controversies
2013
Jaziri was embroiled in a controversial political incident, in which he withdrew from a tournament rather than play an Israeli player.[3] In the October 2013 Tashkent Challenger, tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he was slated to play Israeli Amir Weintraub in the quarterfinals.[4] But the Tunisian tennis federation ordered Jaziri by email to withdraw from the match, and he did so.[4][3]
Weintraub said that Jaziri is "a good friend," and that "he really wanted to play."[4] Israel Tennis Association CEO Shlomo Glickstein said: "It is sad to me that these kinds of things still happen. I feel bad for the athletes who find themselves embroiled in such situations, which end up hurting their careers.”[4]
Jaziri was cleared of wrongdoing by the ATP, but the International Tennis Federation (ITF) found that the Tunisian Tennis Federation breached the ITF constitution by ordering him not to compete. The organization barred Tunisia from competing in the 2014 Davis Cup.[5] ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti said: "There is no room for prejudice of any kind in sport or in society. The ITF Board decided to send a strong message to the Tunisian Tennis Federation that this kind of action will not be tolerated by any of our members."[5]
2015
In February 2015, Jaziri was again embroiled in a controversial political incident when he withdrew from a tournament before facing Israeli players.[6][7] He withdrew from both the singles and doubles events at the Open Sud de France, citing an elbow injury, after winning his first set in his singles match against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.[6] Had Jaziri won, he would have been scheduled to face Israeli Dudi Sela in the next round. In the doubles event, he and Spanish partner Marc López would have faced Israeli opponent Jonathan Erlich and František Čermák of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.[6]
The ATP said that they had confirmed with on-site medical staff that Jaziri's elbow injury was genuine, but opened an inquiry, stating: "Given a previous incident involving the player's national federation in 2013, we are looking into any wider circumstances of his withdrawal as a matter of prudence."[6] On February 10, the ATP closed its investigation after extensive discussions with Jaziri and medical staff, saying it was satisfied that Jaziri had a legitimate medical reason to retire from the event.[8]
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2018 | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 35 (17–18)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2004 | Tunisia F2, Tunis | Futures | Clay | 6–0, 0–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2004 | Tunisia F4, Sfax | Futures | Hard | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 | |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2005 | Italy F13, Grottaglie | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
Win | 1–3 | Jun 2005 | Tunisia F3, Nabeul | Futures | Clay | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |
Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2005 | Iran F1, Tehran | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) | |
Loss | 1–5 | Aug 2005 | Iran F2, Tehran | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 0–3 RET | |
Loss | 1–6 | Feb 2006 | France F2, Feucherolles | Futures | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | |
Win | 2–6 | Dec 2006 | Tunisia F7, Mégrine | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |
Loss | 2–7 | May 2009 | Kuwait F1, Meshref | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 2–8 | May 2009 | Kuwait F2, Meshref | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
Loss | 2–9 | Jun 2009 | Tunisia F1, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | 0–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 3–9 | Jun 2009 | Tunisia F3, Kelibia | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–6(7–5) | |
Win | 4–9 | Jul 2009 | Georgia F2, Tbilisi | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 4–10 | Mar 2010 | Italy F2, Rome | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 5–7 | |
Loss | 4–11 | Jun 2010 | Tunisia F1, Tunis | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 5–11 | Jun 2010 | Tunisia F2, Sfax | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 6–11 | Oct 2010 | Spain F36, Córdoba | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 | |
Loss | 6–12 | Feb 2011 | Colombia F1, Cartagena | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 7–12 | May 2011 | Great Britain F7, Newcastle | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 8–12 | Jul 2011 | Great Britain F8, Manchester | Futures | Grass | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2 | |
Win | 9–12 | Aug 2011 | Kazakhstan F4, Almaty | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | 9–13 | Aug 2011 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 0–0 RET | |
Win | 10–13 | Nov 2011 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 10–14 | Feb 2012 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 10–15 | Mar 2012 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 10–16 | Mar 2012 | Pingguo, China | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 6–3, 5–7 | |
Win | 11–16 | Nov 2013 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Loss | 11–17 | Feb 2014 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 11–18 | Sep 2014 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6 | |
Win | 12–18 | Oct 2015 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | |
Win | 13–18 | Mar 2016 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | |
Win | 14–18 | Apr 2016 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Challenger | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 15–18 | Sep 2016 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 6–1, 6–0 | |
Win | 16–18 | Sep 2017 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 7–5 | |
Win | 17–18 | Mar 2018 | Qujing, China | Challenger | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
Doubles 17 (11–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2003 | Nigeria F1, Benin City | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 6–4 RET | ||
Win | 2–0 | May 2003 | Morocco F1, Agadir | Futures | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
Win | 3–0 | Feb 2004 | France F3, Bressuire | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) | ||
Win | 4–0 | Dec 2004 | Tunisia F6, Mégrine | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | ||
Win | 5–0 | Jun 2005 | Tunisia F1, Tunis | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 5–1 | Jun 2005 | Tunisia F2, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, 5–7 | ||
Win | 6–1 | Jun 2008 | Tunisia F1, Sousse | Futures | Clay | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [15–13] | ||
Win | 7–1 | Sep 2008 | France F15, Plaisir | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | ||
Win | 8–1 | Feb 2009 | Morocco F2, Rabat | Futures | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 8–2 | Feb 2010 | Morocco F2, Rabat | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 9–2 | May 2011 | Great Britain F7, Newcastle | Futures | Clay | 6–1, 7–6(7–3) | ||
Loss | 9–3 | Jul 2011 | Great Britain F8, Manchester | Futures | Grass | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
Win | 10–3 | Jul 2011 | Penza, Russia | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8] | ||
Loss | 10–4 | Jul 2011 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), [3–10] | ||
Win | 11–4 | Sep 2013 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 11–5 | Sep 2014 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 11–6 | Sep 2015 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [1–0] RET |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
French Open | A | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 1–7 |
US Open | 2R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0 / 24 | 11–24 |
Record against top-10 players
Jaziri's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.
Player | Years | Matches | Record | Win% | Hard | Grass | Clay | Carpet | Last Match |
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Number 1 ranked players | |||||||||
2017 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2017 Dubai 1st Round | |
2013–2016 | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2016 Halle 2nd Round | |
2016 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 Dubai 2nd Round | |
Number 3 ranked players | |||||||||
2016–2018 | 5 | 2–3 | 40.0% | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | Won (7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4) at 2018 Beijing 2nd Round | |
2018 | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (5–7, 6–3, 6–7(8–10)) at 2018 Barcelona 3rd Round | |
2017 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Miami 3rd Round | |
2019 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (6–7(13–15), 3–6) at 2019 Buenos Aires 1st Round | |
2016–2018 | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0% | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2018 Cincinnati 2nd Round | |
2014–2018 | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2018 Istanbul 2nd Round | |
Number 4 ranked players | |||||||||
2016 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (1–6, 6–2, 2–6, 4–6) at 2016 Roland Garros 2nd Round | |
2015 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2015 Nottingham 2nd Round | |
Number 5 ranked players | |||||||||
2012–2017 | 6 | 1–5 | 16.6% | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2017 Washington 2nd Round | |
2016 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–8) at 2016 Australian Open 1st Round | |
2018 | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0% | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (6–4, 6–7(6–8), 2–6) at 2018 's-Hertogenbosch 2nd Round | |
2012–2016 | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0% | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (6–4, 5–7, 3–6) at 2016 Summer Olympics 1st Round | |
Number 6 ranked players | |||||||||
2014–2019 | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0% | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6) at 2019 Indian Wells 2nd Round | |
2014 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (6–7(5–7), 5–7, 4–6) at 2014 Wimbledon 1st Round | |
Number 7 ranked players | |||||||||
2017–2018 | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 0–6) at 2018 Roland Garros 2nd Round | |
2011 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (2–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2011 US Open 2nd Round | |
2016–2018 | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0% | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2018 Paris 2nd Round | |
2016–2019 | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6) at 2019 Estoril Quarterfinal | |
Number 8 ranked players | |||||||||
2012–2017 | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0% | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Beijing 1st Round | |
2014 | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Won (2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1) at 2014 Washington 2nd Round | |
2016–2018 | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0% | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2018 Paris 3rd Round | |
2016 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (6–7(6–8), 2–6) at 2016 Shenzhen Quarterfinal | |
2018 | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Won (7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–2) at 2018 Chengdu 1st Round | |
2016–2018 | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | Won (2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2) at 2018 Roland Garros 1st Round | |
Number 9 ranked players | |||||||||
2017 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2017 Stockholm 1st Round | |
Number 10 ranked players | |||||||||
2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Dubai Semifinal | |
2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (5–7, 2–6, 2–6) at 2018 US Open 1st Round | |
2017 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0% | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2017 Wimbledon 1st Round | |
Total | 2011–2019 | 59 | 12–47 | 20.3% | 9–32 (22.0%) |
0–6 (0.0%) |
3–9 (25.0%) |
0–0 (0.0%) |
:* Statistics correct as of 19 August 2019. |
Wins over top 10 players
- He has a 3–12 (.200) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season | 2003 - 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Jaziri Rank |
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2018 | |||||||
1. | 4 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | 117 | |
2. | 4 | Istanbul Open, Turkey | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–2 | 78 | |
3. | 5 | Beijing, China | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4 | 61 |
References
- ATP Rankings
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