Mayar Sherif

Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdul Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز‎; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian female tennis player. Her older sister is a tennis player Rana Sherif Ahmed.[1]

Mayar Sherif
ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز

Full name	Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdul Aziz
Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Born	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 Cairo, Egypt
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Pepperdine University
Prize money	US$ 71,792
Singles
Career record	120–52 (69.8%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (16 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 171 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020)
French Open Junior	1R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2012)
US Open Junior	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	53–25 (67.9%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 268 (16 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 268 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior	1R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2012)
US Open Junior	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–10
Medal record Representing  Egypt Women's Tennis African Games 2019 Rabat Singles 2019 Rabat Doubles 2019 Rabat Team
Last updated on: 30 April 2020.

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.[2] 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.[3]

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

Key

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)

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)

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^(7–4), 5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Eleni Kordolaimi	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	2–4	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	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, Tunisia	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

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	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, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Apr 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Jana Fett Oleksandra Korashvili	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–3	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	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	Zed Open, Egypt	100,000	Hard	Arantxa Rus	Aleksandra Krunic 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(8–10), 6–1, [10–3]

References

1. "Fresno State Sisters Team Up to Shock No. 5 Doubles Team". Mountain West. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
2. "Mayar Sherif at the Fed Cup".
3. "Mayar Sherif and Mohamed Safwat Become First Ever Egyptian Olympic Tennis Competitors". Egyptian Streets. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-13.

External links

• Mayar Sherif at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mayar Sherif at the International Tennis Federation
• Mayar Sherif at the Fed Cup
• Pepperdine Waves bio