Mohamed Safwat

Mohamed Safwat (Arabic: محمد صفوت‎; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. He is currently the Egyptian No. 1 and the highest ranked Arab player on the ATP Tour, having overtaken Malek Jaziri in the rankings after reaching the final of the Tali Open in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2019. Safwat won his first singles Challenger title at the Launceston International in February 2020, beating local Alex Bolt in the final, thereby becoming the first Egyptian to win a Challenger title in singles since Tamer el-Sawy in 1996.

Mohamed Safwat

Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Born	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 Mansoura, Egypt
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$643,909
Singles
Career record	9–21 (30.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	25 1 Challengers, 24 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 130 (10 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 131 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	1R (2018)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2016)
US Open	Q1 (2017, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	3–8 (27.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	13 3 Challengers, 10 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 225 (26 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 746 (16 March 2020)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

In 2016, Safwat became the first Egyptian player since 1997 to reach the final of an Challenger tournament when he reached the final in Kenitra, where he lost to Maximilian Marterer in straight sets.[1] He also reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Launceston in 2017, eventually losing to Mitchell Krueger.

In 2018, Safwat beat No. 3 seed and top 100 player Jordan Thompson en route to his second Challenger singles final in Anning, where he lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.[2] Safwat qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.[3] He was the first man from Egypt to play in a Grand Slam tennis tournament's main singles draw in 22 years.[4]

In 2018, Safwat was part of the Egyptian Davis Cup team to advance to the 3rd round of the Europe/Africa Zone II bracket for the first time since 1996.

Safwat has also won 3 titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 45 (25–20)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–3) ITF Futures Tour (24–17)

Titles by Surface Hard (11–13) Clay (14–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2010	Thailand F1, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Simon Cauvard	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2011	Kazakhstan F5, Astana	Futures	Hard	Karan Rastogi	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Nov 2011	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Jun 2012	Spain F17, Melilla	Futures	Hard	James McGee	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–3	Sep 2012	Turkey F34, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	6–2, 6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2013	Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Ivan Nedelko	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–3	Apr 2013	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Gianluigi Quinzi	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Jun 2013	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Karim Hossam	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–4	Jun 2013	Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Marc Rath	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Win	6–4	Jul 2013	Egypt F14, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Omar Giacalone	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–4	Aug 2013	Egypt F21, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–4	Sep 2013	Egypt F22, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Mazen Osama	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	9–4	Oct 2013	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Hicham Khaddari	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–4	Nov 2013	Egypt F32, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Axel Michon	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–4	Dec 2013	Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Peđa Krstin	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	12–4	Mar 2014	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Sherif Sabry	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–5	Mar 2014	Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	1–6, 2–6
Loss	12–6	Jun 2014	Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Marc Giner	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	12–7	Oct 2014	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win	13–7	Nov 2014	Turkey F38, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marc Sieber	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	14–7	Nov 2014	Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Tom Jomby	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–7	Nov 2014	Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	16–7	Jan 2015	Egypt F2, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Kamil Majchrzak	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–8	Mar 2015	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jan Šátral	3–6, 4–6
Win	17–8	Mar 2015	Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 5–0 ret.
Loss	17–9	Mar 2015	Egypt F11, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	17–10	Apr 2015	Egypt F15, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Dennis Novak	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	17–11	May 2015	Egypt F16, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	4–6, 4–6
Win	18–11	Jun 2015	Egypt F22, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	6–2, 6–3
Loss	18–12	Jun 2015	Egypt F23, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	18–13	Sep 2015	Egypt F30, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Bastian Trinker	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	19–13	Sep 2015	Egypt F31, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Bastian Trinker	7–6^(7–3), 6–0
Loss	19–14	Sep 2015	Egypt F32, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Adrien Puget	6–7^(1–7), 0–6
Win	20–14	Jan 2016	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	6–3, 7–5
Win	20–14	Jan 2016	Egypt F2, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Julien Dubail	6–2, 6–1
Loss	20–15	Apr 2016	Egypt F12, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	21–16	Apr 2016	Nigeria F1, Abuja	Futures	Hard	Antal van der Duim	5–7, 3–6
Win	22–16	Apr 2016	Nigeria F2, Abuja	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss	22–17	May 2016	Nigeria F4, Abuja	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	22–18	Sep 2016	Kenitra, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Maximilian Marterer	2–6, 4–6
Win	23–18	Jul 2017	Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Frigerio	6–4, 7–5
Win	24–18	Aug 2017	Italy F25, Cornaiano	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	6–4, 6–3
Loss	24–19	Apr 2018	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	24–20	Nov 2019	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Emil Ruusuvuori	3-6, 7-6^(7-4), 2-6
Win	25–20	Feb 2020	Lauceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	7-6^(7-5), 6-1

Doubles: 21 (13–8)

Legend (Doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (3–1) ITF Futures Tour (10–7)

Titles by Surface Hard (6–6) Clay (7–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2011	Turkey F17, Adana	Futures	Clay	Issam Haitham Taweel	Sam Barry Barry King	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2011	Rwanda F2, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Sherif Sabry	Lukas Jastraunig Gerald Melzer	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2012	Turkey F40, Adana	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Jack Carpenter George Morgan	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2014	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Sherif Sabry	Karim Hossam Mazen Osama	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–3	Mar 2014	Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Sherif Sabry	Stefan Fiacan Filip Horanský	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	3–3	Jun 2014	Mohammedia, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Richard Becker Elie Rousset	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	4–3	Oct 2014	Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Sherif Sabry Libor Salaba	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–3	Oct 2014	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Libor Salaba Jan Zieliński	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Win	6–3	Nov 2014	Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Sherif Sabry	Jan Blecha Pascal Brunner	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–4	Jun 2015	Egypt F23, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun David Pérez Sanz	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–4	Jul 2015	Italy F17, Sassuolo	Futures	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Alessandro Giannessi Matteo Volante	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	8–4	Sep 2015	Egypt F32, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	Luca Margaroli Adrien Puget	6–4, 7–5
Loss	8–5	Oct 2015	Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara	2–6, 4–6
Win	9–5	Oct 2015	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Laurynas Grigelis	Thiemo de Bakker Stephan Fransen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–6	Jan 2016	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lukas Mugevičius	Darko Jandrić Enrique López Pérez	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–6	Jan 2016	Egypt F2, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Luca Margaroli	Enrique López Pérez Laurent Rochette	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	11–6	Feb 2016	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	Federico Bonacia Matteo Fago	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	11–7	Apr 2016	Nigeria F1, Abuja	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	Nicolas Meister Enrique López Pérez	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–7	Sep 2016	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Luca Margaroli	Pedro Martínez Oriol Roca Batalla	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–7	Nov 2017	Finland F4, Helsinki	Futures	Hard (i)	Evgeny Karlovskiy	Vladimir Polyakov Evgenii Tiurnev	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Loss	13–8	Feb 2019	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	Max Purcell Luke Saville	5–7, 4–6

Davis Cup ties played

22 ties played, 17 victories and 10 defeats in the singles ; 7 victories and 4 defeats in the doubles (from 2009 to end of 2018)

References

1. Reem Abulleil (23 September 2016). "Egypt's Safwat reaches first career singles Challenger final". sport360.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Anning | Results | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
3. Jonathan Jurejko (27 May 2018). "French Open 2018: Grigor Dimitrov beats lucky loser Mohammed Safwat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
4. "Mohamed Safwat restores some Egyptian sporting pride at French Open". 27 May 2018.

External links

• Mohamed Safwat at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mohamed Safwat at the International Tennis Federation
• Mohamed Safwat at the Davis Cup