Yomna Farid
Yomna Farid (Arabic: يمنى فريد; born 28 June 1983) is a retired Egyptian female tennis player.
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| Residence | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Born | 28 June 1983 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Turned pro | 1997 |
| Retired | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $11,038 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 31–41 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 607 (29 December 2003) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2001) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2001) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 21–28 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 480 (10 November 2003) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open Junior | 2R (2001) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R(2001) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 9–19 |
Farid has career-high WTA rankings of 607 in singles and 480 in doubles, both achieved in 2003. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF circuit.
Playing for Egypt in Fed Cup, Farid has a win/loss record of 9–19.
Career
Born in Alexandria, Farid started playing tennis aged 12; her favourite surface has been clay.
She had a successful junior career, winning six singles and five doubles titles on the ITF junior circuit. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world number 38, and she finished her junior career with a record of 80–45.
Farid made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic, in the doubles event partnering Marwa El Wany. She retired from professional tennis 2006.
ITF finals
Doubles (1–1)
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| Outcome | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 25 October 2003 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | |
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2 November 2003 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | |
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6–1, 5–7, 6–1 |
ITF junior finals
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Singles (6–2)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 5 September 1999 | Beirut, Lebanon | Hard |  |
6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 August 2000 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 26 August 2000 | Damascus, Syria | Clay | |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 3 September 2000 | Beirut, Lebanon | Clay | |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | 22 September 2000 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay |  |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 3 March 2001 | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | Hard | |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 7 April 2001 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay |  |
6–1, 6–7(2), 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 15 April 2001 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | |
2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles (5–2)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 21 August 1998 | Giza, Egypt | Clay | |
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5–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 5 September 1999 | Beirut, Lebanon | Hard | |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 13 August 2000 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | |
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w/o |
| Winner | 4. | 18 August 2000 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 26 August 2000 | Damascus, Syria | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 3 September 2000 | Beirut, Lebanon | Clay | |
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7–6(7), 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 15 April 2001 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | |
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6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
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External links
- Yomna Farid at the Women's Tennis Association
- Yomna Farid at the International Tennis Federation
- Yomna Farid at the Fed Cup
Women's Tennis Association: Top Middle Eastern female singles tennis players as of 16 March 2020 | |
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