Mayar Sherif
Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles, achieved on 19 June 2023, making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era.[1] She also has a career high ranking of No. 88 in doubles, reached on 11 July 2022. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open. She has also won a record six WTA 125 singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.[2]
_(52144293999).jpg.webp) Sherif at the 2022 French Open | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1996 Cairo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Pepperdine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $1,585,130 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 230–116 (66.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 6 WTA 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 31 (19 June 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 49 (9 October 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2022, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2021, 2022, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 84–48 (63.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 88 (11 July 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 153 (9 October 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2022, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 19–11 (63.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 9 October 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3]
Sherif made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2020 Prague Open. She was the first Egyptian female player in a 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.[4][5] She became also the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the Olympic Games and reach a WTA tournament final in Cluj-Napoca. At the 2023 Madrid Open, she became the first Egyptian player to reach a WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
Playing for Egypt Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 19–11 (in doubles: 10–5) in Fed Cup competition.[6]
Professional career
2019–2020: Historic Grand Slam debut & WTA Tour debut
Sherif started 2020 playing in the Australian Open qualifiers which was her first appearance at a WTA 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, at the Prague Open Prague Open, Sherif advanced through the qualifying making her main-draw debut at WTA Tour-level. In the first round, she lost there to Laura Siegemund in three sets.
In late September 2020, Sherif defeated Camila Osorio, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone in the French Open qualifying. Making her Grand Slam main-draw debut as the first Egyptian female player,[7] Sherif came up against second seed and world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, losing in three sets.[8]
2021: Grand Slam match win, WTA finals, Olympics & top 100 debut
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Sherif again made history as the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament, beating Chloe Paquet in the first round of the Australian Open.[9]
She delivered another highlight, when she as the first Egyptian woman qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, after winning the 2019 African Games.[10][11]
Sherif also became the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA Tour singles and doubles final in Cluj-Napoca. In singles, she defeated top seed Alizé Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristína Kučová and Mihaela Buzărnescu but lost to Andrea Petkovic in the final.[12] In doubles, partnering Katarzyna Piter, she 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.[13]
2022: First WTA title & French Open win, top 50 in singles & top 100 in doubles
She made her top 50 debut in singles and reached world No. 98 in doubles on 16 May 2022.
At the French Open, she became the first Egyptian woman to win a Roland Garros main-draw match, after beating Marta Kostyuk in two sets. She withdrew in the second round due to injury.[14]
At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Sherif defeated Anna Bondár, Simona Waltert, Lauren Davis, and Ana Bogdan to reach her second WTA 250 final, and her first since the previous summer. She then defeated top seed and world No. 7, Maria Sakkari, in straight sets to claim her first singles title and became the first woman from Egypt to win a WTA Tour title. The win against Sakkari was also her first top-10 win.[15]
2023: Historic maiden WTA 1000 quarterfinal, record sixth WTA 125 title and career-high ranking
At the Madrid Open, Sherif defeated Camila Giorgi by retirement, 30th seed Anhelina Kalinina, fifth seed Caroline Garcia and 24th seed Elise Mertens to reach her first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal, thus also becoming the first Egyptian player to do so.[16][17]
She won her second WTA 125 title in Valencia in two weeks following her triumph at the WTA 125 at the 2023 Makarska International Championships.[18][19] As a result, she reached a historic career high of No. 31 in the singles rankings becoming the highest ranked Egyptian player, male or female, in the Open Era. No other player had won more than three WTA 125 titles since it was introduced in 2012.[20]
At the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron she reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Jasmine Paolini.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.[21]
Singles
Current after the 2023 China Open.
| Tournament | 2011 | ... | 2014 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 2R[lower-alpha 1] | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–2 | 50% | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0 / 9 | 3–9 | 25% | ||
| National representation | ||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Z3 | Z2 | Z3 | Z2 [lower-alpha 3] | Z2 | 0 / 0 | 9–6 | 60% | ||||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 4] | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | QF | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||
| China Open | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 5–8 | 0 / 14 | 6–14 | 30% | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2011 | ... | 2014 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 11 | 15 | 21 | Career total: 49 | ||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||||
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–9 | 4–12 | 4–12 | 0 / 33 | 13–38 | 25% | ||
| Clay win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 9–7 | 1 / 14 | 24–13 | 65% | ||
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 11–13 | 14–21 | 1 / 49 | 38–53 | 42% | ||
| Win (%) | 50% | 0% | 100% | 33% | 39% | 46% | 40% | Career total: 42% | ||||
| Year–end ranking[lower-alpha 6] | n/a | 865 | 212 | 132 | 61 | 63 | $1,732,574 | |||||
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2011 | ... | 2014 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% | ||
| National representation | ||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Z3 | Z2 | Z3 | Z2[lower-alpha 3] | Z2 | 0 / 0 | 10–5 | 67% | ||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 6 | 7 | Career total: 15 | ||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||||
| Overall win–loss | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 8–6 | 1–7 | 0 / 15 | 20–19 | 51% | ||
| Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 7] | n/a | n/a | 461 | 189 | 142 | 123 | ||||||
WTA Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | Winners Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Clay |  Andrea Petkovic |
1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2022 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Clay |  Maria Sakkari |
7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | Winners Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Clay |  Katarzyna Piter |
 Natela Dzalamidze  Kaja Juvan |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2022 | Melbourne Summer Set, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard |  Tereza Martincová |
 Bernarda Pera Kateřina Siniaková |
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [5–10] |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 6 (6 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2021 | Karlsruhe Open, Germany | Clay |  Martina Trevisan |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2022 | Marbella Open, Spain | Clay | Tamara Korpatsch |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2022 | Karlsruhe Open, Germany (2) | Clay | Bernarda Pera |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | Nov 2022 | Copa Colina, Chile | Clay |  Kateryna Baindl |
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
| Win | 5–0 | Jun 2023 | Makarska International, Croatia | Clay | Jasmine Paolini |
2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
| Win | 6–0 | Jun 2023 | Internacional de Valencia, Spain | Clay |  Marina Bassols Ribera |
6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2021 | Karlsruhe Open, Germany | Clay | Katarzyna Piter |
 Irina Bara  Ekaterine Gorgodze |
3–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2022 | Karlsruhe Open, Germany | Clay |  Panna Udvardy |
Yana Sizikova .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alison Van Uytvanck |
5–7, 6–4, [10–2] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2022 | Copa Colina, Chile | Clay | Tamara Zidanšek |
Yana Sizikova  Aldila Sutjiadi |
1–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000[lower-alpha 8] | 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
| Win | 9–6 | Nov 2020 | ITF Charleston Pro, 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 | Open de 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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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 |
4–6, 5–7 |
| 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 | Cairo Open, 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 Pro, United States | 100,000 | Clay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Astra Sharma |
Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa |
6–4, 4–6, [2–10] |
Head-to-head records
Record against top 10 players
- She has a 2–5 (29%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Result | W–L | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank | H2H |
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| 2020 | |||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | Karolína Plíšková |
No. 4 | French Open | Clay | 1R | 7–6(11–9), 2–6, 4–6 | No. 172 | |
| 2022 | |||||||||
| Win | 1–1 | Maria Sakkari |
No. 7 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | Clay | F | 7–5, 6–3 | No. 74 | |
| 2023 | |||||||||
| Loss | 1–2 |  Caroline Garcia |
No. 5 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | Hard | QF | 0–6, 4–6 | No. 53 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Caroline Garcia |
No. 5 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 3R | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | No. 59 | |
| Loss | 2–3 |  Aryna Sabalenka |
No. 2 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | QF | 6–2, 2–6, 1–6 | No. 59 | |
| Loss | 2–4 | Markéta Vondroušová |
No. 10 | Canadian Open | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 2–6 | No. 33 | |
| Loss | 2–5 | Coco Gauff |
No. 7 | Cincinnati Open, U.S. | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 2–6 | No. 33 | |
Notes
- Withdrew during the tournament; not counted as a loss.
- Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
- 2012: WTA Ranking-n/a,
2013: WTA Ranking-641,
...
2015-16: WTA Ranking-n/a,
2017: WTA Ranking-780,
2018: WTA Ranking-n/a. - 2013: WTA Ranking-700, ... 2015-16: WTA ranking-n/a, 2017: WTA ranking-1049, 2018: WTA ranking-n/a.
- The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
References
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- "Fresno State Sisters Team Up to Shock No. 5 Doubles Team". Mountain West. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- "Mayar Sherif - Women's Tennis". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- "Sherif makes history at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- "Sherif breaks new ground at the AO 2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- "Billie Jean King Cup - Player Profile: Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz".
- Macpherson, Alex (September 25, 2020). "Zarazua, Sherif qualify for Roland Garros, score national milestones". Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- Kane, David (September 29, 2020). "Pliskova solves Sherif to pass first hurdle in Paris". WTA. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- "Mayar Sherif delights fans as she creates history at Australian Open 2021". 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- "Egypt's Mayar Sherif makes history as first female tennis player to qualify for Olympics in 2021". 25 September 2020.
- "Mayar Sherif and Mohamed Safwat Become First Ever Egyptian Olympic Tennis Competitors". Egyptian Streets. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- "Insider Wrap: Sherif makes history for Egypt as Collins, Petkovic shine". Women's Tennis Association.
- "Trailblazer Sherif becomes first Egyptian in WTA final; to face Petkovic in Cluj-Napoca".
- "Egyptian Sherif withdraws from French Open with foot fracture". Reuters. 25 May 2022.
- "Sherif wins Parma to become first Egyptian WTA champion".
- "Mayar Sherif Makes History Again, Reaches Madrid Open Quarter-Finals | Egyptian Streets". May 2023.
- "Mayar Sherif's Spanish roots help her feel at home in Madrid".
- "Sherif saves six championship points, wins Makarska 125 title".
- "Sherif triumphs in Valencia; wins second WTA 125 title in two weeks".
- "Rankings Watch: Boulter, Sherif reach career-highs".
- "Mayar Sherif [EGY] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
External links
- Mayar Sherif at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mayar Sherif at the International Tennis Federation
- Mayar Sherif at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Pepperdine Waves bio
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