Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian tennis player. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.[1] She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 44 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and 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 three 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.

Mayar Sherif
ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز

Sherif at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Born	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 26) Cairo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Pepperdine
Prize money	US$ 965,163
Singles
Career record	193–97 (66.6%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 44 (18 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 49 (6 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2021)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	80–39 (67.2%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 88 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 105 (6 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
US Open	2R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–11 (63.3%)
Medal record Representing  Egypt Women's Tennis African Games 2019 Rabat Singles 2019 Rabat Doubles 2019 Rabat Team
Last updated on: 2 October 2022.

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.[2]

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.[3][4] She became also the first Egyptian woman to qualify for the Olympic Games and reach a WTA tournament final in Cluj-Napoca.

Playing for Egypt Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 19–11 (in doubles: 10–5) in Fed Cup competition.[5]

Professional career

2019–2020: Historic Grand Slam debut and WTA 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,[6] Sherif came up against second seed and world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, losing in three sets.[7]

2021: Historic first Grand Slam match win, WTA finals and Olympics & top 100 debut

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.[8]

She delivered another highlight, when she as the first Egyptian woman qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, after winning the 2019 African Games.[9][10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

2022: Historic maiden 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 (6-3, 7-5). She withdrew in the second round due to injury.[13]

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.[14]

Performance timeline

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.[15]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open.

Doubles

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WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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 125 tournaments finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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 Alison Van Uytvanck	5–7, 6–4, [10–2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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
Win	9–6	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston, 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	Montpellier Open, 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)

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	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	ITF Cairo, 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(8–10), 6–1, [10–3]
Loss	6–7	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston, United States	100,000	Clay	Astra Sharma	Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa	6–4, 4–6, [2–10]

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

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Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score	MSR
2022
1.	Maria Sakkari	No. 7	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	Clay	F	7–5, 6–3	No. 74

Notes

References

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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