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Selima Sfar

Selima Sfar at the 2009 Open GDF Suez
Country (sports)	Tunisia
Residence	Biarritz, France
Born	(1977-07-08) 8 July 1977 (age 47) Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$876,041
Singles
Career record	W-L / 395 - 383
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 75 (16 July 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002, 2005)
French Open	2R (2001, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2002, 2005)
US Open	2R (2001)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	238 - 201
Career titles	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (28 July 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006, 2008)
French Open	2R (2005, 2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	2R (2005, 2006, 2007)

Selima Sfar (born 8 July 1977 in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (16 July 2001). She has experienced most of her success in ITF tournaments, winning eleven singles tournaments and twenty doubles tournaments.

Biography

Sfar has been able to receive wildcards for Middle Eastern tournaments in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. At the Dubai tournament in 2001, she reached the quarterfinals, beating Silvija Talaja and Barbara Schett before being defeated by Nathalie Tauziat in three sets.

Sfar has represented Tunisia in the Fed Cup, going 41–24. She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and the 2008 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki. Sfar holds the records for the Tunesian in the Fed Cup with the most wins, the most singles wins, the most doubles wins, the most ties played, and the most years played.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Sfar and her partner Ekaterina Makarova reached the quarterfinals of the doubles competition, where they were defeated by Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Rencently, Sfar became a commentator for Qatari sports channel JSC Sport.

At the Wimbledon Championships in 2015, Sfar teamed with Martina Navratilova for the Invitational Ladies Doubles and won all three of their matches in their group.

Titles

Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 14, 1994	Carthage	Clay	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
2.	March 26, 1995	Moulins	Hard Indoors	Linda Sentis	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	November 26, 1995	Le Havre	Clay Indoors	Émilie Loit	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
4.	February 4, 1996	Dinan	Clay Indoors	Virginie Massart	6–4, 7–6
5.	August 11, 1996	Carthage	Clay	Marielle Bruens	7–5, 6–4
6.	December 14, 1997	Ismailia	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
7.	April 30, 2000	Bournemouth	Clay	Dragana Zarić	7–5, 6–2
8.	September 22, 2002	Glasgow	Hard Indoors	Anne Keothavong	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
9.	November 3, 2002	Nottingham	Hard Indoors	Lilia Osterloh	6–2, 6–2
10.	May 14, 2006	Jounieh	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4, 7–5
11.	May 13, 2007	Jounieh	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	6–2, 4–6, 7–6

References

1. "Tunisia". Fed Cup teams. ITF. Retrieved 2009-02-21.

External links

• Selima Sfar at the Women's Tennis Association
• Selima Sfar at the Billie Jean King Cup

• 1977 births
• Living people
• People from Tunis Governorate
• Tunisian expatriates in France
• Tunisian expatriates in Qatar
• Tunisian female tennis players
• Olympic tennis players of Tunisia
• Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics