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Country (sports) | Tunisia |
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Residence | Biarritz, France |
Born | (1977-07-08) 8 July 1977 (age 47) Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia |
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2011 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $876,041 |
Singles | |
Career record | 395–383 |
Career titles | 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 | 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 (Template:Lang-ar Salima Safar; born 8 July 1977) is a retired Tunisian tennis player.
She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (16 July 2001). Sfar is the second highest ranked female Tunisian and Arab player. She has experienced most of her success in ITF tournaments, winning 11 singles titles and 21 doubles titles.
Biography
Left Tunis at age 13 to live and train with Nathalie Tauziat in Biarritz, France. The serve-and-volleyer preferred indoor hardcourts; favorite shots were serve, backhand. Father, Moncef, is a physician; mother, Zeineb, is a dermatologist; older sister is Sonia and younger brother is Hassan.
Most memorable experience was qualifying for her favourite tournament, the US Open, in 2000.
Tennis career
Sfar was able to receive wildcards for Middle Eastern tournaments in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. At the Dubai Tennis Championships in 2001, she reached the quarterfinals, beating Silvija Talaja and Barbara Schett before being defeated by Nathalie Tauziat, in three sets.
Sfar played for the Tunisia Fed Cup team, 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 ladies' doubles, before they were defeated by Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.
In 2011, Sfar announced her retirement from professional tennis. In the meantime, she became a commentator for Qatari sports channel "JSC Sport".
At the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Sfar teamed with Martina Navratilova for the Invitational Ladies Doubles, and they won all three of their matches in their group.
ITF finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 19 (11–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 August 1994 | ITF Carthage, Tunisia | Clay | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 26 March 1995 | ITF Moulins, France | Hard (i) | Linda Sentis | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 26 November 1995 | ITF Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Émilie Loit | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 4 February 1996 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Virginie Massart | 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 5. | 11 August 1996 | ITF Carthage, Tunisia | Clay | Marielle Bruens | 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 14 December 1997 | ITF Ismailia, Egypt | Clay | Tzipora Obziler | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 June 1998 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | Alice Canepa | 5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 30 April 2000 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | Dragana Zarić | 7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 17 July 2000 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Bianka Lamade | 5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 31 July 2000 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Elena Tatarkova | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 22 September 2002 | ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Anne Keothavong | 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 9. | 3 November 2002 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Lilia Osterloh | 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 26 July 2004 | ITF Modena, Italy | Clay | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1 November 2004 | ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium | Hard (i) | Yvonne Meusburger | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 10. | 14 May 2006 | ITF Jounieh, Lebanon | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 April 2007 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | Pauline Parmentier | 2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | 13 May 2007 | ITF Jounieh, Lebanon | Clay | Mariya Koryttseva | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 7 April 2008 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | Kathrin Wörle | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 5 July 2009 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | Anna Gerasimou | 5–7, 3–6 |
Doubles: 33 (21–12)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 July 1994 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | Clay | Olivia de Camaret | Sandra de Rafael Paula Hermida |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 1 August 1994 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Olivia de Camaret | Cora Hofmann Alexandra Seitarth |
4–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1. | 5 August 1996 | ITF Carthage, Tunisia | Clay | Sandrine Bouilleau | Mariëlle Bruens Bahia Mouhtassine |
w/o |
Winner | 3. | 21 April 1997 | ITF Guimarães, Portugal | Hard | Élodie Le Bescond | Kildine Chevalier Jindra Gabrisová |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 8 December 1997 | ITF Ismailia, Egypt | Clay | Bérangère Karpenschif | Bianca Kamper Nicole Remis |
6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Élodie Le Bescond | Vanina Casanova Romina Ottoboni |
6–7, 0–1 ret. |
Winner | 5. | 22 June 1998 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | Vanina Casanova | Alice Canepa Alessia Lombardi |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 20 July 1998 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Gisela Riera | Eva Bes Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez |
7–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 July 1998 | ITF Pamplona, Spain | Hard | Meike Fröhlich | Eva Bes Amanda Hopmans |
w/o |
Winner | 7. | 10 May 1999 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Clay | Jo Ward | Surina De Beer Lorna Woodroffe |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 26 July 1999 | ITF Pamplona, Spain | Hard | Jo Ward | Hiroko Mochizuki Ludmila Richterová |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2 August 1999 | ITF Perigueux, France | Clay | Jo Ward | Hanna-Katri Aalto Rika Fujiwara |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 February 2000 | ITF Jersey, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) | Jo Ward | Elena Bovina Anna Zaporozhanova |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | 24 April 2000 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
Clay | Lorna Woodroffe | Hannah Collin Zsófia Gubacsi |
6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 10. | 1 May 2000 | ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom | Clay | Jo Ward | Zsófia Gubacsi Jasmin Wöhr |
7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 May 2000 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Clay | Lorna Woodroffe | Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken |
6–0, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 November 2002 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) | Lucie Ahl | Kim Grant Lilia Osterloh |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 20 April 2003 | ITF Biarritz, France | Clay | Lucie Ahl | Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 8. | 18 August 2003 | ITF Bronx, United States | Hard | Mara Santangelo | Yuliya Beygelzimer Tatiana Poutchek |
4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 12. | 13 September 2004 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Erica Krauth Jasmin Wöhr |
3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 10 October 2004 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Květa Peschke Angelika Rösch |
w/o |
Winner | 13. | 18 October 2004 | ITF Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Barbora Strýcová Galina Voskoboeva |
7–6, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 14. | 1 November 2004 | ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium |
Hard (i) | Virginie Pichet | Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská |
6–1, 7–6 |
Winner | 15. | 23 November 2004 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Gabriela Chmelinová Michaela Paštiková |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 16. | 12 April 2005 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Timea Bacsinszky Aurélie Védy |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 17. | 15 November 2005 | ITF Deauville, France | Clay (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 10. | 26 March 2007 | ITF Latina, Italy | Hard | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Sara Errani Giulia Gabba |
3–6, 6–1, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 11. | 6 April 2008 | ITF Torhout, Belgium | Hard | Stéphanie Cohen-Alor | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer |
4–6, 6–4, |
Winner | 18. | 20 July 2009 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Darija Jurak Kathrin Wörle |
6–2, 3–6, |
Winner | 19. | 12 October 2009 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard | Youlia Fedossova | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Aurélie Védy |
4–6, 6–0, |
Winner | 20. | 22 February 2010 | ITF Biberach, Germany | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Mona Barthel Carmen Klaschka |
5–7, 6–1, |
Runner-up | 12. | 17 October 2010 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Tatjana Malek Irena Pavlovic |
4–6, 7–5, |
Winner | 21. | 24 January 2011 | ITF Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | Iryna Brémond Aurélie Védy |
6–1, 6–3 |
References
- "Tunisia". Fed Cup teams. ITF. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
External links
- Selima Sfar at the Women's Tennis Association
- Selima Sfar at the International Tennis Federation
- Selima Sfar at the Billie Jean King Cup
Women's Tennis Association: Top female singles tennis players of the Confederation of African Tennis countries | |
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Tunis Governorate
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople 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
- 20th-century Tunisian women