Feriel Esseghir

Feriel Esseghir

Country (sports)	Algeria
Born	(1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 Algiers
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$12,226
Singles
Career record	37–50
Highest ranking	381 (8 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior	2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	4–11
Highest ranking	534 (5 August 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	2R (2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–17

Feriel Esseghir (born 29 October 1983) is an Algerian retired tennis player.

Esseghir has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 534 in doubles, both achieved in 2002. In her career, she was not able to win a title on the ITF circuit, and retired from pro tennis in 2003.

Playing for Algeria in Fed Cup, Esseghir has a win/loss record of 8–17.

She made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the 2002 Morocco Open, in the doubles event partnering Meryem El Haddad.

ITF finals

Singles (0–1)

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Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	13 May 2001	Midlothian, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	5–7, 3–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	7 May 1998	Manavgat, Turkey	Denmark	Clay	Charlotte Aagaard	L	2–6, 7–6(5), 0–6
	9 May 1998		Tunisia		Issem Essaies	W	6–1, 6–2
1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	27 April 1999	Murcia, Spain	Malta	Clay	Carol Cassar-Torreggiani	L	4–6, 3–6
	29 April 1999		Turkey		Duygu Akşit Oal	L	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	28 March 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Madagascar	Clay	Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika	L	5–7, 4–6
	29 March 2000		Moldova		Svetlana Komleva	L	3–6, 3–6
	29 March 2000		Estonia		Maret Ani	L	4–6, 1–6
	31 March 2000		Portugal		Ana Catarina Nogueira	L	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	9 April 2002	Pretoria, South Africa	Latvia	Hard	Katrina Banderę	L	1–6, 4–6
	10 April 2002		Liechtenstein		Sabrina Vogt	W	6–2, 6–1
	11 April 2002		South Africa		Nicole Rencken	L	4–6, 7–6(0), 3–6
	12 April 2002		Norway		Ina Sartz	W	6–2, 6–4
	13 April 2002		Ireland		Kelly Liggan	L	6–7(3), 1–6

Doubles

Edition	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
1998 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	5 May 1998	Manavgat, Turkey	Cyprus	Clay	Lamia Hameurlaine	Daphne Nicolatou Eleni Pilava Papanikolaou	W	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	6 May 1998		Denmark		Lamia Hameurlaine	Eva Dyrberg Maria Rasmussen	L	2–6, 1–6
	7 May 1998		Lithuania		Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Rūta Deduraitė Edita Liachovičiūtė	L	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	27 April 1999	Murcia, Spain	Malta	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Lisa Camenzuli Carol Cassar-Torreggiani	L	6–7(12), 4–6
	28 April 1999		Ireland		Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Yvonne Flynn Karen Nugent	L	2–6, 2–6
	29 April 1999		Turkey		Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Merve Asımgil Seden Özlü	W	3–0 ret.
2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	28 March 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Madagascar	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika Solange Rasoarivelo	W	6–3, 6–2
	29 March 2000		Moldova		Sihem Ben Youcef	Svetlana Komleva Natalia Volcova	L	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
	30 March 2000		Estonia		Sihem Ben Youcef	Maret Ani Liina Suurvarik	L	3–6, 1–6
2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	9 April 2002	Pretoria, South Africa	Latvia	Hard	Sihem Ben Youcef	Katrina Banderę Ilona Giberte	W	6–2, 7–6(3)
	10 April 2002		Liechtenstein		Saida Hared	Nadine Batliner Angelika Schädler	W	6–4, 6–3
	11 April 2002		South Africa		Sihem Ben Youcef	Esmé de Villiers Natalie Grandin	L	2–6, 2–6

ITF Junior finals

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Singles (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	9 August 1998	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Karin Coetzee	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	21 August 1998	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Dina Milošević	5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	3.	29 August 1998	Damascus, Syria	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	6 September 1998	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	17 March 2000	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Marion Bartoli	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	22 April 2000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Aniela Mojzis	6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 April 1997	Sainte-Marie, Martinique	Hard	Audrey Legay	Beatrice Burlet Neyssa Etienne	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	10 August 1997	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Sihem Ben Youcef	Meriem Addou Meryem El Haddad	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	3.	21 August 1998	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Yomna Farid Dina Khalil	7–5, 6–2
Winner	4.	29 August 1998	Damascus, Syria	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	May Kabani Dina Khalil	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	6 September 1998	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Stephanie Balzert Tanja Hırschauer	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	17 March 2000	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	Sana Ben Salah Djamila Khaldi	6–7, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	7.	19 August 2000	Haverford, United States	Grass	Aniela Mojzis	Megan Bradley Danielle Schwartz	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	27 August 2000	New Jersey, United States	Hard	Stephanie Ginsburg	Erin Burdette Tanner Cochran	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	11 March 2001	Lambaré, Paraguay	Hard	Ko Bei'er	Eva Hrdinová Ema Janašková	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	15 April 2001	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Sana Ben Salah	Yomna Farid Amani Khalifa	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

External links

• Feriel Esseghir at the Women's Tennis Association
• Feriel Esseghir at the International Tennis Federation
• Feriel Esseghir at the Billie Jean King Cup