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Egyptian tennis player
Yomna Farid يمنى فريد Country (sports) Egypt Residence Alexandria , EgyptBorn (1983-06-28 ) 28 June 1983 (age 40) Alexandria, EgyptTurned pro 1997 Retired 2006 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $11,038 Career record 31–41 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 607 (29 December 2003) French Open Junior1R (2001) Wimbledon Junior1R (2001 ) Career record 21–28 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 480 (10 November 2003) French Open Junior2R (2001) Wimbledon Junior1R(2001 ) Fed Cup 9–19
Yomna Farid (Arabic : يمنى فريد ; born 28 June 1983) is a retired Egyptian tennis player.
Farid has career-high WTA rankings of 607 in singles and 480 in doubles, both achieved in 2003. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF circuit .
Playing for Egypt in Fed Cup , Farid has a win–loss record of 9–19.
Born in Alexandria , Farid started playing tennis aged 12; her favourite surface has been clay.
She had a successful junior career, winning six singles and five doubles titles on the ITF junior circuit. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world number 38, and she finished her junior career with a record of 80–45.
Farid made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic , in the doubles event partnering Marwa El Wany.
She retired from professional tennis 2006.
ITF finals [ edit ]
Doubles (1–1) [ edit ]
Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Outcome
Date
Location
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
25 October 2003
Lagos , Nigeria
Hard
Heidi El Tabakh
Rebecca Dandeniya Michelle Snyman
5–7, 3–6
Winner
2 November 2003
Lagos, Nigeria
Hard
Heidi El Tabakh
Lizaan du Plessis Noha Mohsen
6–1, 5–7, 6–1
ITF junior finals [ edit ]
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Singles (6–2) [ edit ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Location
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
5 September 1999
Beirut , Lebanon
Hard
Tanja Hırschauer
6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Winner
2.
13 August 2000
Cairo , Egypt
Clay
Noha Mohsen
6–4, 6–4
Winner
3.
26 August 2000
Damascus , Syria
Clay
Amani Khalifa
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner
4.
3 September 2000
Beirut, Lebanon
Clay
Amani Khalifa
6–1, 6–3
Winner
5.
22 September 2000
Cairo, Egypt
Clay
Alexandra Kostikova
6–4, 6–3
Winner
6.
3 March 2001
Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei
Hard
Amani Khalifa
6–3, 6–3
Winner
7.
7 April 2001
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Sylvia Montero
6–1, 6–7(2) , 6–3
Runner-up
8.
15 April 2001
Tunis, Tunisia
Clay
Karin Coetzee
2–6, 1–6
Doubles (5–2) [ edit ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Location
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
21 August 1998
Giza , Egypt
Clay
Dina Khalil
Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer Feriel Esseghir
5–7, 2–6
Winner
2.
5 September 1999
Beirut, Lebanon
Hard
Dalia Coutry
Kerry Ann North Karen Highfield
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner
3.
13 August 2000
Cairo, Egypt
Clay
Dalia Coutry
Nisrine Hajbane Meryem Lahlou
w/o
Winner
4.
18 August 2000
Cairo, Egypt
Clay
Dalia Coutry
Tseng Chun-ning Wang Ting-wen
6–3, 6–1
Winner
5.
26 August 2000
Damascus, Syria
Clay
Amani Khalifa
Amal Basha Reem Raouf
6–4, 6–1
Winner
6.
3 September 2000
Beirut, Lebanon
Clay
Amani Khalifa
Reem Raouf Sara Sabry
7–6(7) , 6–2
Runner-up
7.
15 April 2001
Tunis, Tunisia
Clay
Amani Khalifa
Sana Ben Salah Feriel Esseghir
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
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