Heidi El Tabakh

Heidi El Tabakh

Country	Egypt (2002–2005)  Canada (2005–present)
Residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1986-09-25) September 25, 1986 Alexandria, Egypt
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$268,201
Singles
Career record	276–248
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 146 (October 8, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 201 (June 23, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2010)
French Open	1R (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2011, 2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	126–122
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 173 (February 8, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 334 (March 17, 2014)
Last updated on: March 27, 2014.

Heidi El Tabakh (born September 25, 1986) is an Egyptian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 146, which she reached on October 8, 2012. Her career high in doubles is 173, which she reached on February 8, 2010. She represented Egypt, the country of her birth, from 2002 to April 2005, but since then has represented Canada.

Tennis career

2002–present

El Tabakh won one of the biggest singles tournaments of her career in 2009 at the $25,000 ITF in Valladolid, Spain.^[1] In May 2010, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the French Open, where she lost to Aravane Rezaï in the first round.^[2] In April 2012, El Tabakh won the second $25,000 ITF of her career at the Challenger in Jackson. She defeated former World No. 14 Elena Bovina in the final.^[3] The week after, she won her second straight and third $25,000 ITF of her career in Pelham.^[4] In May 2012, El Tabakh qualified again at the French Open, but lost to fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round.^[5] In May 2014, she won the fourth ITF $25,000 of her career when she defeated Maria Sanchez in Raleigh.^[6]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	October 25, 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	September 11, 2007	Lleida, Spain	Clay	Eva Fernández-Brugués	6–2, 6–3
Runner–up	1.	June 28, 2009	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Johanna Konta	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	3.	July 26, 2009	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Estrella Cabeza Candela	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	April 8, 2012	Jackson, United States	Clay	Elena Bovina	6–0, 6–4
Winner	5.	April 15, 2012	Pelham, United States	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	January 19, 2014	Port St. Lucie, United States	Clay	Françoise Abanda	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	May 11, 2014	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Maria Sanchez	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	October 25, 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Yomna Farid	Rebecca Dandeniya Michelle Snyman	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	November 2, 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Yomna Farid	Lizaan Du Plessis Noha Mohsen	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	2.	June 27, 2004	Edmond, United States	Hard	Anne Mall	Kelly Anderson Carine Vermeulen	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	July 25, 2004	Evansville, United States	Hard	Vania King	Kelly Schmandt Aleke Tsoubanos	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	3.	November 11, 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Ioana Raluca Olaru	Angelika Bachmann Hana Šromová	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	May 25, 2008	Landisville, United States	Hard	Audra Cohen	Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	4.	July 12, 2008	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	July 20, 2008	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Emma Laine	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	April 18, 2009	Osprey, United States	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Lindsay Lee-Waters Story Tweedie-Yates	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–12]
Winner	6.	May 10, 2009	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Tetiana Luzhanska Lilia Osterloh	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner–up	5.	June 27, 2009	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Tetiana Luzhanska	Alexandra Mueller Allie Will	2–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	July 25, 2009	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Paula Fondevila-Castro	Estrella Cabeza Candela Sara del Barrio Aragón	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	November 1, 2009	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	Kimberly Couts	María Fernanda Álvarez Karen Castiblanco	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	August 7, 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Amanda Fink	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner–up	6.	September 25, 2010	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Rebecca Marino	Jorgelina Cravero Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	7.	March 13, 2011	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Kimberly Couts Līga Dekmeijere	1–6, 4–6
Runner–up	8.	April 2, 2011	Pelham, United States	Clay	Kimberly Couts	Līga Dekmeijere Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–2, 4–6, [10–12]
Runner–up	9.	April 24, 2011	Dothan, United States	Clay	Alison Riske	Valeria Solovieva Lenka Wienerová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	July 27, 2013	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Allie Kiick	Samantha Murray Jade Windley	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2015 Australian Open.

Head-to-head vs. top 100 ranked players

El Tabakh's win-loss record (7–14, 33%) against players who were ranked world no. 100 or higher when played is as follows:^[7]
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

Notes

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Canadian female singles tennis players as of April 27, 2015. 1. Eugenie Bouchard (6 1) 2. Gabriela Dabrowski (185 1) 3. Sharon Fichman (206 3) 4. Aleksandra Wozniak (219 1) 5. Heidi El Tabakh (255 3) 6. Françoise Abanda (270 14) 7. Carol Zhao (287 3) 8. Gloria Liang (494 5) 9. Sonja Molnar (628 3) 10. Ayan Broomfield (680 6)

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Canadian female doubles tennis players as of April 27, 2015. 1. Gabriela Dabrowski (43 ) 2. Sharon Fichman (136 8) 3. Sonja Molnar (315 7) 4. Charlotte Petrick (388 5) 5. Petra Januskova (439 6) 6. Marie-Alexandre Leduc (444 5) 7. Ayan Broomfield (470 9) 8. Françoise Abanda (478 36) 9. Heidi El Tabakh (500 40) 10. Carol Zhao (501 4)