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Heidi El Tabakh

Heidi El Tabakh (born September 25, 1986) is an Egyptian and Canadian former professional tennis player.

Heidi El Tabakh
Heidi El Tabakh in 2011
Country (sports) Egypt (2002–2005)
 Canada (2005–present)
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Born (1986-09-25) September 25, 1986 (age 37)
Alexandria, Egypt
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2002
RetiredApril 2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$328,338
Singles
Career record317–291
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 146 (October 8, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2010)
French Open1R (2010, 2012)
WimbledonQ2 (2011, 2012)
US OpenQ3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record133–136
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 173 (February 8, 2010)

Her highest singles ranking by the WTA is 146, which she reached in October 2012. Her career-high of 173 in doubles, she set in February 2010. She represented Egypt, the country of her birth, from 2002 to April 2005, but since then has represented Canada.

She retired in April 2016[1] and became Canada's Fed Cup captain in 2019.[2][3] She won with her team the Bille Jean King Cup in 2023.

Tennis career

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El Tabakh at the 2010 French Open

2002–2016

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El Tabakh won one of the biggest singles tournaments of her career in 2009 at the $25k in Valladolid, Spain.[4] In May 2010, she qualified for her Grand Slam debut at the French Open, where she lost to Aravane Rezaï in the first round.[5]

In April 2012, El Tabakh won the second $25k event of her career at the Challenger in Jackson. She defeated former world No. 14, Elena Bovina, in the final.[6] The week after, she won her second straight and third $25k tournament of her career in Pelham.[7] In May 2012, El Tabakh qualified again for the French Open, but lost to fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round.[8]

In May 2014, she won the fourth $25k title of her career when she defeated Maria Sanchez in Raleigh.[9] In August 2015 at the Rogers Cup, she reached the second round in doubles with fellow Canadian Françoise Abanda.[10] In September 2015 in Redding, El Tabakh captured the seventh singles title of her career, her fifth $25k, by defeating Shérazad Reix in the final.[11]

She played her last match on the professional circuit in April 2016, at the $50k Charlottesville Classic where she had to retire in the first round against Sachia Vickery.[1]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 A A A A Q1 0–0
French Open A 1R Q1 1R A A Q1 A 0–2
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 Q2 A Q1 A A 0–0
US Open Q2 Q2 Q1 Q3 A Q2 A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (5–2)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2003 Lagos Open, Nigeria 10,000 Hard India  Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2007 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain  Eva Fernández-Brugués 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Jun 2009 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 25,000 Clay Australia  Johanna Konta 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3–1 Jul 2009 ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain  Estrella Cabeza Candela 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–1 Apr 2012 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Russia  Elena Bovina 6–0, 6–4
Win 5–1 Apr 2012 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay Romania  Edina Gallovits-Hall 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Jan 2014 ITF Port St. Lucie, United States 25,000 Clay Canada  Françoise Abanda 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–2 May 2014 ITF Raleigh, United States 25,000 Clay United States  Maria Sanchez 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–2 Sep 2015 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard France  Shérazad Reix 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (5–5)
$10,000 tournaments (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2003 Lagos Open, Nigeria 10,000 Hard Egypt  Yomna Farid United Kingdom  Rebecca Dandeniya
South Africa  Michelle Snyman 		5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2003 Lagos Open, Nigeria 10,000 Hard Egypt  Yomna Farid South Africa  Lizaan du Plessis
Egypt  Noha Mohsen 		6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 2004 ITF Edmond, United States 10,000 Hard Republic of Ireland  Anne Mall South Africa  Kelly Anderson
South Africa  Carine Vermeulen 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jul 2004 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard United States  Vania King United States  Kelly Schmandt
United States  Aleke Tsoubanos 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2006 Tevlin Challenger, Canada 25,000 Hard (i) Romania  Raluca Olaru Germany  Angelika Bachmann
Czech Republic  Hana Šromová 		4–6, 1–6
Win 3–3 May 2008 ITF Landisville, United States 10,000 Hard United States  Audra Cohen Switzerland  Stefania Boffa
United Kingdom  Anna Fitzpatrick 		6–3, 7–6(3)
Win 4–3 Jul 2008 ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard United States  Story Tweedie-Yates Switzerland  Stefania Boffa
United Kingdom  Anna Fitzpatrick 		6–2, 6–4
Win 5–3 Jul 2008 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Finland  Emma Laine Netherlands  Michelle Gerards
Netherlands  Marcella Koek 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Apr 2009 ITF Osprey, United States 25,000 Clay Austria  Melanie Klaffner United States  Lindsay Lee-Waters
United States  Story Tweedie-Yates 		3–6, 7–6(5), [10–12]
Win 6–4 May 2009 ITF Indian Harbor Beach, U.S. 50,000 Clay Austria  Melanie Klaffner Ukraine  Tetiana Luzhanska
United States  Lilia Osterloh 		6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 6–5 Jun 2009 Waterloo Challenger, Canada 25,000 Clay Ukraine  Tetiana Luzhanska United States  Alexandra Mueller
United States  Allie Will 		2–6, 1–6
Win 7–5 Jul 2009 ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain  Paula Fondevila Castro Spain  Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spain  Sara del Barrio Aragón 		6–2, 6–4
Win 8–5 Nov 2009 ITF Bayamón, Puerto Rico 25,000 Hard United States  Kimberly Couts Bolivia  María Fernanda Álvarez
Colombia  Karen Castiblanco 		6–3, 6–1
Win 9–5 Aug 2010 Vancouver Open, Canada 75,000 Hard Chinese Taipei  Chang Kai-chen United States  Irina Falconi
United States  Amanda Fink 		3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 9–6 Sep 2010 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Canada  Rebecca Marino Argentina  Jorgelina Cravero
France  Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 9–7 Mar 2011 ITF Clearwater, United States 25,000 Hard Russia  Arina Rodionova United States  Kimberly Couts
Latvia  Līga Dekmeijere 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 9–8 Apr 2011 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay United States  Kimberly Couts Latvia  Līga Dekmeijere
Canada  Marie-Ève Pelletier 		6–2, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss 9–9 Apr 2011 Hardee's Pro Classic, United States 50,000 Clay United States  Alison Riske Russia  Valeria Solovieva
Slovakia  Lenka Wienerová 		3–6, 4–6
Win 10–9 Jul 2013 Winnipeg Challenger, Canada 25,000 Hard United States  Allie Kiick United Kingdom  Samantha Murray
United Kingdom  Jade Windley 		6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "$50,000 Charlottesville, VA". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Canada vs Netherlands Archived 2020-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Fed Cup 2019
  3. ^ "Tennis sensation Bianca Andreescu fronts Canada's Fed Cup roster | CBC Sports".
  4. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Valladolid". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "France's Rezai demolishes Canadian El Tabakh in first round". France 24. 23 May 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Jackson, MS". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "El Tabakh collects second straight Challenger title". Tennis Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  8. ^ "Wozniak beats El Tabakh in Canadian battle at French Open". TSN.ca. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  9. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Raleigh, NC". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  10. ^ "Draws". RogersCup.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  11. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Redding, CA". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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