Adam El Mihdawy

Adam El Mihdawy

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1989-09-08) September 8, 1989 (age 35)
Prize money	$165,739
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 14 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 281 (April 27, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 622 (May 17, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 330 (August 26, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 1357 (May 17, 2021)
Last updated on: May 19, 2021.

Adam El Mihdawy (born August 9, 1989) is an American tennis player.

El Mihdawy has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 281 achieved on April 27, 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 330 achieved on August 26, 2013.

He was coached by former Moroccan tennis player Mehdy Karbid. ^[1]

El Mihdawy made his ATP main draw debut at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis held on hard courts in New Haven, Connecticut when he was given a wild card direct entry into the doubles draw partnering Jesse Levine. The pair would go on to be defeated by Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and André Sá.

El Mihdawy has reached 30 career singles finals, with a record of 14 wins and 16 losses all coming on the ITF Futures tour. Additionally, he has reached 23 career doubles finals with a record of 12 wins and 11 losses, which includes an 0–1 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

In 2022, El Mihdawy was fined $5,000 and banned from tennis for 3+1⁄2 years after he admitted to fixing 2 matches in 2016. ^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 30 (14–16)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (14–16)

Finals by surface Hard (11–13) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2009	Bolivia F3, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Facundo Bagnis	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Víctor Estrella Burgos	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3	May 2010	Mexico F4, Celaya	Futures	Hard	Víctor Romero	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Jul 2010	USA F17, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Rhyne Williams	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	1–4	Sep 2010	Mexico F7, Guadalajara	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	0–6, 1–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2010	Bolivia F1, Tarija	Futures	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	2–5	Sep 2010	Bolivia F2, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Carry	2–6, 2–4 ret.
Loss	2–6	Dec 2010	Mexico F11, Chiapas	Futures	Hard	Mark Verryth	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	2–7	Aug 2011	Mexico F8, Leon	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–8	Oct 2011	Mexico F13, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	2–9	Feb 2012	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Michael Shabaz	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–10	Apr 2012	Mexico F3, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Jamie Baker	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–11	May 2012	Mexico F6, Guadalajara	Futures	Hard	Antoine Benneteau	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 5–7
Win	3–11	May 2012	Mexico F7, Morelia	Futures	Hard	Antoine Benneteau	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–12	Jun 2012	Japan F5, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Nam Ji-sung	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–12	Sep 2012	Mexico F10, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Arévalo	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	4–13	May 2013	Mexico F8, Puebla	Futures	Hard	M-A Reyes-Varela	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6
Win	5–13	Oct 2013	Turkey F42, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	2–1 ret.
Win	6–13	Apr 2014	Mexico F1, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Meister	7–5, 6–4
Loss	6–14	May 2014	Mexico F2, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Kevin King	2–6, 5–7
Win	7–14	Sep 2014	Mexico F11, Tehuacan	Futures	Hard	Evan Song	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–14	Oct 2014	USA F27, Houston	Futures	Hard	Lukas Finzelberg	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	8–15	May 2016	Mexico F1, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Darian King	1–6, 4–6
Win	9–15	May 2016	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Farris Fathi Gosea	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	10–15	Jun 2016	Mexico F5, Zapopan	Futures	Clay	Luis Patino	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	11–15	Jul 2016	Egypt F16, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	6–2, 6–4
Loss	11–16	Aug 2016	Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marek Jaloviec	6–7(3–7), 6–7(14–16)
Win	12–16	Sep 2016	Canada F9, Niagara	Futures	Hard	Brayden Schnur	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	13–16	May 2018	Mexico F3, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	14–16	Sep 2019	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Cristian Rodríguez	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–1

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (12–10)

Finals by surface Hard (9–7) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2008	USA F6, McAllen	Futures	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	Ričardas Berankis Sergey Betov	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2008	USA F16, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Rhyne Williams	Treat Huey Somdev Devvarman	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2009	Egypt F8, Ain Sokhna	Futures	Clay	Mikal Statham	Sherif Sabry Karim Maamoun	6–1, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jun 2009	Egypt F10, Giza	Futures	Clay	Mikal Statham	Sherif Sabry Karim Maamoun	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Nov 2009	USA F29, Amelia Island	Futures	Clay	Denis Zivkovic	Timothy Neilly Marcus Fugate	6–2, 3–6, [10–2]
Win	3–3	Nov 2009	Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Nikolaus Moser	Marin Draganja Dino Marcan	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–3	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Blake Strode	Alexander Slabinsky Amir Weintraub	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–4	Sep 2010	Bolivia F1, Tarija	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Kohlberg Ruiz	Sergio Galdós Mauricio Echazú	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	Dec 2010	Mexico F11, Chiapas	Futures	Hard	Ty Trombetta	Boris Nicola Bakalov Rainer Eitzinger	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss	5–5	Jan 2011	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Boris Nicola Bakalov	Blake Strode Takanyi Garanganga	5–7, 5–7
Loss	5–6	May 2011	Mexico F2, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Jimmy Wang	Chris Letcher Brendan Moore	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–6	Oct 2011	Mexico F13, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Miguel Gallardo Valles Claudio Grassi	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–6	Dec 2011	Mexico F14, Ixtapa	Futures	Hard	Luis Díaz Barriga	César Ramírez Nima Roshan	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–6	Dec 2011	Mexico F16, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Luis Díaz Barriga	Bruno Rodríguez Manuel Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–6	Sep 2012	Mexico F9, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Marvin Barker	Luis Patino Mauricio Astorga	7–5, 6–1
Win	10–6	Sep 2012	Mexico F11, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Marvin Barker	Luis Patino Mauricio Astorga	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10–7	Feb 2013	Mexico F2, Tijuana	Futures	Hard	Chris Letcher	Theodoros Angelinos Antoine Benneteau	5–7, 4–6
Loss	10–8	Feb 2013	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Roman Borvanov	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Nicolás Barrientos	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	10–9	Mar 2013	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard	Peter Polansky	Moritz Baumann Tim Pütz	6–7(0–7), 1–6
Loss	10–10	Jul 2013	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ante Pavić	Érik Chvojka Peter Polansky	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–10	Oct 2013	Turkey F39, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denis Yevseyev	Andrei Ciumac Kirill Dmitriev	7–5, 6–3
Loss	11–11	Nov 2016	Colombia F8, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Gómez	Nicolas Santos Oscar Jose Gutierrez	4–6, 3–6
Win	12–11	Sep 2018	Thailand F2, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Tyler Mercier	Nuttanon Kadchapanan Palaphoom Kovapitukted	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]

References

1. "TEAM LORIET PLAYERS AND COACHES". Loriet Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
2. "El Mihdawy banned after admitting match-fixing". BBC Sport.

External links

• Adam El Mihdawy at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adam El Mihdawy at the International Tennis Federation