Bassam Beidas

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Bassam Beidas
Country (sports)Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Born (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988 (age 36)
London, England [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$12,741
Singles
Career record16–1 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 499 (21 May 2012)
Doubles
Career record5–6 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 694 (30 July 2007)

Bassam Beidas (born 26 December 1988) is a British-born Lebanese former professional tennis player.

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Biography

Beidas was born in London, to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother who left the country during the civil war. In junior tennis he was ranked in the world's top-20 and was a boys' doubles semi-finalist at the Australian Open, as well as a doubles winner of the Eddie Herr International Championships. After growing up in Egypt, where he was educated at the Manor House School, Beidas came to the United States and played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University, earning All-American honors three times. [2]

Graduating from Pepperdine in 2011, Beidas reached a best singles ranking of 499 on the professional tour. He won one singles and five doubles titles at ITF Futures level. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Lebanon Davis Cup team, having previously played a solitary year in 2007. During his Davis Cup career he won 16 of his 17 singles rubbers, with a further five wins in doubles. He retired from professional tennis at the age of 26. [3]

ITF Futures titles

Singles: (1)

No.   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.May 2011Morocco F2, Rabat Clay Flag of France.svg Tak Khunn Wang 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: (5)

No.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Jun 2007Morocco F3, Kenitra Clay Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud-Bahaa Hamed Flag of France.svg Clément Reix
Flag of France.svg Florian Reynet
2–6, 6–1, 7–5
2.Jul 2008Syria F2, Damascus Hard Flag of Romania.svg Ioan-Alexandru Cojanu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Sitak
4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
3.Aug 2009Egypt F12, Cairo Clay Flag of Germany.svg Omar Altmann Flag of Italy.svg Giulio Torroni
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Vasiliev
6–2, 6–3
4.Aug 2009Egypt F13, Cairo Clay Flag of Germany.svg Omar Altmann Flag of Egypt.svg Ramy Kamal Aita
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Moussa
6–7(5), 6–1, [10–8]
5.Oct 2011USA F29, Niceville Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Vögeli Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Vinsant
6–4, 6–0

References

  1. "College Tennis Teams - Pepperdine - Team Roster - Bassam Beidas". www.collegetennisonline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  2. "Four locals advance in NCAA singles". Daily News . 28 May 2010.
  3. "An inside look at a pro career cut cruelly short". Tennis.com . 12 December 2015.