Hazem Naw

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Hazem Naw
Country (sports)Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Born (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)
Aleppo, Syria
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAmer Naow
Prize money$70,263
Singles
Career record11–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 299 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 319 (4 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record5–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 722 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 729 (2 December 2024)
Last updated on: 4 December 2024.

Hazem Naw (born 1 January 2000) is a Syrian tennis player. Naw has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 299 achieved in October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 722 achieved in November 2024. [1] He is currently the No. 1 Syrian player. [2]

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Naw represents Syria at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 16–4.

Career

After a short junior career, Naw began to play ITF events in both the singles and doubles draw. In August 2021, he received a wildcard into the doubles draw of the 2021 Platzmann-Sauerland Open, a Challenger event in Germany which he played alongside former top-100 player Dustin Brown.[ citation needed ]

2024: Historic first ATP Challenger win for Syria

Naw made history as the first Syrian tennis player to record a win in a singles Challenger main draw with his victory over Billy Harris at the 2024 Koblenz Open, having qualified for the main draw. [3] [4]

Personal life

Due to the Syrian Civil War, Naw was forced out of Aleppo and moved to Beirut, Lebanon, [5] but now plays tennis for local leagues in Germany. [6]

Naw is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Amer Naow.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 2022M15, Monastir World Tennis TourHard Flag of Romania.svg Sebastian Gima5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
Loss1–1Mar 2023M15, Kish Island World Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Dan Alexandru Tomescu6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss1–2Mar 2023M15, Kish Island World Tennis TourClay Flag of Russia.svg Denis Klok6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win2–2Aug 2023M15, Trier World Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Tom Gentzsch6–4, 6–2
Win3–2Nov 2023M15, Alcalá de Henares World Tennis TourHard Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Mérida6–4, 6–1
Loss3–3Dec 2023M15, Madrid World Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win4–3Jan 2024M15, Kish Island World Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleg Prihodko 6–0, 6–4
Loss4–4Jul 2024M15, Metzingen World Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Florian Broska5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2021M15, Huy World Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg John Sperle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Binding
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Whitehouse		6–3, 7–5
Win2–0Oct 2021M15, Sozopol World Tennis TourHard Flag of Poland.svg Yann Wójcik Flag of Russia.svg Yan Bondarevskiy
Flag of Romania.svg Nicholas David Ionel 		6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss2–1May 2022M15, Valldoreix World Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Emanuel Egea Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro López San Martín
Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Rincón 		3–6, 2–6
Loss2–2Jun 2022M15, Vaasa World Tennis TourHard Flag of Germany.svg Robert Strombachs Flag of Finland.svg Eero Vasa
Flag of Finland.svg Iiro Vasa		3–6, 4–6
Win3–2Aug 2023M15, Überlingen World Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Taym Al Azmeh Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Schnaitter
Flag of Germany.svg Mark Wallner 		7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Win4–2Jun 2024M15, Kamen World Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Taym Al Azmeh Flag of Germany.svg Jasper Camehn
Flag of Germany.svg Moritz Kudernatsch		1–6, 7–5, [10–5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hazem Naw | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
  3. ↑ "Hazem Naw hace historia en el tenis sirio". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). January 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "How Syrian war refugee Hazem Naw triumphed through turmoil | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  5. ↑ "Horror, Redemption, Hope: The story of the Syrian Davis Cup team".
  6. ↑ "Hazem Naw im Porträt: Hans im Glück". tennis MAGAZIN. December 18, 2021.
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