Lamia Essaadi

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Lamia Essaadi
Country (sports)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Born (1979-10-03) 3 October 1979 (age 43)
Casablanca, Morocco
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$46,021
Singles
Career record59–79
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 469 (30 April 2001)
Doubles
Career record19–57
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 398 (9 November 1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 3–0

Lamia Essaadi (born 3 October 1979) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.

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Essaadi has career-high WTA rankings of 469 in singles, achieved on 30 April 2001, and 398 in doubles, set on 9 November 1998. She won one singles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. [1]

Playing for Morocco Fed Cup team, Essaadi has a win–loss record of 3–0. [2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2000ITF Caserta, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni 4–6, 1–6
Win1–1Aug 2008ITF Rabat, Morocco10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Lisa Sabino 7–6(4), 6–2
Loss1–2Oct 2008ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal10,000Clay Flag of Morocco.svg Nadia Lalami 1–2 ret.

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 1999ITF Ismailia, Egypt10,000Clay Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Le Sueur Flag of Italy.svg Sabina da Ponte
Flag of Slovakia.svg Silvia Uríčková
1–6, 2–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
R/R 22 April 2008 Yerevan, Armenia Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Clay Flag of Egypt.svg Aliaa Fakhry W6–1, 6–2
24 April 2008 Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Flag of Moldova.svg Ecaterina Vasenina W6–2, 6–1
26 April 2008 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of Finland.svg Heini Salonen W6–2, 6–3

ITF Junior finals

Doubles (2–0)

OutcomeW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1–0September 1995 Giza, EgyptG5Hard Flag of Morocco.svg Habiba Ifrakh Flag of Austria.svg Birgit Krell
Flag of Austria.svg Kati Wolner
w/o
Winner2–0July 1996 Casablanca, MoroccoG5Hard Flag of Morocco.svg Meryem El Haddad Flag of Egypt.svg Sara Abaza
Flag of Egypt.svg Nazly El Sawaf
6–4, 3–6, 6–0

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References

  1. "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Draw". www.itftennis.com.
  2. "Lamia Essaadi". www.billiejeankingcup.com.