Majed Kilani

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Majed Kilani
Country (sports)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Born (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 26)
Tunis, Tunisia
College University of Tulsa (2015–2019)
Prize money$19,302
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 800 (24 August 2020)
Current rankingNo. 827 (18 january 2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 527 (24 August 2020)
Current rankingNo. 587 (18 january 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 4-0
Last updated on: 18 january 2021.

Majed Kilani (born 1 January 1997) is a Tunisian tennis player.

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Career

Kilani has a career high ATP singles ranking of 800 achieved on 24 August 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 527, also achieved on 24 August 2020. Kilani has won 4 ITF doubles titles.

Kilani had studied at University of Tulsa, between 2015 and 2019. [1]

Kilani has represented Tunisia at Davis Cup. In Davis Cup he has a win-loss record of 4–0. [2]

In June 2020, Kilani was banned from professional tennis for 7 years and fined $7,000 for match-fixing and associated corruption charges. [3]

Future and Challenger finals

Doubles 7 (4–3)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (4–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2015Tunisia F9, El Kantaoui FuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Anis Ghorbel Flag of Germany.svg Peter Heller
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yannik Reuter
5–7, 1–6
Loss0–2Sep 2015Tunisia F24, El Kantaoui FuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Anis Ghorbel Flag of France.svg Antoine Hoang
Flag of France.svg Louis Tessa
4–6, 1–6
Win1–2Jun 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Toby Boyer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel de Krom
Flag of Tunisia.svg Anis Ghorbel
6–4, 1–1 ret.
Win2–2Aug 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Tunisia.svg Anis Ghorbel Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Feitt
Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Iván Justo
6–4, 6–4
Loss2–3Nov 2019M25 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Savriyan Danilov Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Dougaz
Flag of Burundi.svg Guy Orly Iradukunda
2–6, 1–6
Win3–3Nov 2019M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Louis Tessa Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniel de Jonge
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rojas
6–3, 6–4
Win4–3Feb 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Dougaz Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Barroso Campos
Flag of Spain.svg Benjamín Winter López
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9]

Davis Cup

Participations: (4–0)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (4–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (2–0)
Doubles (2–0)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Increase2.svg3–0; 26 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory1IISingles Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Mohamed Hassan 6–1, 7–5
Increase2.svg3–0; 27 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory2IIIDoubles (with Skander Mansouri) (dead rubber) Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Jacobus Serdyn / Gideon Van Dyk 6–0, 6–2
Increase2.svg3–0; 28 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory3ISingles Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Japheth Bagerbaseh 6–1, 6–3
Victory4IIIDoubles (with Aziz Dougaz) (dead rubber) George Darko / Wisdom Na-Adjrago 7–5, 7–6(7–1)

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References

  1. "Majed Kilani Bio - University of Tulsa Official Athletic Site". tulsahurricane.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "Majed Kilani". Davis Cup . Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. "TUNISIAN TENNIS PLAYER MAJED KILANI BANNED FOR SEVEN YEARS AND FINED $7,000 AFTER CONVICTION ON MATCH-FIXING AND ASSOCIATED CORRUPTION CHARGES". www.tennisintegrityunit.com.