Malak El Allami

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Malak El Allami
Country (sports)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Born (2006-07-28) 28 July 2006 (age 18)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$16,627
Singles
Career record14–24
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 976 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1,024 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior2R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2023)
US Open  Junior2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record21–13
Career titles0
2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 709 (9 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 715 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open  JuniorW (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 9–4
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Malak El Allami (born 28 July 2006) is a Moroccan tennis player.

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El Allami has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 976, achieved on 12 August 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 709, achieved on 9 December 2024.

El Allami made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Morocco Open, where she received entry into the wildcard, but lost in the first round to Kamilla Rakhimova. [1]

She is the first Moroccan female tennis player to win a match at Wimbledon in juniors. [2]

In 2024, she and her partner and compatriot Aya El Aouni became champions in doubles at the ITF W35 tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. [3]

Playing with Emily Sartz-Lunde of Norway, she played in the girls' doubles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships where they were defeated by British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the second round. [4]

At the 2024 US Open she reached the final of the girls' doubles alongside her Norwegian partner Emily Sartz-Lunde, notching a win over British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu. [5] In the final, they defeated Julie Paštiková of the Czech Republic and Julia Stusek of Germany on a match tie-break. [6] [7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eliessa Vanlangendonck1–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Poland.svg Malwina RowinskaFlag placeholder.svg Anna Semenova
Flag of Turkey.svg Selina Atay
7–5, 6–1
Win2–0Jul 2024ITF Casablanca, MoroccoW35Clay Flag of Morocco.svg Aya El Aouni Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Chelsea Fontenel
Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir
6–2, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2024 US Open Hard Flag of Norway.svg Emily Sartz-Lunde Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Julie Paštiková
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Stusek
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]

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