Mohammad Ghareeb

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Mohammed Ghareeb
Country (sports)Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Born (1980-07-22) 22 July 1980 (age 44)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$161,075
Singles
Career record28–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 336 (17 July 2006)
Current rankingnone (29 January 2018)
Doubles
Career record9–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 264 (9 June 2008)
Current rankingNo. 1509 (29 January 2018)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Men's Tennis
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Ta'if Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Palembang Team
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Doha Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Doha Team

Mohammed Ghareeb (born July 22, 1980) is a tennis player from Kuwait. He plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

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Career

Unranked in singles as of February 2018, with a career-high ranking of No. 336 in 2006. [1] In August 2016, Al Ghareeb was Kuwait's second ranked tennis player. [2]

He played a competitive match against world No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round of the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships, though he lost in straight sets. [3] Ranked No. 488 at the time of the match, Ghareeb was expected to offer little resistance to Federer, but in a surprisingly competitive match, Al Ghareeb led 5–3 in the first set, and 3–2 in the second, before succumbing 7–6, 6–4. [4] According to Federer, Al Ghareeb was "definitely the better player and I think only my experience helped me get through." [5]

Al Ghareeb did not make a significant breakthrough at a top-level event, though in the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships he won a set from Top 10 player Tomáš Berdych before losing 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. [6] Al Ghareeb again received a wild-card to Dubai in 2008, losing 6–4, 6–0 in the first round to the fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko. Once again, he received a wild card in 2009, losing 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round to third seed Gilles Simon. Simon praised his opponent's play and expressed surprise at his low ranking, saying that Al Ghareeb "has a strange ranking, 400 or so, with his game, it's just unbelievable." [7]

In 2007, he led the Kuwaiti team in its most successful Davis Cup season, reaching the Asia/Oceania Group II final with victories over Iran and Indonesia, before losing the division championship match to the Philippines in a 0–5 sweep. [8] As of February 2018, Ghareeb had a 67–31 record in Davis Cup play for Kuwait (50-13 in singles), and was its longest-standing member. [9]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–5)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2003Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Ivo Klec 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Apr 2005Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss0–3May 2007Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Smeets 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–4Jun 2007Koszalin, PolandFuturesClay Flag of Poland.svg Dawid Olejniczak 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss0–5Mar 2008Gurgaon, IndiaFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Thompson2–6, 2–6
Win1–5May 2008Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Örtegren 6–0 ret.
Win2–5May 2009Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Malek Jaziri 6–4, 6–4
Win3–5May 2009Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Malek Jaziri 6–3, 7–67–3
Win4–5Sep 2012Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Ti 5–7, 7–68–6, 6–2
Win5–5Sep 2013Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (10–6)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 2001Marrakech, MoroccoFuturesClay Flag of Morocco.svg Jalal Chafai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kane Dewhurst
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McNamara
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(10–8)
Win2–0Nov 2004Bangkok, ThailandFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya Flag of the United States.svg Minh Le
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyasu Sato
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win3–0Dec 2005Menzah, TunisiaFuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Walid Jallali Flag of Poland.svg Pawel Dilaj
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Godlewski
6–2, 6–4
Loss3–1May 2006Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ravi-Shankar Pathanjali Flag of Germany.svg Ralph Grambow
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Marx
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss3–2May 2007Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Jones Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi
Flag of India.svg Purav Raja
6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win4–2Jun 2007Kraków, PolandFuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Flygt Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Gustafsson
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win5–2Jun 2007Koszalin, PolandFuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kowalczyk
Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Panfil
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win6–2Jun 2007Oslo, NorwayFuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Ervin Eleskovic Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Colangelo
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Zacchia
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win7–2Jul 2007Togliatti, RussiaChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Cerović
Flag of France.svg Pierrick Ysern
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [13–11]
Win8–2Aug 2007 Tampere, FinlandChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Kohtamäki
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Purho
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss8–3May 2008 New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Illya Marchenko Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Ebelthite
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Groth
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win9–2May 2008Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Örtegren Flag of India.svg Rohan Gajjar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss9–3Jul 2007Modena, ItalyFuturesClay Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert Flag of Chile.svg Guillermo Hormazábal
Flag of Chile.svg Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
3–6, 2–6
Win10–3Nov 2008Kish Island, IranFuturesClay Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Livraghi
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Simoni
6–1, 6–2
Loss10–4Nov 2008Kish Island, IranFuturesClay Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Satschko
Flag of Germany.svg Marc-Andre Stratling
2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win11–4Sep 2012Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Vasiliev Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bega
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Blecha
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss11–5Oct 2012Meshref, KuwaitFuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Vasiliev Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Burton
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse
6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss11–6Oct 2012Doha, QatarFuturesHard Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret Flag of Slovakia.svg Marko Danis
Flag of Slovakia.svg Marek Semjan
5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win12–6Aug 2014Innsbruck, AustriaFuturesClay Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Maqdes Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Basso
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Ceppellini
6–0, 6–3
Loss12–7Jun 2015Jounieh, LebanonFuturesClay Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Maqdes Flag of Slovakia.svg Ivo Klec
Flag of Slovakia.svg Adrian Sikora
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

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