Country (sports) | Qatar |
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Residence | Oman |
Born | Doha, Qatar | 9 March 1994
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $54,656 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–2 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 1,668 (15 October 2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–6 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 1,304 (27 November 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 1,657 (2 April 2018) |
Last updated on: 6 April 2018. |
Mousa Shanan Zayed Al-Harrasi (born 9 March 1994) is a Qatari tennis player. [1]
Zayed mainly plays on the futures circuit and has also competed for the Qatari Davis Cup team since he was 14, [2] where he holds a 24–25 record, the second largest number of wins for the country. [3]
Zayed has received wildcards into the main draw of the singles and doubles of the Qatar Open in both 2013 and 2014. [1] In 2013 he faced Frenchman Gael Monfils in his opening match, but only won three games in a straight sets loss. At the singles event of the 2014 competition, he faced grand slam champion Andy Murray in his opening match, however, was dominated in a straight sets defeat without winning a single game, suffering the third double bagel loss of his career. [4] Zayed dropped out of the ATP rankings for the second time in December 2014, after losing his only ranking point.
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