Yacoub Makzoume

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Yacoub Makzoume
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Full nameYacoub Raouf Makzoume
Country (sports)Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Residence Lattakia, Syria
Born (1995-03-04) March 4, 1995 (age 28)
Lattakia, Syria
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Tishreen University
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 1572 (06 May 2019) [1]
No. 620 (02-jan-2012) Junior Ranking [2]
Current rankingNo. 2168 (22 Feb 2020) [1]
Doubles
Highest ranking ATP No. 1695 (30 Sept 2019) [3]
ITF No. 1228 (16 September 2019) [4]
Team competitions
Davis Cup Singles 6–6
Doubles 5–3
Last updated on: 25 February 2020.

Yacoub Makzoume (born 4 March 1995) is a Syrian tennis player. He is a member of the Syria Davis Cup team. [5]

Contents

Makzoume has represented Syria at the Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 11–9. [5]

Early life

Yacoub Makzoume was born in Lattakia, a town in Syria. His father Raouf Makzoume is a businessman and also a Tennis Coach he thought Yacoub how to play Tennis. Yacoub's biggest brother Robert Makzoume was also a tennis player. Yacoub Started to play tennis when he was 6 years old and won many Syrian junior tournaments. He accomplished many achievements: Runner-up in West Asia U-13 Jordan 2008. Ranked 4 in Asia u-14 in 2009.[ citation needed ]

Professional tennis career

Yacoub turned professional in 2011 and play with Junior Syria Davis Cup team. Won several Junior and Men titles in Syria and Lebanon. And he participated in many competition For ITF.[ citation needed ]

Davis Cup

Participation: (11–9)

Yacoub's First Participation with Syria Davis Cup team was in Philippine 2013 but he didn't play any game. Then he participated 3 times in a row in 2017,2018 and 2019 in group 3 and qualified with them to group 2.

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (11–9)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Clay (3–3)
Hard (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (6–6)
Doubles (5–3)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Decrease2.svg1–2; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat1ISingles Flag placeholder.svg Pacific Oceania Heve Kelley 3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Victory2IIIDoubles (with Salim Majdi) Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Decrease2.svg1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Victory3ISingles Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Seif Adas 6–1, 6–1
Defeat4IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop 4–6, 3–6
Decrease2.svg1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat5ISingles Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Harshana Godamanna 1–6, 3–6
Increase2.svg2–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Semi Final; clay surface
Victory6ISingles Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Omar Alawadhi 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Decrease2.svg0–3; 02 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat7IISingles Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Mubarak Shannan Zayid 2–6, 6–2,3–6
Defeat8IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem) Issa Shanan Al Harrasi / Mousa Shanan Zayed 4–6, 6–7
Increase2.svg2–1; 04 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat9IISingles Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Ammar Alhagbani 5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Victory10IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem) Ammar Alhagbani / Fahad Al Saad 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Decrease2.svg1–2; 05 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory11IISingles Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Abduallah Maqdes 7–5, 6–4
Defeat12IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem) Abduallah Maqdes / Mohammad Ghareeb 3–6, 1–6
Increase2.svg2–1; 06 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory13IISingles Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Seif Adas 6–3, 6–3
Victory14IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem) Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Increase2.svg3–0; 26 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory15ISingles Flag of Iran.svg Iran Mahdi Souri 7–6, 6–2
Victory16IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Hesam Esmail Yazdi / Kiarash Souri 6–3, 6–1
Increase2.svg3–0; 27 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory17ISingles Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Mousa Shanan Zayed 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Increase2.svg2–1; 28 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat18ISingles Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Christian Didier Chin 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Victory19IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Christian Didier Chin / Shamirul Shahril Mohd Adam Das 6–2, 7–5
Decrease2.svg0–2; 29 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III play-off round; hard surface
Defeat20ISingles Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Trịnh Linh Giang 6–7 , 6–7

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