Yahiya Doumbia

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Yahiya Doumbia
Country (sports)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Residence Paris, France
Born (1963-08-25) 25 August 1963 (age 59)
Bamako, Mali
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $287,231
Singles
Career record24–34
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 74 (19 September 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1988)
US Open 1R (1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record4–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 187 (6 July 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Q3 (1992)
Last updated on: 15 March 2022.

Yahiya Doumbia (born 25 August 1963) is a retired professional tennis player from Senegal. He won two singles titles during his career on the ATP Tour, both as a qualifier. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 in 1988. Doumbia played for the Senegal Davis Cup team, and holds team records for singles wins, doubles wins, and total wins, amassing a 44-19 record in 11 years of play.

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ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Feb 1988 Lyon, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Todd Nelson 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win2–0 Sep 1995 Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 6–4


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Guillaume Raoux 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss1-1Feb 1991 Benin City, NigeriaChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Colombini 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win2-1Jul 1991 Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro Menezes 6–1, 6–3
Loss2-2May 1998Italy F7, Parma FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Valeri 4–6, 3–6


Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 1991 Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Fleurian Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Aerts
Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Marcelino
6–3, 6–3
Win2–0Nov 1995 Réunion, Reunion IslandChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Richardson
1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss2–1May 1998Italy F7, Parma FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Alexandre Simoni Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Galimberti
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Valeri
5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Loss2–2Sep 1998France F5, Bagneres de Bigorre FuturesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta Flag of France.svg Jean-Rene Lisnard
Flag of France.svg Michael Llodra
6–3, 3–6, 6–7


Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open 1R AAAAA Q1 A Q2 AA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon 1R AAA Q2 A Q1 AAAA0 / 10–10%
US Open 1R 1R AAAAAA Q1 A Q1 0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–30–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 40–40%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A 1R AAAA Q2 AAAA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg 1R AAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Canada 2R 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 21–233%
Paris AAAA Q1 AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss1–20–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 41–420%



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