Heidi El Tabakh
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Heidi El Tabakh is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

ian-born Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 149, which she reached on February 22, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 173, which she reached on February 8, 2010. She represented the country of her birth Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 from 2002 to 2005, but is now representing Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

2002–present

Since turning pro in 2002, she won three ITF singles titles and nine ITF doubles titles. El Tabakh won the biggest singles tournament of her career in 2009 at the $25,000 ITF in Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain. In 2010, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...

, where she lost 6–1, 6–1 to Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...

 in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. October 25, 2003   Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

, Nigeria
Hard   Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. September 11, 2007   Lleida
Lleida
Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...

, Spain
Clay   Eva Fernández-Brugués
Eva Fernández-Brugués
Eva Fernández-Brugués is a professional Spanish tennis player. On October 19, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 185 whilst her best doubles ranking was 344 on December 8, 2008.-ITF Circuit finals:...

6–2, 6–3
Runner–up 1. June 28, 2009   Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....

, Canada
Clay   Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta is a professional Australian/British tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 239. She is reportedly in the process of becoming a British citizen, but the ITF still mark her as Australian.-Career:The second...

6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 3. July 26, 2009   Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain
Hard   Estrella Cabeza Candela
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Estrella Cabeza Candela is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 6 April 2009 she reached her highest world single ranking, number 167. As of 21 March 2011 she is number 268.-External links:...

6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (9–9)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner–up 1. October 25, 2003   Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

, Nigeria
Hard   Yomna Farid   Rebecca Dandeniya
  Michelle Snyman
7–5, 6–3
Winner 1. November 2, 2003   Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

, Nigeria
Hard   Yomna Farid   Lizaan Du Plessis
  Noha Mohsen
6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Winner 2. June 27, 2004   Edmond
Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma....

, United States
Hard   Anne Mall   Kelly Anderson
  Carine Vermeulen
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 2. July 25, 2004   Evansville
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...

, United States
Hard   Vania King
Vania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....

  Kelly Schmandt
  Aleke Tsoubanos
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 3. November 11, 2006   Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada
Hard   Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru is a Romanian tennis player. As of 2 August 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3...

  Angelika Bachmann
Angelika Bachmann
Angelika Bachmann is a professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 130th, which she reached on 17 April 2000. Her career high in doubles was at 90 set at 18 December 2000.-External links:...

 
  Hana Šromová
Hana Šromová
Hana Šromová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. On Jun 19, 2006, Šromová achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 87.- External links :...

6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. May 25, 2008   Landisville
Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania
Salunga-Landisville is a census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States with a zip code of 17538. The population was 4,771 at the 2000 census. The name "Salunga" comes from the nearby Chiquesalunga Creek, which in turn is derived from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning...

, United States
Hard   Audra Cohen
Audra Cohen
Audra Marie Cohen is a right-handed American 5' 9" professional tennis player with a two-handed backhand, living in Plantation, Florida, who was the # 1 collegiate female tennis player in the United States in 2007...

  Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa is a tennis player from Switzerland. She has a career singles high of 307, and a doubles ranking of 194. She has played for the Swiss fed cup team once in 2006.-Singles titles :-Doubles titles :- External links :...

 
  Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick is a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She is the British number 12 with a world ranking of No.384 . She trains at Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club and plays right-handed. Her career-high ranking is world no. 318...

6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 4. July 12, 2008   Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain
Hard   Story Tweedie-Yates
Story Tweedie-Yates
Story Tweedie-Yates is a professional American tennis player.Her career high WTA singles ranking is 319, which she reached on October 30, 2006.Her career high doubles ranking is 189, set at May 2, 2009....

  Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa is a tennis player from Switzerland. She has a career singles high of 307, and a doubles ranking of 194. She has played for the Swiss fed cup team once in 2006.-Singles titles :-Doubles titles :- External links :...

 
  Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick is a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She is the British number 12 with a world ranking of No.384 . She trains at Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club and plays right-handed. Her career-high ranking is world no. 318...

6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. July 20, 2008   Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...

, Germany
Clay   Emma Laine
Emma Laine
Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006....

  Michelle Gerards
  Marcella Koek
6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 4. April 18, 2009   Osprey
Osprey, Florida
Osprey is a census-designated place in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,143 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, United States
Clay   Melanie Klaffner
Melanie Klaffner
Melanie Klaffner is an Austrian tennis player. As of 1 March 2010, she is ranked World No. 234 in singles and No. 197 in doubles. She is currently coached by Geovani Cardona. Klaffner has enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning two singles and eight doubles titles, and has also been a member...

  Lindsay Lee-Waters
Lindsay Lee-Waters
Lindsay Lee-Waters is an American tennis player. Former World No. 33 player, she won eleven singles and sixteen doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation...

 
  Story Tweedie-Yates
Story Tweedie-Yates
Story Tweedie-Yates is a professional American tennis player.Her career high WTA singles ranking is 319, which she reached on October 30, 2006.Her career high doubles ranking is 189, set at May 2, 2009....

6–3, 6–7(5), 12–10
Winner 6. May 10, 2009   Indian Harbour Beach
Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
Indian Harbour Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,152 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 8,441...

, United States
Clay   Melanie Klaffner
Melanie Klaffner
Melanie Klaffner is an Austrian tennis player. As of 1 March 2010, she is ranked World No. 234 in singles and No. 197 in doubles. She is currently coached by Geovani Cardona. Klaffner has enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning two singles and eight doubles titles, and has also been a member...

  Tetiana Luzhanska
Tetiana Luzhanska
Tetiana Luzhanska is a professional Ukrainian American tennis player. Luzhanska has not won a WTA title. However, on the ITF, she has won 19 doubles and 2 singles titles. Luzhanska's highest singles ranking was World Number 131 on September 26, 2011, and her highest doubles rank was World Number...

 
  Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....

6–3, 3–6, 10–7
Runner–up 5. June 27, 2009   Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....

, Canada
Clay   Tetiana Luzhanska
Tetiana Luzhanska
Tetiana Luzhanska is a professional Ukrainian American tennis player. Luzhanska has not won a WTA title. However, on the ITF, she has won 19 doubles and 2 singles titles. Luzhanska's highest singles ranking was World Number 131 on September 26, 2011, and her highest doubles rank was World Number...

  Alexandra Mueller
Alexandra Mueller
Alexandra Mueller is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 6, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 280. On July 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 190. She is coached by Scott Lambdin.-External links:...

 
  Allie Will
6–2, 6–1
Winner 7. July 25, 2009   Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain
Hard   Paula Fondevila-Castro   Estrella Cabeza Candela
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Estrella Cabeza Candela is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 6 April 2009 she reached her highest world single ranking, number 167. As of 21 March 2011 she is number 268.-External links:...

 
  Sara del Barrio Aragón
6–2, 6–4
Winner 8. November 1, 2009   Bayamón
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo...

, Puerto Rico
Hard   Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 20, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 259. On December 21, 2009, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 165.-External links:...

  María Fernanda Álvarez Terán 
  Karen Castiblanco
Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte is a professional Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On August 24, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 414 whilst her best doubles ranking was 247 on July 11, 2011.-External links:...

6–3, 6–1
Winner 9. August 7, 2010   Vancouver
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit...

, Canada
Hard   Chang Kai-chen   Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 119, which she reached on April 18, 2011. Her career high in doubles is World No. 205, which she reached on February 28, 2011...

 
  Amanda Fink
3–6, 6–3, 10–4
Runner–up 6. September 25, 2010   Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....

, Canada
Hard   Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38...

  Jorgelina Cravero
Jorgelina Cravero
Jorgelina Cravero is a professional Argentine tennis player. In 2007 Cravero qualified for three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the opening round every time, including to Justine Henin at Wimbledon 2007. She lost to Martina Müller at the 2007 Australian Open and Aravane Rezaï at the...

 
  Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 7. March 13, 2011   Clearwater
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, US, nearly due west of Tampa and northwest of St. Petersburg. In the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and in the east lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787. It is the county seat of...

, United States
Hard   Arina Rodionova
Arina Rodionova
Arina Rodionova is a Russian tennis player. The sister of Russian-born Australian tennis player Anastasia Rodionova, she won 2007 Australian Open in girls' doubles, partnering with Evgeniya Rodina. In 2010, Rodionova reached her first WTA Tour doubles final partnering with her sister, at 2010...

  Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 20, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 259. On December 21, 2009, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 165.-External links:...

 
  Līga Dekmeijere
Liga Dekmeijere
Līga Dekmeijere is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won nineteen International Tennis Federation doubles titles and one Women's Tennis Association doubles title. Dekmeijere has been as high as World Number 54 in the overall women's doubles rankings, a ranking that she achieved on...

6–1, 6–4
Runner–up 8. April 2, 2011   Pelham
Pelham, Alabama
Pelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 21,352 recorded by the 2010 census. It was named for famed Confederate American Civil War officer John Pelham...

, United States
Clay   Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts
Kimberly Couts is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 20, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 259. On December 21, 2009, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 165.-External links:...

  Līga Dekmeijere
Liga Dekmeijere
Līga Dekmeijere is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won nineteen International Tennis Federation doubles titles and one Women's Tennis Association doubles title. Dekmeijere has been as high as World Number 54 in the overall women's doubles rankings, a ranking that she achieved on...

 
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...

2–6, 6–4, 12–10
Runner–up 9. April 24, 2011   Dothan
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

, United States
Clay   Alison Riske
Alison Riske
Alison Riske is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 104, which she reached on May 9, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 251, which she reached on August 15, 2011.-Early life and career:...

  Valeria Solovieva
  Lenka Wienerová
Lenka Wienerová
Lenka Wienerová is a professional Slovak tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 128, which she reached on August 10, 2009. Her career high in doubles is 196, which she reached on May 2, 2011....

6–3, 6–4

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