Nasser Ghanim Al-Khelaïfi (born November 12, 1973 in Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

) is a Qatari sports businessman, and a former 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. As a tennis professional, Al-Khelaïfi was the second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team

Qatar Davis Cup team

The Qatar Davis Cup team represents Qatar in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Qatar Tennis Federation.Qatar currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 1994 and 1997.-External links:...

 after Sultan Khalfan

Sultan Khalfan

Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi is a former Qatari professional tennis player. A top junior player in Qatar, runner-up of the International Junior Championships in 1994 and 1995, Khalfan was the most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team, playing 59 ties between 1993 and 2009 and compiling a...

, playing 43 ties between 1992 and 2002 and compiling a 12–31 record in singles, 12–16 in doubles. Al-Khelaïfi appeared twice on the Association of Tennis Professionals

Association of Tennis Professionals

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 (ATP) main tour, losing each time in his first round matches in St. Pölten

Hypo Group Tennis International

The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual tennis tournament held in Pörtschach, Austria. The event was part of the ATP Tour's ATP International Series. The tournament had been held since 1981, on clay courts.-List of singles winners:...

 in 1995 (lost to Muster

Thomas Muster

Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...

) and in Doha in 2001. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 995 in late 2002. He is the current president of the Qatar Tennis Federation

Qatar Tennis Federation

Qatar Tennis Federation is the governing body for professional and amateur Tennis in Qatar. The mission of QTF is to provide young Qatari tennis players the best resources and opportunities available to reach their maximum potential and compete in renowned tennis tournaments locally, regionally...

 (QTF) and vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation

Asian Tennis Federation

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 (ATF), and has been the director of Al Jazeera Sports

Al Jazeera Sports

Al Jazeera Sports is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network.Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, such as the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian...

 since 2006. Al-Khelaïfi attended the same schools as the Emirati family in his youth. He is close to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, head of sovereign wealth fund

Sovereign wealth fund

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 Qatar Investment Authority

Qatar Investment Authority

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. QIA bought a controlling 70% stake of Paris Saint-Germain in 2011. Qatar Investment Authority officially became the majority shareholder of Paris Saint-Germain and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi presented a five-year plan to take PSG to the top of the tree, in France and abroad. Al-Khelaïfi became the new president (and first non-French president) of Paris Saint-Germain in October 2011.