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词条 Younes El Aynaoui
释义

  1. Popularity in Morocco

  2. Tennis career

      At the Bollettieri Academy    First ATP singles final    1996 to 1998    1999 to 2003    Longest Grand Slam fifth set    Return to ATP Tour in 2007    Another comeback attempt in 2008    ATP Champions Tour (2009)    2010 comeback    2017  

  3. Singles titles (5)

      Singles performance timeline  

  4. Top 10 wins

  5. References

  6. External links

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Younes El Aynaoui ({{lang-ar|يونس العيناوي}}) (born 12 September 1971) is a professional tennis player from Morocco.

He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in March 2003, at the age of 31. His long career has been plagued by injuries and he did not play competitive tennis between September 2008 and January 2010. However, in December 2009 he scheduled to play at the ATP Champions Tour tournament in London, where he made his debut at the senior tour.

Popularity in Morocco

El Aynaoui is an extremely popular figure in Morocco. He received a gold medal – the nation's highest sporting honor – from King Mohammed VI. In a 2003 poll by leading Moroccan newspaper L'Economiste, readers named El Aynaoui their favorite role model for society, ahead of the prime minister and athletics star Hicham El Guerrouj. The center court of the Royal Tennis Club in Marrakech is named after El Aynaoui.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Tennis career

At the Bollettieri Academy

In 1990, at the age of 18, El Aynaoui traveled to Bradenton, Florida, to spend a week at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, after which he decided to turn professional. He continued to hone his skills at the academy for the next two years where, in order to afford the fees, he drove the academy bus, cleaned the gym, strung rackets, tossed practice balls to campers, and helped to babysit younger players. He also saved money in a high interest account.

First ATP singles final

In 1993, he reached his first top-level Grand Prix singles final in Casablanca, where he lost to the Argentinian player Guillermo Pérez Roldán.

1996 to 1998

After finishing runner-up in three tour events in 1996, El Aynaoui suffered a broken right ankle. He had surgery on his ankle in November that year, but the injury continued to cause him problems. He missed seven months of the season in 1997 and had a second surgery in February 1998. He returned to the tour that summer ranked World Number 444, and enjoyed a run of strong results. He won five Challenger series tournaments and finished runner-up at one top-level event in Santiago. By the end of the year he had improved his ranking to World Number 49, and was named the ATP Comeback Player of the Year for 1998.

1999 to 2003

In 1999, El Aynaoui won his first top-level singles title in Amsterdam and the following year he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open where he lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov. El Aynaoui won his second top-level title in 2001 at Bucharest. He was runner-up in Amsterdam that year, losing in the final to Àlex Corretja in a five-set, 53-game match (6–3, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 6–4) which was the year's longest tour final. He was also runner-up in Lyon, defeated by Ivan Ljubičić in final.

El Aynaoui captured two tour titles in 2002 (Doha and Munich), and reached the quarter-finals of the US Open. The following year, he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian and US Opens and finished the season ranked a career-high World Number 14.

Longest Grand Slam fifth set

The most famous match of El Aynaoui's career came in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2003. In the Round of 16, El Aynaoui defeated the World No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt, 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4, in a very high quality match, thus setting up a quarter-final showdown with the up-and-coming American Andy Roddick (who would reach the World No. 1 ranking later that year). The five-set, five-hour match included the then longest fifth set in Grand Slam tennis history (since surpassed by the marathon Wimbledon 2010 match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut). Roddick won the battle 4–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, 21–19. Both players saved match points before the fifth set ended. El Aynaoui's one match point came in the tenth game of the fifth set, with Roddick serving at 4–5. Roddick saved the match point with a cross-court forehand winner after a short rally. Roddick broke El Aynaoui's serve at 10–10 to go up 11–10 and serve for the match, but El Aynaoui broke straight back for 11–11. Roddick broke El Aynaoui's serve again at 19–19 to serve for the match for the second time at 20–19, with Roddick clinching the match on his second match point.

Return to ATP Tour in 2007

After a three-year hiatus due to injury, El Aynaoui made a comeback to the ATP tour in January 2007, and was awarded a wildcard at the Qatar Open, Doha. He beat former Australian Open winner Thomas Johansson with two tie-breaks in the first round, but was defeated 6–3 6–4 in the second round by the then World Number 5 and eventual winner Ivan Ljubičić.

Another comeback attempt in 2008

In March 2008, after a seven-month lay-off due to injuries, he won a Futures event in Castelldefels, Spain on clay,[1] and in April he won a challenger event in Chiasso, Switzerland. In May, he reached the semi-finals of the BMW Open in Munich. He was oldest player to reach the semi-finals of an ATP Tour level event since Jimmy Connors in 1993. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Casablanca Open in Morocco, retiring to Juan Mónaco due to an injury in his left calf.

ATP Champions Tour (2009)

El Aynaoui made his debut as a wild card at the senior tour in London, the last stop on the tour, joining Stefan Edberg, Patrick Rafter, Cédric Pioline, Pat Cash, Goran Ivanišević, Mark Philippoussis and Greg Rusedski. He won two matches, against Rusedski and Philippoussis.

2010 comeback

In the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar, El Aynaoui received a wildcard to participate in the tournament.

He played American Ryler DeHeart in the first round of this tournament and won 7–6 7–6, thus becoming at age 38 the oldest player to win a main tour ATP match since Jimmy Connors in 1995. However, El Aynaoui's run came to an end when he was defeated 6–3, 6–1 by Belgian Steve Darcis.[2]

2017

In March 2017, at the age of 45, El Aynaoui participated in a $15,000 USD tournament in Manama, Bahrain on the ITF Men's Circuit. El Aynaoui won two qualifying matches, as well as his first-round match in the main draw. By doing so, he became the oldest player to have an ATP ranking.

El Aynaoui also contested the doubles draw in Manama, and Koksijde, Belgium.

Singles titles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (5)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner 1. 2 August 1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands ClayARG}} Mariano Zabaleta 6–0, 6–3
Winner 2. 10 September 2001 Bucharest, Romania ClayESP}} Albert Montanes 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Winner 3. 31 December 2001 Doha, Qatar HardESP}} Felix Mantilla 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 April 2002 Casablanca, Morocco ClayARG}} Guillermo Cañas 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 29 April 2002 Munich, Germany ClayGER}} Rainer Schüttler 6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenA2R1RAAA2RQF1R3RQF1RAAA0 / 812–8
French OpenA1R4R1RAA2R4R2R2R3RAAAQ20 / 811–8
WimbledonA1RA1RAA2R3R3R1R3RAAAA0 / 77–7
US OpenA1RA1RAA2R1R1RQFQF1R1RAA0 / 99–9
Win–Loss0–01–43–20–30–00–04–49–43–47–412–40–20–10–00–00 / 3239–32
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAA1RAAA1R1R1R1RAAAA0 / 50–5
MiamiAAAAAA1R2R2R2RQFA1RAA0 / 64–6
Monte CarloA1RAAAA1R1R1R2R1RA1RAA0 / 71–7
HamburgAAAAAA1R3R1R3R1RAAAA0 / 54–5
RomeA1RA1RAA1R3RA1R1RA1RAA0 / 72–6
CanadaAAAAAAAAA2R2RA2RAA0 / 33–3
CincinnatiAAAAAAAAA1R2R1R1RAA0 / 41–4
MadridAAAAAA1R3RA2RSFAAAA0 / 45–4
ParisAAAAAA2RAA1R2RAAAA0 / 31–3
Win–Loss0–00–20–00–20–00–01–66–51–44–98–90–11–50–00–00 / 4421–43
Career statistics
Titles0000001013000005
Finals10030111351000016
Year End Ranking5111711070237453325382214644228189167

A = did not attend tournament

Top 10 wins

Season199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins00010030020235000000016
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreEAR| El Aynaoui's ATP Ranking
1993
1.ESP}} Sergi Bruguera4Toulouse, FranceHard (i)2R6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)76
1996
2.SWE}} Thomas Enqvist7Doha, QatarHard2R3–6, 6–3, 6–4110
3.AUT}} Thomas Muster3Doha, QatarHardSF6–4, 6–4110
4.RSA}} Wayne Ferreira6Lyon, FranceCarpet (i)1R5–7, 6–4, 6–465
1999
5.ESP}} Àlex Corretja5Barcelona, SpainClay2R7–6(7–3), 6–341
6.CHI}} Marcelo Ríos9Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay2R7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)33
2001
7.AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt4Indianapolis, United StatesHard3R6–3, 6–7(1–7), 6–349
8.ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero5Lyon, FranceCarpet (i)QF6–4, 6–440
2002
9.ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero3Davis Cup, Zaragoza, SpainClay (i)RR7–6(7–2), 6–0, 3–6, 0–6, 6–320
10.ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero3Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard2R7–5, 4–6, 2–1, ret.21
11.SWE}} Thomas Johansson10Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHardSF7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–321
2003
12.AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt1Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard4R6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–422
13.ARG}} David Nalbandian10Miami, United StatesHard3R6–3, 4–6, 6–421
14.CZE}} Jiří Novák10US Open, New York, United StatesHard3R7–6(7–1), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)21
15.ESP}} Carlos Moyà7US Open, New York, United StatesHard4R7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–421
16.FRA}} Sébastien Grosjean10Madrid, SpainHard (i)QF3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–218

References

1. ^El Aynaoui Makes a Comeback (Again) | TennisGrandstand
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Daily-Scores.aspx |title=ATPWT |work=ATP World Tour |date=6 January 2010 |accessdate=6 January 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103002538/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Daily-Scores.aspx |archivedate=3 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Davis Cup player}}
  • {{official website|http://youneselaynaoui.com}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aynaoui, Younes El}}

12 : 1971 births|Living people|Moroccan male tennis players|Olympic tennis players of Morocco|Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Sportspeople from Rabat|Alumni of Lycée Descartes (Rabat)|Moroccan people of French descent|Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco|Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco|Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis

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