Heidi El Tabakh

Biography
Heidi El Tabakh (born October 16, 1986 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian-Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 146 on October 8, 2012 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 173 on February 8, 2010.

El Tabakh represented Egypt, the country of her birth, from 2002 to April 2005, but represented Canada until her retirement in 2016. She won one of the biggest singles tournaments of her career in 2009 at the $25,000 ITF in Valladolid, Spain. In 2010, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the French Open, where she lost to Aravane Rezaï in the first round. In 2012, El Tabakh won the second $25,000 ITF of her career at the Challenger in Jackson. She defeated former world No. 14 Elena Bovina in the final. The week after, she won her second straight and third $25,000 ITF of her career in Pelham. Also in 2012, El Tabakh qualified again at the French Open, but lost to fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round. In 2014, she won the fourth ITF $25,000 of her career when she defeated Maria Sanchez in Raleigh. In 2015 at the Rogers Cup, she reached the second round in doubles with fellow Canadian Françoise Abanda. Also in 2015, in Redding, El Tabakh captured the seventh singles title of her career, her fifth ITF 25K, after defeating Shérazad Reix in the final. In April 2016, she played her last match at the ITF 50K in Charlottesville where she had to retire in the first round against Sachia Vickery, and has retired since. She is currently the captain of the Canadian Billie Jean King Cup team.