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{{Infobox player
|image = HeidiElTabakh.png
|birthdate = October 16, 1986
|birthplace = Alexandria, Egypt
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|residence = Tampa, Florida, United States
|height = 5’11” (1,80m)
|styleofplay = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2002
|retired = 2016
|bestwtasinglesranking = No. 146 (October 8, 2012)
|bestwtadoublesranking = No. 173 (February 8, 2010)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/heidieltabakh Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
==Biography==
'''Heidi El Tabakh''' (born
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 [[Canadian Open|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
==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)===
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|ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
|ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#addfad;"
|ITF $50,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (5–2)
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (2–0)
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!Titles by surface
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|Hard (3–0)
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|Clay (4–2)
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|Grass (0–0)
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|Carpet (0–0)
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|Oct 2003
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Lagos, Nigeria
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram (IND)
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|Sep 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Lleida, Spain
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Eva Fernández-Brugués (ESP)
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|<small>2–1</small>
|Jun 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Johanna Konta (AUS)
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|Jul 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|Valladolid, Spain
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP)
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|Apr 2012
|style="background:lightblue;"|Jackson, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Elena Bovina (RUS)
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|Apr 2012
|style="background:lightblue;"|Pelham, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
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|Jan 2014
|style="background:lightblue;"|Port St. Lucie, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|[[Françoise Abanda]] (CAN)
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|May 2014
|style="background:lightblue;"|Raleigh, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Maria Sanchez (USA)
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|Sep 2015
|style="background:lightblue;"|Redding, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Shérazad Reix (FRA)
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===Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runners-up)===
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|ITF $50,000 tournaments (1–2)
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (5–5)
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (3–2)
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!Titles by surface
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|Hard (8–5)
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|Clay (2–4)
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|Grass (0–0)
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|Carpet (0–0)
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|Oct 2003
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Lagos, Nigeria
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Yomna Farid (EGY)
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|Nov 2003
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Lagos, Nigeria
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Yomna Farid (EGY)
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|Jun 2004
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Edmond, United States
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Anne Mall (IRL)
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|Jul 2004
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Evansville, United States
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Vania King (USA)
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|<small>2–3</small>
|Nov 2006
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tevlin
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard (i)
|Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)
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|May 2008
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Landisville, United States
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Audra Cohen (USA)
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|Jul 2008
|style="background:lightblue;"|Valladolid, Spain
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Story Tweedie-Yates (USA)
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|Jul 2008
|style="background:lightblue;"|Darmstadt, Germany
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Emma Laine (FIN)
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|Apr 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|Osprey, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Melanie Klaffner (AUT)
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|May 2009
|style="background:#addfad;"|Indian Harbour Beach, United States
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Clay
|Melanie Klaffner (AUT)
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|<small>6–5</small>
|Jun 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR)
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|Jul 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|Valladolid, Spain <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Paula Fondevila Castro (ESP)
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|Nov 2009
|style="background:lightblue;"|Bayamón, Puerto Rico
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Kimberly Couts (USA)
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|<small>9–5</small>
|Aug 2010
|style="background:#f7e98e;"|[[
|style="background:#f7e98e;"|$75,000
|Hard
|Chang Kai-chen (TPE)
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|<small>9–6</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#addfad;"|[[Challenger
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Rebecca Marino]] (CAN)
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|Mar 2011
|style="background:lightblue;"|Clearwater, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Arina Rodionova (RUS)
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|Apr 2011
|style="background:lightblue;"|Pelham, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Clay
|Kimberly Couts (USA)
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|Apr 2011
|style="background:#addfad;"|Dothan, United States
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Clay
|Alison Riske (USA)
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|<small>10–9</small>
|Jul 2013
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Winnipeg
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Allie Kiick (USA)
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!Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
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|colspan=12 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam
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|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
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==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/heidieltabakh Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
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