Heidi El Tabakh

Biography

Heidi El Tabakh (born September 25, 1986 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian-Canadian former professional tennis player. She is from Toronto, Ontario. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 146, which she reached on October 8, 2012. Her career-high in doubles is No. 173, which she reached on February 8, 2010. She represented Egypt, the country of her birth, from 2002 to April 2005, but represented Canada until her retirement in 2016. She has been inactive since April 2016.

El Tabakh 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 been inactive since.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (0–0)
$25,000 tournaments (5–2)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	$10,000	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram (IND)	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2007	Lleida, Spain	$10,000	Clay	Eva Fernández-Brugués (ESP)	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jun 2009	Waterloo, Canada	$25,000	Clay	Johanna Konta (AUS)	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2009	Valladolid, Spain	$25,000	Hard	Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP)	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Apr 2012	Jackson, United States	$25,000	Clay	Elena Bovina (RUS)	6–0, 6–4
Win	5–1	Apr 2012	Pelham, United States	$25,000	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Jan 2014	Port St. Lucie, United States	$25,000	Clay	Françoise Abanda (CAN)	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–2	May 2014	Raleigh, United States	$25,000	Clay	Maria Sanchez (USA)	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–2	Sep 2015	Redding, United States	$25,000	Hard	Shérazad Reix (FRA)	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (5–5)
$10,000 tournaments (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	$10,000	Hard	Yomna Farid (EGY)	Rebecca Dandeniya (GBR) Michelle Snyman (RSA)	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	$10,000	Hard	Yomna Farid (EGY)	Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA) Noha Mohsen (EGY)	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jun 2004	Edmond, United States	$10,000	Hard	Anne Mall (IRL)	Kelly Anderson (RSA) Carine Vermeulen (RSA)	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jul 2004	Evansville, United States	$10,000	Hard	Vania King (USA)	Kelly Schmandt (USA) Aleke Tsoubanos (USA)	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 2006	Toronto, Canada	$25,000	Hard (i)	Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)	Angelika Bachmann (GER) Hana Šromová (CZE)	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	May 2008	Landisville, United States	$10,000	Hard	Audra Cohen (USA)	Stefania Boffa (SUI) Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–3	Jul 2008	Valladolid, Spain	$25,000	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates (USA)	Stefania Boffa (SUI) Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–3	Jul 2008	Darmstadt, Germany	$25,000	Clay	Emma Laine (FIN)	Michelle Gerards (NED) Marcella Koek (NED)	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Apr 2009	Osprey, United States	$25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner (AUT)	Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) Story Tweedie-Yates (USA)	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–12]
Win	6–4	May 2009	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	$50,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner (AUT)	Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) Lilia Osterloh (USA)	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–5	Jun 2009	Waterloo, Canada	$25,000	Clay	Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR)	Alexandra Mueller (USA) Allie Will (USA)	2–6, 1–6
Win	7–5	Jul 2009	Valladolid, Spain (2)	$25,000	Hard	Paula Fondevila Castro (ESP)	Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) Sara del Barrio Aragón (ESP)	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–5	Nov 2009	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	$25,000	Hard	Kimberly Couts (USA)	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán (BOL) Karen Castiblanco (COL)	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–5	Aug 2010	Vancouver, Canada	$75,000	Hard	Chang Kai-chen (TPE)	Irina Falconi (USA) Amanda Fink (USA)	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	9–6	Sep 2010	Saguenay, Canada	$50,000	Hard (i)	Rebecca Marino (CAN)	Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–7	Mar 2011	Clearwater, United States	$25,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova (RUS)	Kimberly Couts (USA) Līga Dekmeijere (LAT)	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Apr 2011	Pelham, United States	$25,000	Clay	Kimberly Couts (USA)	Līga Dekmeijere (LAT) Marie-Ève Pelletier (CAN)	6–2, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss	9–9	Apr 2011	Dothan, United States	$50,000	Clay	Alison Riske (USA)	Valeria Solovieva (RUS) Lenka Wienerová (SVK)	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–9	Jul 2013	Winnipeg, Canada	$25,000	Hard	Allie Kiick (USA)	Samantha Murray (GBR) Jade Windley (GBR)	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	1R	Q1	1R	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q3	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%

Record against top-100 players

El Tabakh's win-loss record (7–14, 33%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

Player Top-100 record Overall record Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 1–0 1–0 Karolina Šprem (CRO) 1–0 1–0 Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 1–0 1–0 Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) 1–0 1–1 Stéphanie Foretz (FRA) 1–0 1–1 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 1–0 1–1 Sania Mirza (IND) 1–1 1–1 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 0–1 0–1 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 0–1 0–1 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 0–1 0–1 Zheng Jie (CHN) 0–1 0–1 Aravane Rezaï (FRA) 0–1 0–1 Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 0–1 0–1 Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 0–1 0–4 Lauren Davis (USA) 0–1 0–2 Anca Barna (GER) 0–1 0–1 Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 0–1 0–1 Jana Čepelová (SVK) 0–1 0–1

Player Top-100 record Overall record Tímea Babos (HUN) 0–1 0–1 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 0–1 0–1 Total 7–14 7–21