Younes El Aynaoui
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Younes El Aynaoui (Arabic: يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | Morocco |
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Residence | Rabat, Morocco |
Born | (1971-09-12) 12 September 1971 (age 52) Rabat, Morocco |
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 1990 |
Retired | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $4,044,667 |
Singles | |
Career record | 265–227 |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (11 March 2003) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2000, 2003) |
French Open | 4R (1995, 2000) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2000, 2001, 2003) |
US Open | QF (2002, 2003) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (1992) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 24–56 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 85 (14 July 2003) |
Last updated on: 31 March 2018. |
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.
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 athletics star Hicham El Guerrouj.