Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: ميار شريف أحمد عبد العزيز; born 5 May 1996) is an Egyptian professional tennis player.
[2] Sherif spent her final two years of college at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, graduating in 2018 with a bachelor of science in sports medicine.
She made history again for Egyptian tennis at the 2021 Australian Open, becoming the first woman from her nation to win a Grand Slam main-draw match.
In late September 2020, Sherif defeated Camila Osorio, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone in the French Open qualifying.
[8] Sherif again made history as the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament, beating Chloe Paquet in the first round of the Australian Open.
In singles, she defeated top seed Alizé Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristína Kučová and Mihaela Buzărnescu but lost to Andrea Petkovic in the final.
At the French Open, she became the first Egyptian woman to win a Roland Garros main-draw match, after defeating Marta Kostyuk in two sets.
[14] At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Sherif defeated Anna Bondár, Simona Waltert, Lauren Davis, and Ana Bogdan to reach her second WTA 250 final, and her first since the previous summer.
[20] In April, Sherif reached the third round at the Madrid Open with wins over Lauren Davis[21] and 25th seed Marta Kostyuk[22] before losing to world number four Elena Rybakina.
[23] At the start of May, she reached the final at the Catalonia Open in Lleida, Spain, where she lost to Katerina Siniaková in a match lasting almost three hours.
[29] In July, Sherif was runner-up at the Grand Est Open 88 in Contrexéville, France, losing to Lucia Bronzetti in a final which lasted more than three-and-a-half hours.
[31] Partnering with Anna Blinkova, Sherif won the doubles at the Jasmin Open, defeating Alina Korneeva and Anastasia Zakharova in the final.