Malek Jaziri in 2016
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Country (sports) | Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Bizerte, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bizerte, Tunisia |
January 20, 1984 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) *occasionally uses one-handed backhand |
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Prize money | $1,926,554 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 33–51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 47 (13 February 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 47 (13 February 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2015, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R (2012, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 6–18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 196 (16 April 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 352 (6 February 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2015, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2015, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: February 3, 2016. |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Malek Jaziri (Arabic: مالك الجزيري Mālik al-Jazīrī) (born January 20, 1984) is a professional Tunisian tennis player. He reached the semifinals of Moscow in 2012 and Winston-Salem in 2015 and the quarterfinals of Dubai in 2014.
Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour of world no. 50 in October 2016. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland. He primarily plays on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. Jaziri qualified for the 2011 US Open, defeating Brian Dabul, Michael Ryderstedt, and Guillaume Rufin in the qualifying draw. This was the first time Jaziri played in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Jaziri defeated world no. 159 Thiemo de Bakker in four sets. Jaziri lost to world no. 8 Mardy Fish in the second round. Jaziri has been coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career.
In 2012, he kicked off his year at the ATP 250 event in Doha and pushed world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to three sets in the first round. He fell in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open to Tim Smyczek. He then reached three Challenger finals in Quimper, Kyoto, and Pingguo to break into the top 100 for the first time.