24 Information on Mayar Sharif: He made history in the United States and left professionalism for financial reasons

Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif, nicknamed “The Golden Girl of Egypt”, has achieved an unprecedented historical achievement after becoming the first Egyptian to qualify for the lead role at the Roland Garros tournament, one of the Grand Tennis tournaments. Slam, to reserve a place now among the adults and compete in the middle of Asma Fala. Auditioned and seen as American Serena Williams, Roman Simona Halep and even her next Czech rival Karolina Plskova.

Al-Masry Al-Youm monitors 24 information on the “golden girl of Egypt”, according to the official websites of the International Tennis Federation, the Women’s Tennis Association, the British newspaper The Guardian and the website of the American Pepperdine University.

1. His full name is Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel Aziz.

2. Born in Cairo on May 5, 1996

3. Graduated from Lycee El Horreya school in Bab El Louk in 2014

4. He has 3 sisters, Rana, Dalia and Rawan.

5. His sister Rana joined the University of Fresno, California, USA, before moving to Pepperdine University, graduating in 2018 with a degree in Sports Medicine.

6. His older sister, Rana, also plays tennis, as they played together as a team in college tournaments in the United States.

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7. Mayar Sharif started playing tennis at the age of five.

8. Mayar Sharif’s talent shone through the youth stages and she made it to the list of the world’s 50 best players at the age of 16.

9. After finishing high school and graduating from school, Mayar stopped participating in youth competitions, because he could not cover the cost of the trip, and did not complete his career at the Spanish Academy of Alicante for financial reasons, before traveling to the United States to complete your university studies.

10. During her college career, Mayar Sharif was a force in college tournaments and won many awards and individual tournaments, and was voted Player of the Year on more than one level, most notably at the West Coast Conference in 2018, and also achieved a achievement in her university’s history after becoming only the fourth player in Bardeen’s history. She reaches the semi-finals of the National Collegiate Athletic League, ranking as the third best tennis player in Pepperdine’s history after she finished her senior year in college with 19 wins to just one loss.

11. Upon graduation from college, Mayar Sharif returned to pursue her dream of playing tennis at the professional level, exploding in her first year as a professional player and climbing at rocket speed after she began her career while away. ranked at the start of the 2019 season, to win 6 titles in the women’s tennis tournament with 71 wins to 17 losses, including an impressive streak of consecutive wins that reached 26 games in 46 games between April and July, to climb to 212th Place of the world.

12. In August 2019, Mayar Sharif qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, after winning the gold medal at the African Games in Morocco.

13. Mayar Sharif’s success led to her first Grand Slam appearance when she participated in the Australian Open in January, but she invited her to the first round by defeating China’s An Li.

14. In August 2020, the Egyptian was able to qualify for the lead role at the Prague Open Championship, becoming the second Egyptian in history to participate at this level since Marwa Alwani in 1999, while the competition was invited by the German Laura Siegmund.

15. The return of the Egyptian star to the Grand Slam championships was strong with his participation in the preliminary stages of the French Open (Roland Garros), as he had the best performance among all the qualifiers and lost the fewest number of races among all participants by only 14 games, beating all of them Colombian María Camilla Osorio Serrano, crowned women’s individual tennis champion at the US Open last year, and then American Katie McNally, crowned junior US Open champion and runner-up in the French Open 2018, to conclude the preliminary stages by eliminating Italian veteran Julia Gatto Montecone.

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16. By qualifying for the title role at Roland Garros, Mayar Sharif became the first Egyptian in history to achieve this milestone.

17. Mayar Sharif expects a good match against Czech Karolina Plskova, currently in fourth place in the rankings, who previously topped the world rankings in July 2017.

18. Mayar Sharif is currently ranked 172nd globally, two spots down from last month.

19. Mayar Sharif has 16 wins and 9 losses in 2020, with a 64% win rate. The Egyptian star’s highest winning percentage on clay was 12 wins to 3 losses, which shows his prowess in these types of stadiums, instead, his win rate on hard courts during the year was only 40% , with 4 wins and 6 losses.

20. Mayar Sharif is considered his role model, former Belgian tennis legend Kim Clijsters, the former world number 1.

21. His favorite series is the Turkish series “Blind Love”.

22. His favorite is the British singer Adele.

23. His favorite sport after tennis is basketball.

24. Mayar Sharif has been called the “golden girl of Egypt”.