Malek Jaziri is a Tunisian former professional tennis player.
21 Facts About Malek Jaziri
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Malek Jaziri primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit.
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Malek Jaziri reached the final of the 2018 Istanbul Open, the semifinals in Moscow in 2012, Winston-Salem in 2015, Dubai in 2018 and the quarterfinals in Dubai in 2014.
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Malek Jaziri was coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career.
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Malek Jaziri is currently coaching Vasek Pospisil and is the captain of Tunisia's Davis Cup team.
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Malek Jaziri lost to world No 8, Mardy Fish, in the second round.
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Malek Jaziri fell in the first round of qualifying at the 2012 Australian Open to Tim Smyczek.
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Malek Jaziri then reached three Challenger finals in Quimper, Kyoto, and Pingguo to break into the top 100 for the first time.
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Malek Jaziri lost in the 2012 US Open first round, but later had his best result on the ATP World Tour when he reached the semifinals of the 2012 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, where he lost to eventual champion Andreas Seppi, to become the first Tunisian male to reach the semifinals of an ATP event.
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In 2013, Malek Jaziri started off the year in Dubai as a wildcard, where he faced 17-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer and lost in three tight sets.
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Malek Jaziri started off 2015 by making his first appearance at the Australian Open main draw, and beating Mikhail Kukushkin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, making him the first Arab male tennis player to make it to the third round of a Grand Slam in over a decade.
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Malek Jaziri then lost in the third round to Australian teen Nick Kyrgios.
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Malek Jaziri reached the third round again at the 2017 Australian Open.
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Malek Jaziri reached the semifinals defeating Robin Haase and wildcard Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Malek Jaziri made his first ATP final at the 2018 Istanbul Open, where he played Japanese-American Taro Daniel, who had reached his maiden final and won the title.
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At the 2021 Qatar Open, Malek Jaziri recorded as a wildcard, his 100th win on the ATP Tour against Norbert Gombos.
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Malek Jaziri received a wildcard for the next 2022 edition in Qatar as well as for Dubai in 2021,2022, and in 2023 where he officially retired.
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Malek Jaziri was embroiled in a controversial political incident, in which he withdrew from a tournament rather than play an Israeli player.
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Malek Jaziri was cleared of wrongdoing by the ATP, but the International Tennis Federation found that the Tunisian Tennis Federation breached the ITF constitution by ordering him not to compete.
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In February 2015, Malek Jaziri was again embroiled in a controversial political incident when he withdrew from a tournament before facing Israeli players.
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Malek Jaziri withdrew from both the singles and doubles events at the Open Sud de France, citing an elbow injury, after winning his first set in his singles match against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.