1. Mayar 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.
11 Facts About Mayar Sherif
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Mayar Sherif was part of the university's tennis team and was an All-American in both 2017 and 2018, and the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2018.
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Mayar Sherif made the semifinals of the 2018 NCAA singles tournament and ended her senior season ranked 11th in the nation in singles.
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Mayar Sherif made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2020 Prague Open.
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Mayar Sherif was the first Egyptian female player in a main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2020 French Open.
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Mayar Sherif 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.
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Mayar Sherif started 2020 playing in the Australian Open qualifiers which was her first appearance at a WTA tournament.
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In late September 2020, Mayar Sherif defeated Camila Osorio, Caty McNally and Giulia Gatto-Monticone in the French Open qualifying.
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Mayar Sherif delivered another highlight, when she, as the first Egyptian woman, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, after winning the 2019 African Games.
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Mayar Sherif made her top 50 debut in singles and reached world No 98 in doubles on 16 May 2022.
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At the 2023 Madrid Open, Mayar Sherif defeated Camila Giorgi by retirement, 30th seed Anhelina Kalinina, world No 5 Caroline Garcia and 24th seed Elise Mertens to reach her first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal, thus becoming the first Egyptian player to do so.