Amine Ahouda (born 11 September 1997) is a Moroccan tennis player.

Amine Ahouda
Full nameAmine Ahouda
Country (sports) Morocco
ResidenceCasablanca, Morocco
Born (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$42,388
Singles
Career record3–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 668 (19 June 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1617T (16 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 882 (29 October 2018)
Current ranking— (16 March 2020)
Team competitions
Davis Cup8–6
Last updated on: 16 March 2020.

Ahouda has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 668 achieved on 19 June 2017. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 882 achieved on 29 October 2018.[1]

In April 2016 he received a wild card for the singles and doubles main draw of the ATP Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakesh, Morocco. He made his debut against Thiemo de Bakker in the singles draw, and alongside Yassine Idmbarek, he played against the #2 seed Marc López and David Marrero.[2]

His first ATP career win came against the #8 seed Marcel Granollers at the 2017 Grand Prix Hassan II.

Ahouda has represented Morocco at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 7–3.[3]

Medal matches

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Singles: 2

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
4th Place 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games (Baku) Hard   Mubarak Shannan Zayid 0–6, 0–0, ret.
4th Place 2018 Mediterranean Games (Tarragona) Clay   Jacopo Berrettini 0–6, 0–3, ret.

Doubles: 1 (1 Bronze medal)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games (Baku) Hard   Ayoub Chakrouni   Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak
  Mohd Assri Merzuki
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Future and Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 1 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. November 28, 2015   Rabat, Morocco F6 Clay   Marcos Giraldi Requena 2–6, 3–6

Doubles 4 (2–2)

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Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 4 (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 14, 2015   Casablanca, Morocco F4 Clay   Yassine Idmbarek   Nuno Borges
  Francisco Cabral
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 2. March 6, 2016   Hammamet, Tunisia F8 Clay   Yassine Idmbarek   Antonio Campo
  Walter Trusendi
4–6, 1–6
Winner 3. November 4, 2017   Casablanca, Morocco F4 Clay   Lamine Ouahab   Laurynas Grigelis
  Laurent Rochette
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up 4. November 11, 2017   Beni Mellal, Morocco F5 Clay   Lamine Ouahab   Javier Barranco Cosano
  Raúl Brancaccio
6–2, 2–6, [4–10]

Davis Cup

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Participations: (8–6)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (2–6)
Group III (6–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (8–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Matches by type
Singles (7–4)
Doubles (1–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 3–0; 11 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 1 II Singles   Mozambique Jossefa Simao Elias 6–1, 6–0
Victory 2 III Doubles (with Khalid Alouch) Bruno Figueiredo / Hercilio Rafael Seda 6–3, 6–0
 3–0; 12 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 3 II Singles   Namibia Tuki Jacobs 6–3, 6–4
 2–1; 13 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 4 II Singles   Nigeria Moses Michael 6–1, 6–1
 3–0; 15 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 5 II Singles   Cameroon Blaise Nkwenti 6–1, 6–0
 2–0; 15 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Play off; Clay surface
Victory 6 II Singles   Benin Alexis Klégou 6–3, 6–4
 1–4; 3–5 February 2017; Vejlby-Risskov Idrætscenter, Aarhus, Denmark; Europe/Africa Zone II First round; Carpet (indoor) surface
Defeat 7 I Singles   Denmark Frederik Nielsen 1–6, 3–6, 3–6
 3–2; 7–9 April 2017; Royal Tennis Club, Marrakech, Morocco; Europe/Africa Zone II Relegation Play off; Clay surface
Victory 8 I Singles   Latvia Miķelis Lībietis 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Defeat 9 III Doubles (with Reda El Amrani) Miķelis Lībietis / Mārtiņš Podžus 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Defeat 10 V Singles Mārtiņš Podžus 1–6, RET
 3–1; 3–4 February 2018; Royal Tennis Club, Marrakech, Morocco; Europe/Africa Zone II First round; Clay surface
Victory 11 II Singles   Georgia Nikoloz Basilashvili 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Defeat 12 III Doubles (with Lamine Ouahab) Nikoloz Basilashvili / Aleksandre Metreveli 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 2–6
 0–5; 7–8 April 2018; Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Europe/Africa Zone II Quarter-final; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 13 I Singles   Romania Marius Copil 0–6, 1–6
 2–3; 5–6 April 2019; Royal Tennis Club, Marrakech, Morocco; Europe/Africa Zone II First round; Clay surface
Defeat 14 V Singles   Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis 4–6, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ "Amine Ahouda". ATP. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "C'est parti pour la 32ème édition du Grand Prix Hassan II de tennis" [Let's go for the 32nd edition of the Grand Prix Hassan II of tennis] (in French). Libération. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Amine Ahouda". Davis Cup. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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