Yacoub Makzoume (born 4 March 1995) is a Syrian tennis player. He is a member of the Syria Davis Cup team.[5]

Yacoub Makzoume
Yacoub Makozume Singapore Daviscup
Full nameYacoub Raouf Makzoume
Country (sports) Syria
ResidenceLattakia, Syria
Born (1995-03-04) March 4, 1995 (age 29)
Lattakia, Syria
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTishreen University
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 1572 (06 May 2019)[1]
No. 620 (02-jan-2012) Junior Ranking [2]
Current rankingNo. 2168 (22 Feb 2020)[1]
Doubles
Highest rankingATP No. 1695 (30 Sept 2019)[3]
ITF No. 1228 (16 September 2019)[4]
Team competitions
Davis CupSingles 6–6
Doubles 5–3
Last updated on: 25 February 2020.

Makzoume has represented Syria at the Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 11–9.[5]

Early life

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Yacoub Makzoume was born in Lattakia, a town in Syria. His father Raouf Makzoume is a businessman and also a Tennis Coach he thought Yacoub how to play Tennis. Yacoub's biggest brother Robert Makzoume was also a tennis player. Yacoub Started to play tennis when he was 6 years old and won many Syrian junior tournaments. He accomplished many achievements: Runner-up in West Asia U-13 Jordan 2008. Ranked 4 in Asia u-14 in 2009.[citation needed]

Professional tennis career

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Yacoub turned professional in 2011 and play with Junior Syria Davis Cup team. Won several Junior and Men titles in Syria and Lebanon. And he participated in many competition For ITF.[citation needed]

Davis Cup

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Participation: (11–9)

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Yacoub's First Participation with Syria Davis Cup team was in Philippine 2013 but he didn't play any game. Then he participated 3 times in a row in 2017,2018 and 2019 in group 3 and qualified with them to group 2.

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (11–9)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Clay (3–3)
Hard (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (6–6)
Doubles (5–3)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 1–2; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat 1 I Singles   Pacific Oceania Heve Kelley 3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Victory 2 III Doubles (with Salim Majdi) Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
 1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Victory 3 I Singles   Jordan Seif Adas 6–1, 6–1
Defeat 4 III Doubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop 4–6, 3–6
 1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat 5 I Singles   Sri Lanka Harshana Godamanna 1–6, 3–6
 2–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Semi Final; clay surface
Victory 6 I Singles   UAE Omar Alawadhi 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
 0–3; 02 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat 7 II Singles   Qatar Mubarak Shannan Zayid 2–6, 6–2,3–6
Defeat 8 III Doubles (with Rabee Sleem) Issa Shanan Al Harrasi / Mousa Shanan Zayed 4–6, 6–7
 2–1; 04 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat 9 II Singles   Saudi Arabia Ammar Alhagbani 5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Victory 10 III Doubles (with Rabee Sleem) Ammar Alhagbani / Fahad Al Saad 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
 1–2; 05 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory 11 II Singles   Kuwait Abduallah Maqdes 7–5, 6–4
Defeat 12 III Doubles (with Rabee Sleem) Abduallah Maqdes / Mohammad Ghareeb 3–6, 1–6
 2–1; 06 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory 13 II Singles   Jordan Seif Adas 6–3, 6–3
Victory 14 III Doubles (with Rabee Sleem) Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
 3–0; 26 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory 15 I Singles   Iran Mahdi Souri 7–6, 6–2
Victory 16 III Doubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Hesam Esmail Yazdi / Kiarash Souri 6–3, 6–1
 3–0; 27 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory 17 I Singles   Qatar Mousa Shanan Zayed 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
 2–1; 28 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat 18 I Singles   Malaysia Christian Didier Chin 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Victory 19 III Doubles (with Kareem Al Allaf) Christian Didier Chin / Shamirul Shahril Mohd Adam Das 6–2, 7–5
 0–2; 29 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III play-off round; hard surface
Defeat 20 I Singles   Vietnam Trịnh Linh Giang 6–7 , 6–7

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yacoub Makzoume Men's Singles Overview". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Yacoub Makzoume Junior,s Overview". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Yacoub Makzoume | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Yacoub Makzoume Men's Doubles Overview". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Daviscup.com
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